There are a number of compilation albums available which pull together tracks from all Meat Loaf's main albums and some lesser known tracks that even Meat Loaf fans may not be aware of. If you want to get a taste for Meat here is a list of 32 compilation albums from around the world from which you can sample the rich flavour of his emotion-packed repertoire. The list includes live albums recorded at concerts going back to 1977; there are also many live tracks dotted amongst the studio versions on other albums.

The albums have been listed in year of release order and you can get to the track listing by selecting the name in the list. When you go to the track listing you will find a short narrative about the album and the various songs included in the compilation.

So let's get all revved up to take a ride through this wonderland of Meat-y music.

This is a recording of a concert performed in either 1977 or 1978 and released by Epic Records. It was pressed on red vinyl.

1. Bat out of hell
2. You took the words right out of my mouth
3. For crying out loud
4. Paradise by the dashboard light
5. River deep - mountain high
6. Two out of three ain't bad

This is the first of two Meat Loaf and Friends albums released. The second release included an extra CD with five further tracks. Both releases contain Meat Loaf tracks from the albums 'Bat Out of Hell' and 'Deadringer'. They also contain tracks by other artists, including Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler (indicated in brackets after the song).

1. Paradise by the dashboard light
2. Holding out for a hero (Bonnie Tyler)
3. You took the words right out of my mouth
4. We belong to the night (Ellen Foley)
5. Bad for good (Jim Steinman)
6. What's the matter baby (Ellen Foley)
7. Two out of three ain't bad
8. Faster than the speed of night (Bonnie Tyler)
9. Dead ringer for love
10. Night out (Ellen Foley)
11. Total eclipse of the heart (Bonnie Tyler)
12. Left in the dark (Jim Steinman)

Most of the tracks on this album are taken from 'Bad Attitude' and 'Blind Before I Stop' the two live tracks are from Wembley in 1987. It was released by BMG Records in 1993.

1. Bat out of hell (live)
2. Bad attitude
3. One more kiss (night of the soft parade)
4. Execution day
5. Jumpin' the gun
6. Sailor to a Siren
7. Modern girl (live)
8. Special Girl
9. Standing on the outside
10. Cheatin' in your dreams
11. Masculine
12. Rock 'n' roll mercenaries

There are just five songs on this EP CD. It is one of a series of Twelve Inch Mixes released by Sony Music in 1993. The songs were taken from 'Bat Out of Hell', 'Deadringer' and 'Midnight at the Lost and Found'.

1. Bat out of hell
2. Deadringer for love
3. Read 'em and weep
4. If you really want to (Alternative Version)
5. Razor's edge (Remix)

This is a live recording of a show at the Hudson Theater in New York, recorded in September 1993. The label is Art of Music and may or may not be an unofficial release. If anyone has information otherwise would they please let me know.

1. I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that) (live)
2. You took the words right out of my mouth (live)
3. Two out of three ain't bad (live)
4. Life is a lemon (and I want my money back) (live)
5. Objects in the rearview mirror may appear closer than they are (live)
6. Bat out of hell (live)
7. Paradise by the dashboard light (live)

This is volume one of a two CD compilation released in Germany. It was released by Sony Music in 1993 and has songs from 'Bat Out of Hell', 'Deadringer', 'Bad Attitude' and 'Blind Before I Stop'. It also has two less well-known Meat Loaf tracks: 'I Love You So I Told You a Lie' from the Ted Nugent album 'Free for All' and 'Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul' from 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. There is an interesting booklet included with a biography (in German) and pictures taken from album sleeves and concerts. There is even a picture of Meat as he appeared in the film 'Roadie'.

1. Bat out of hell
2. You took the words right out of my mouth
3. Read 'em and weep
4. Modern girl
5. Dead ringer for love
6. Surf's up
7. Heaven can wait
8. I'm gonna love her for both of us
9. Paradise by the dashboard light
10. Two out of three ain't bad
11. More than you deserve
12. Rock 'n' roll mercenaries
13. Blind before I stop
14. I love you so I told you a lie
15. Hot patootie - Bless my soul

This is not strictly speaking a compilation album but I have included it in this list because it contains one extra track than the original: 'Dead Ringer for Love' from the album 'Deadringer'. This is a rerelease 'revamp' of 'Bat Out of Hell' put out in 1993 by, yes, you've guessed, Sony Music. I think maybe Sony were a little upset at not getting the opportunity to release 'Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell' so they released all they could in the way of compilations from the three albums released by Epic Records who they took over.

1. Bat out of hell
2. You took the words right out of my mouth
3. Heaven can wait
4. All revved up and no place to go
5. Two out of three ain't bad
6. Paradise by the dashboard light
7. For crying out loud
8. Deadringer for love

This album was released in France by Arista/BMG and contains many of the live recordings from the Wembley shows in 1987. It also contains songs from 'Bad Attitude' and 'Blind Before I Stop' and Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul from 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. It has a booklet sleeve with an interesting biography and a review of each song (in French) printed over some interesting artwork.

1. Bat out of hell (live)
2. Dead ringer for love (live)
3. Hot patootie - Bless my soul
4. Bad attitude
5. Rock 'n' roll mercenaries
6. Paradise by the dashboard light (live)
7. Blind before I stop
8. You took the words right out of my mouth (live)
9. Masculine
10. Two out of three ain't bad (live)
11. Modern girl
12. Midnight at the lost and found (live)
13. Rock 'n' roll hero

This is virtually a rerelease of Meat Loaf Live from 1987 with three extra studio tracks. All the live tracks are taken from the same Wembley concerts. The studio tracks are from the 'Bad Attitude' album. It was released by Pure Music in 1994.

1. Bat out of hell (live)
2. You took the words right out of my mouth (live)
3. Two out of three ain't bad (live)
4. Modern girl (live)
5. Rock 'n' roll mercenaries (live)
6. Masculine (live)
7. Paradise by the dashboard light (live)
8. Blind before I stop (live)
9. Midnight at the lost and found (live)
10. Piece of the action
11. Bad attitude
12. Surfs up

Another live album released following the success of Bat Out of Hell II. This one recorded in New York on 15 September 1993 and released on picture disc by Vampire. It has the same tracks in the same order as Live Out of Hell, listed above.

1. I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that) (live)
2. You took the words right out of my mouth (live)
3. Two out of three ain't bad (live)
4. Life is a lemon and I want my money back (live)
5. Objects in the rearview mirror may appear closer than they are (live)
6. Bat out of hell (live)
7. Paradise by the dashboard light (live)

This unofficial recording of a live show contains the same material in a different order as Live Out of Hell and Live in New York above, and may even have been recorded at the same show. Who knows? This time CDM have attempted to cash in on the huge success of Bat II. Released in Europe in 1994.

1. I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that) (live)
2. Objects in the rearview mirror may appear closer than they are (live)
3. Two out of three ain't bad (live)
4. You took the words right out of my mouth (live)
5. Life is a lemon and I want my money back (live)
6. Bat out of hell (live)
7. Paradise by the dashboard light (live)

Another 2 picture CD set from Australia. Again the live tracks are taken from Meat Loaf Live but there are an additional 15 studio tracks which reproduce almost entirely the two albums 'Bad Attitude' and 'Blind Before I Stop'. It was released by BMG (Australia) in 1994.

CD1

1. Bat out of hell (live)
2. You took the words right out of my mouth (live)
3. Two out of three ain't bad (live)
4. Modern girl (live)
5. Paradise by the dashboard light (live)
6. Midnight at the lost and found (live)
7. Blind before I stop (live)
8. Masculine (live)
9. Rock 'n roll mercenaries (live)
10. Don't leave your mark on me
11. Nowhere fast
12. Piece of the action

CD2

1. Bad attitude
2. Execution day
3. Jumpin' the gun
4. Standing on the outside
5. Getting away with murder
6. Surfs up
7. Burning down
8. Man and a woman
9. One more kiss (night of the soft parade)
10. Sailor to a Siren
11. Cheatin' in your dreams
12. Rock and roll hero

Another Sony Music compilation released in Germany in 1994. It contains an interesting mix of songs from all 5 main albums released up to 1993. It also has 3 tracks sung by Jim Steinman from his album 'Bad for Good'. But there are 2 very interesting tracks which are not easily found elsewhere: Heroes is a song recorded for the Los Angeles Paralympic Games in 1987 and features Brian May from The Queen on guitar; the song was actually called 'A Time for Heroes'. The final track 'Eddie's Teddy' is from Roxy Cast version of 'The Rocky Horror Show'. Meat Loaf not only played Eddie in this version but also Eddie's uncle Dr Scott. 'Eddie's Teddy' was performed by Dr Scott in this version.

1. Out of the frying pan (and into the fire) - sung by Jim Steinman
2. It's a time for heroes
3. Rock 'n' roll dreams come through - sung by Jim Steinman
4. All revved up with no place to go
5. Razor's edge
6. For crying out loud
7. Execution day
8. Masculine
9. Lost boys and golden girls - sung by Jim Steinman
10. Peel out
11. Midnight at the lost and found
12. Bad attitude
13. Everything is permitted
14. Eddie's teddy

This would appear to be, dare I say it, another bootleg released in 1994. It has live tracks recorded at "My Father's Place" in November 1977, in London in 1977 and finally 3 live tracks recorded in London 1994, at some unknown location in 1993 and at the Brit Awards in 1994.

1. Bat out of hell
2. You took the words right out of my mouth
3. Two out of three ain't bad
4. Paradise by the dashboard light
5. All revved up with no place to go
6. Johnny B. Goode
7. River deep, mountain high
8. Rock 'n' roll dreams come through
9. Out of the frying pan (and into the fire)
10. I'd do anything for live (but I won't do that)

This is a 2 CD set, Italian bootleg, of a concert at recorded in Cardiff. The songs Two out of three and Out of the frying pan are done as a medley on this recording, as are Everything louder than everything else and Wasted youth.

CD1

1. I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that)
2. You took the words right out of my mouth
3. All revved up with no place to go
4. Rock and roll dreams come through
5. Two out of three ain't bad
6. Out of the frying pan (and into the fire)
7. Life is a Lemon (and I want my money back)

CD2

1. Heaven can wait
2. Objects in the rearview mirrror may appear closer than they are
3. Bat out of hell
4. Band introduction
5. Paradise by the dashboard light
6. Everything louder than everything else/Wasted Youth
7. Dead ringer for love

Not to be confused with the 1993 release Meat Loaf: The Collection. This compilation was released by BMG in 1994 and has a mix of live and studio tracks. The live tracks are from the old favourites from the 1987 Wembley shows. Most of the other tracks have been taken from the two albums 'Bad Attutide' and 'Blind Before I Stop'. One interesting track is the final one on this album 'Stand by me' which appears on the reverse of the 12" vinyl versions of the single 'Nowhere Fast'. A single with the song 'Clap your hands and stamp your feet' and this song was made in 1973 and may or may not have been released in 1975 on the Ode label. Different reports tell different stories; some say that it was released and withdrawn others that it was never released at all. In my view it is worth getting this compilation just to hear this one song.

1. Rock 'n' Roll Hero
2. Nowhere Fast
3. Piece Of The Action
4. Bat Out Of Hell (live)
5. Don't Leave Your Mark On Me
6. Burning Down
7. One More Kiss (Night Of The Soft Parade)
8. Took The Words (live)
9. Midnight At The Lost And Found (live)
10. Standing On The Outside
11. Man And A Woman
12. Modern Girl (live)
13. Stand By Me (previously unreleased)

This is the second release of Meat Loaf and Friends and contains 5 extra tracks, 2 by Meat Loaf, 2 by Bonnie Tyler and 1 by Ellen Foley. All non-Meat tracks are indicated in brackets after the song. This 2 CD set was released in 1995 by, dare I say, Sony Music.

CD1

1. Paradise by the dashboard light
2. Holding out for a hero (Bonnie Tyler)
3. You took the words right out of my mouth
4. We belong to the night (Ellen Foley)
5. Bad for good (Jim Steinman)
6. What's the matter baby (Ellen Foley)
7. Two out of three ain't bad
8. Faster than the speed of night (Bonnie Tyler)
9. Dead ringer for love
10. Night out (Ellen Foley)
11. Total eclipse of the heart (Bonnie Tyler)
12. Left in the dark (Jim Steinman)

CD2

1. Bat out of hell
2. Loving you's a dirty job but somebody's gotta do it (Bonnie Tyler)
3. The shuttered palace (sons of Europe) (Ellen Foley)
4. Midnight at the lost and found
5. Have you ever seen the rain? (Bonnie Tyler)

Another Sony Music release in a Definitive Collection series. This album contains tracks from 'Bat Out of Hell', 'Deadringer' and 'Midnight at the Lost and Found' and finally a track from the Ted Nugent album 'Free for All'. There are a lost of short versions of Meat Loaf favourites. I always feel cheated somehow!

1. Paradise by the dashboard light
2. Bat out of hell
3. You took the words right out of my mouth
4. Two out of three ain't bad
5. Heaven can wait
6. Dead ringer for love
7. Read 'em and weep
8. I'm gonna love her for both of us
9. More than you deserve
10. Peel out
11. Everything is permitted
12. Razor's edge
13. If you really want to
14. Don't you look at me like that
15. Fallen angel
16. I love you so I told you a lie (with Ted Nugent)

More from Sony Music release in a Best of the Best series and released in Italy in 1995. This album contains tracks from 'Bat Out of Hell', 'Deadringer' and 'Midnight at the Lost and Found'. There are some interesting sleeve notes, all in Italian and plenty of pictures! The disc is a half picture disc with 3 recent pictures of Meat picked out with a red background.

1. Bat out of hell
2. Read 'em and weep
3. Dead ringer for love
4. Paradise by the dashboard light
5. Two out of three ain't bad
6. Midnight at the lost and found
7. Heaven can wait
8. I'm gonna love her for both of us
9. Everything is permitted
10. For crying out loud

This is a Kiss the Stone Records release from Italy; it has a picture CD but I can't describe it to you because I don't have it yet! It was recorded at a concert in Toronto on 9 November 1995.

1. You took the words right out of my mouth
2. Where the rubber meets the road
3. Band introductions
4. Amnesty is granted
5. I'd lie for you (and that's the truth)
6. Life is a lemon (and I want my money back)
7. Bat out of hell

This is a 2 CD set of a concert at recorded in Cardiff; another Italian bootleg. Dead ringer for love does not appear in the track listing but follows on from Wasted Youth as a single track.

CD1

1. I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that)
2. You took the words right out of my mouth
3. All revved up with no place to go
4. Rock and roll dreams come through
5. Two out of three ain't bad
6. Out of the frying pan (and into the fire)
7. Life is a Lemon (and I want my money back)

CD2

1. Heaven can wait
2. Objects in the rearview mirrror may appear closer than they are
3. Bat out of hell
4. Paradise by the dashboard light
5. Wasted Youth/Dead ringer for love

This compilation is sub-titled 'The Best Ballads of Meat Loaf' and contains tracks from most of the main albums up to 'Blind Before I Stop'. It also has 2 Jim Steinman tracks. Another Sony Music album released in Germany in 1996. There is booklet picture sleeve with a biography (in German) and some nice Meat-y pictures and a picture of Jim Steinman.

1. Heaven can wait
2. Two out of three ain't bad
3. Read 'em and weep
4. Surf's up
5. Everything is permitted
6. More than you deserve
7. Lost boys and golden girls - sung by Jim Steinman
8. Left in the dark - sung by Jim Steinman
9. Man and a woman
10. Fallen angel
11. For crying out loud
12. Standing on the outside

Not to be confused with the album of very similar name 'Rock 'N' Roll Hero' this album was released in 1996 by BMG Records (UK) and contain many tracks of the 2 Arista albums 'Bad Attitude' and 'Blind Before I Stop' plus 2 additional live tracks; our old favourites from Meat Loaf Live in 1987.

1. Bad attutide
2. Sailor to a siren
3. One more kiss (night of the soft parade)
4. Jumpin' the gun
5. Special girl
6. Modern girl
7. Masculine
8. Don't leave your mark on me
9. Cheatin' in your dreams
10. Blind before I stop
11. Piece of the action
12. Rock 'n' roll hero
13. Paradise by the dashboard light (live)
14. Bat out of hell (live)