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Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell (Deluxe Edition)
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Released: 1993
Label: MCA
Selection #: 244840
W/bonus disc of remixes & edits. I'd Do Anything For Love, Life Is A Lemon..., Rock And Roll Dreams..., Back Into Hell, etc.
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1 I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
2 Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back
3 Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
4 It Just Won't Quit
5 Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire)
6 Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
7 Wasted Youth
8 Everything Louder Than Everything Else
9 Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)
10 Back Into Hell
11 Lost Boys and Golden Girls
12 Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
13 I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
14 Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
15 Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back
16 Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
17 I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
18 Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back
19 Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
20 Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
21 Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back
  
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Like any edition of Universal's "Deluxe Edition" series, Meat Loaf's 1993 comeback album "Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell" is lavishly, lovingly packaged -- a fold-out double-disc set enhoused in a slipcase, an extensive booklet with liner notes and rare photographs, plus a full disc of rare material. The question is not whether this album deserves it -- it's Meat Loaf's second-best and second-best-selling record, so sure it does -- but whether the extra disc of material is worth the time of anyone outside of fanatics. The answer is probably not. While the notes and sound are good, the bonus disc contains nothing but radio edits of the singles, or remixes -- and of only four of the album's 11 songs, too (the breakdown: four versions of "Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are," two versions of "I'D Do Anything For Love (But I Won'T Do That)," three of "Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back," two of "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through"). This is no doubt a boon for the hardcore collector that want to have all the edits and mixes released as B-sides from this era, but it doesn't really offer any revelations, curiosities, or an interesting listen for anybody else (and it may not be that interesting to those collectors, either). Still, it's a nicely assembled set that will make a nice collector's item for the die-hard fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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