The Bad for Good equivalent of “Heaven Can Wait,” “Lost Boys and Golden Girls” is a gentle, sweeping, piano-led ballad with an almost lullaby feel. A choir and some doubled (if not more) lead guitars join in later, but even then the atmosphere remains subdued and quiet, terms that don’t typically fit Jim Steinman. One…

In the wake of Steinman’s death, articles across the web paid tribute to the Lord of Excess beyond the Bat albums and “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by mentioning his solo album, and somehow they came to a consensus in suggesting that the title track was the cream of the crop. There are probably reasons…

Jim Steinman described the track “The Storm” as the prologue to his solo album, so we will begin there, even though it was not originally released on the album proper. “The Storm” is really a classical piece that sounds more like a film score than anything else. Steinman had scored the film A Small Circle…