bat hell bat hell second album major label debut american rock singer collaboration composer released october best selling albums history recorded music having sold million copies worldwide rolling_stone_magazine ranked number list greatest albums time musical style influenced appreciation bat hell certified recording_industry_association_of_america platinum album fourteen times spent weeks charts album went influential iconic albums time songs remained classic rock staples album title title meat albums produced album bat hell hell produced album bat hell iii monster loose pre production album developed musical sci update wrote workshop performed meat touring national felt songs exceptional began develop seven song set wanted record album songs bat hell heaven wait formation pack later retitled place bat hell compared music particularly album born run says finds musically share influences inspiration influence bbc article added played album helped reinforce comparison meat immense difficulty finding record company willing sign according meat autobiography band spent writing recording material half years auditioning record rejected manager jokes creating record companies rejected performed album live piano meat singing joining paradise says medley brutal imagine meat cracked cbs executive rejected project singer recounts incident autobiography davis according actors don records executive challenged writing abilities knowledge rock music know write song know writing going write records goes like don know don know write song listened pop music heard rock roll music leave buy rock roll records meat asserts jim time knew record walking rock encyclopedia laughed insults singer fuck street building found album hilarious thinking parody singer quotes saying got album told producer previously signed interview magazine labeled genuine genius worked interview studio episode making album revealed potential candidates producing bat hell rejected meat favor meat initially found grew like production recording started late new_york pianist drummer played album addition members group played saxophone played guitar including motorcycle solo bat hell influenced wall sound according meat arrangements jim hear instruments head discovered deal actually exist bob_dylan manager offered label needed money essentially paid album impressed senior people rejected performed live offended years earlier auditioning song named needs young contains lyric left fuck screw street band member arranged contact subsidiary listening spoken word intro took words right mouth hot summer night founder accepted album cleveland mixed record night mixes suitable extent want paradise album mixed run remixed tracks attempts people mixed version paradise album according meat mixed title track baseball play play paradise light recorded hit factory new_york_city meat italian catholic publicly maintained unaware contribution sex finished song asserts claimed ignorance criticism priest fully aware context recording composition acknowledges highly influenced rural suburban teenage angst according manager jim come great titles write song try justify greatness title album opens title track bat hell taken musical result desire write extreme crash song time features boy riding fast unable way late track took words right mouth opens spoken word performed taken musical tracks place describes beginning relationship taking girl round midnight got draw blood got draw blood opens ain bad written near end album production song documents break relationship despite fact man wants needs woman love tries positive supportive emphasizing emotions want need positive ain bad gives song sarcastic twist twist reason man love woman loves woman broke loved man identifies song influenced eagles successful time producer highlights underlying humor lyrics citing line ain hiding jack box says away lyric meat song sixth track paradise light epic story teen romance sex duet meat couple driving spot plans sex heavily middle instrumental section described metaphor baseball commentary new_york_yankees announcer stops sex insisting love forever love end time final song displays couple relationship praying end time got spend minute don think survive title track ultimate car crash song according writer ultimate car sex song album describes pre sexual mentality seventh final track crying loud love song recounts positive changes girl singer life reached song incorporates sexual line faded apart comparing album musical dream engine magazine says imagery fueled songs like paradise light ain bad crying loud echoed textbook teenage view sex life physical urges unrealistic romantic longing songs bat hell personal autobiographical thought personal songs terms life personality songs images takes place normal world play extreme world heightened don place normal reality example citing narrative paradise jokes imagine beautiful girl school imagine imagining cover credited album cover concept illustrated cover depicts motorcycle ridden long haired man ground graveyard background large bat atop towers rest magazine listed cover number list best record covers time wanted equal billing meat album title wanted called presents jim meat vice versa marketing reasons record company wished meat recognizable compromise words songs appear relatively prominently cover singer believes probably beginning ambivalent relationship title phrase bat hell traced greek playwright work titled birds believed reference bat hell near land marsh borders evokes souls men came day soul left alive offered little victim throat following example stepped pace backwards bat came hell drink blood registered bat hell trademark sought prevent meat title singer sought cancel trademark use title bat hell iii monster loose film eddie character played killed served dinner meal rolled audience members traditionally comes meat like bat hell phrase let sleep paradise light point originally audience meat album hit reception bat hell released october parent label hated head relentless efforts epic radio board reflected album timeless didn fit trend going release record time place response album slow asserts having reputation damaged goods walked places enthusiastic response music videos record australia england develop interest bbc television programme old grey whistle test aired clip live band performing minute title track according response overwhelming screened following week later invited band perform paradise live result bat non radio record heard got unique perspective album immediate hit growing bat hell sells copies year sold estimated million copies worldwide including million united_states million albums australia second best selling album country million copies entered june stayed united_kingdom charts weeks feat surpassed weeks rumours magazine listed album time album ranked number rolling_stone_magazine list greatest albums time bat hell ranked number magazine book time voted number poll conducted discover australia popular album november meat awarded classic album award classic rock roll honour reviews initially mixed positive rolling_stone called songs swell entirely derivative noted arrangements aren bad musicians commended review ended assertion growing modern reviews positive allmusic declares grand pop epic gothic silly appealing acknowledge composer peer simply wanted mini like production applauded wit music lyrics elevate adolescent passion dimensions certainly silly hard marvel skill silly irresistible album meat revealed studio received early tour opening interview revealed played convention record executives superstar audience gave meat standing ovation performance haunting rendition closing track crying loud credits turning point album success united_states dispute sued sony unpaid royalties sales album terms settlement agreement ending suit sony agreed include logo future releases album founder owner rights sued sony alleging sony failed include logo copies album compilations sony released included songs album federal district court cleveland ohio entered judgment sony jury verdict favor awarded damages sony breach settlement agreement november federal court cincinnati ohio affirmed judgment trial court track listing songs written composed versions album exists numerous formats including super audio version 25th anniversary edition epic legacy bonus tracks great fire live intro bat hell live bat hell revamped release featuring bonus song dead love sales certifications personnel track numbers indicate musician plays instrument noted specific track arrangements string arrangements orchestra arrangement band meat lead vocals backing vocals percussion guitar percussion keyboards backing vocals bass guitar backing vocals piano keyboards piano piano keyboards percussion effects dialogue intro synthesizer saxophone drums john drums dialogue intro play play featured vocal backing vocals backing vocals gene concert master members orchestra
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