Steinman wrote this song way back in the days of The Dream Engine, calling it “Come in the Night.” This was the first song of the musical, and so in a way it is how Steinman began his career, even though he wrote “Who Needs the Young” earlier. The song opens with a piano melody,…

Another old Steinman song appears here, but this time it’s not really making its first appearance on record. Versions of this song appear as far back as 1973, when it made an appearance on a demo tape for More than You Deserve, and continue to appear with regularity thereafter. An instrumental version named “Great Boleros…

Sometimes it feels like Meat Loaf tried to make up for missing the ’80s in the US not just by covering every ’80s Steinman song but then by making them sound more ’80s than Steinman’s original production. You can’t sound much more like the ’80s than what Meat Loaf did here. The synthesized strings and…