Bat out of Hell ended with a musically-soft ballad filled with huge notes that works as Meat Loaf’s personal showcase, so of course that’s also what ends Dead Ringer. (And, yes, I still need to write something about “For Crying out Loud.”) It’s not quite as one-for-one of a copycat as most of the tracks…

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…