''Blind Before I Stop'' is the fifth studio album by American singer

Meat Loaf Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is on t ...

, released in September 1986. The album was produced in Germany by

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and was the first to fully embrace the '80s sound. Critics were concerned about the album missing the characteristic Steinman-influenced sound by incorporating synth chords and samples. According to Meat Loaf's 1998 autobiography, he would have preferred to wait to work with more Steinman material, but his contractual obligations with Arista required him to complete two more albums by the end of the 1980s, including this album and a live album. Meat Loaf co-wrote three of the songs on the album. Two of them, "Blind Before I Stop" and "

Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" is a song by Meat Loaf and John Parr, which was released in 1986 as the lead single from Meat Loaf's fifth studio album '' Blind Before I Stop''. The song was written by Al Hodge and Michael Dan Ehmig, and produced by ...

" were performed live on U.K. show '' Saturday Live'', with Meat Loaf playing guitar. "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries", a duet with rock singer

John Parr John Stephen Parr (born 18 November 1952) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1985 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", charting at number one in the US and number six in the UK, and for his 1984 US number- ...

, was released as a single in the UK. Meat Loaf sang the song live with Parr on only one occasion and did not do so again after an incident just after the release of the single. During a sold-out show in London, the singer failed to introduce Parr onto the stage and Parr walked off after the song was over. Despite leaving dozens of phone messages begging for forgiveness, Meat Loaf never heard from Parr again. During his late 1980s tour of Europe, Meat Loaf picked up pianist Frank Doyle. Richard Raskin had made contributions to arrangements on previous musical tracks some years before and his style can still be heard on bass. Music videos were created for several singles from the album, including "Getting Away with Murder" and "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries". Several songs from the album were featured as bonus tracks on the 1998 CD re-release of '' Bad Attitude'' in lieu of their inclusion on ''

The Very Best of Meat Loaf ''The Very Best of Meat Loaf'' is a 1998 album spanning the first 21 years of Meat Loaf's recording career. Although not reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom, it was certified double platinum there in 2013. The album features many of Meat ...

'' compilation album released the same year. '' Billboard'' said of "Getting Away with Murder that Meat Loaf "rocks out r&b style." '' Cash Box'' said it could "signal a solid chart comeback for Meat Loaf" and praised the arrangement and

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Track listing

Personnel

Band

*Meat Loaf — lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 8), guitar (5), additional guitars (2) *

— guest vocals (2) *Mats Björklynd — guitars (1, 2, 3, 8), bass (3, 6), keys, programming, drums (5, 9) *Johan Daansen — guitars (2, 7, 10) *Peter Weihe — guitars *Dieter Petereit — bass *John Golden — bass (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10) *Harry Baierl — piano (4, 7, 8), keyboards, programming (2) *Pit Löw — keyboards and programming *

Mel Collins Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from ...

— saxophone (1, 3, 6) * Curt Cress — drums *Amy Goff — female vocals (9), backing vocals *

— additional vocals (2), backing vocals (6) *Peter Bischof — vocals *Bert Gebhard — vocals *Bimey Oberreit — vocals *Elaine Goff — vocals *The Jackson Singers — choir (1, 6, 7)

Singles

" #31 UK *" Blind Before I Stop" #89 UK *" Special Girl" #81 UK

Charts

References

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SqJRrdR9VA4 Frank Farian world-wide music 45 minutes documentary {{Authority control Meat Loaf albums 1986 albums Albums produced by Frank Farian Arista Records albums