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…

The musical More than You Deserve is largely forgotten in history except for one thing: it’s where Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman met. I’ve read through the script and am really not interested in hearing/seeing it. Michael Weller wrote the book, Jim Steinman wrote the music, and they co-wrote the lyrics. Meat Loaf would regularly…

To my reading, among Steinman fans, there are really two standout songs on this album: the titular “Dead Ringer for Love” and this one, and I agree on both counts. Both are very clearly Steinman works but neither is really the kind of soaring ballad he’s best known for. And while “Dead Ringer for Love”…