Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell - Album Of The Week Club review
How do you improve upon the most bombastic multi-million seller ever? On Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman added extra length
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