“Original Sin” is actually followed by a cover of “20th Century Fox,” originally performed by the Doors. I’m not a fan of the original song, either, but the cover is surprisingly by-the-numbers and lifeless for a Steinman production sung by Ellen Foley. It’s easy to see why the song appealed to Jim Steinman–the title is…

With his mid-’80s success behind him, Steinman finally fully took the helm of a new album for the first time in nearly a decade in Original Sin, an album credited to the group Pandora’s Box. Pandora’s Box was listed as vocalists Ellen Foley, Gina Taylor, Elaine Caswell, and Deliria Wilde as well as keyboardist Jim…

I’ve gone back and forth with myself about whether to cover these, but I decided it seems worthwhile. On Meat Loaf’s Bad Attitude album in 1984, he covered two Jim Steinman songs, “Nowhere Fast” and “Surf’s Up.” Steinman did not actually work on the album at all and while it was a hit in Europe,…