I have nothing really to say about “Nocturnal Pleasure.” It’s very short and while I still love Steinman’s delivery, it doesn’t seem to have anything terribly interesting to say. It is interesting that, like “Love and Death and an American Guitar” but unlike “Hot Summer Night,” it is its own track instead of being attached…

I haven’t harped as much about how much this album is repeating Bat out of Hell as I did with Bad for Good, but it’s definitely the case–if anything even more so. “Peel Out” opens the album with a song about driving fast to replicate the motorcycle crash opening, “I’m Gonna Love Her for Both…

Have you ever wondered what the Meat Loaf-Steinman team would produce if required to record a straightforward piece of–to use the music critic term–MOR AOR? Okay, I haven’t, either. But here it is! From the moment the song opens with an almost glam rock-style descending chord guitar riff joined quickly by doubled leads, it’s clear…