Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
by Meat Loaf
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Oct 31, 2006
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 31
  3. Negative: 5 out of 31

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  1. DamienS
    Dec 23, 2006
    6
    Largely a mixture of truly awful attempts at straightforward metal and lower-tier Jim Steinman songs (with the exception of the excellent "It's All Coming back to Me Now," "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be," "Bad for Good," and "Cry to Heaven"), "The Monster Is Loose" (I refuse to call it a part of the "Bat out of Hell" series) is saved by a series of high-energy pop songs Largely a mixture of truly awful attempts at straightforward metal and lower-tier Jim Steinman songs (with the exception of the excellent "It's All Coming back to Me Now," "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be," "Bad for Good," and "Cry to Heaven"), "The Monster Is Loose" (I refuse to call it a part of the "Bat out of Hell" series) is saved by a series of high-energy pop songs beefed up with some power chords and string arrangements (especially "Cry Over Me" and "Alive"). It's a better album than I expected in a non-Steinman Meat Loaf release, but certainly doesn't deserve its title.… Expand

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#82 Most Shared Album of 2006

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Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    There are moments on Bat Out of Hell III to convince even die-hard minimalists that behemoth is better.
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  2. AllMusic
    40
    That he fails is not the fault of his individual performance; it's the fault of botched execution.
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  3. Amazon.com
    60
    More a pop orchestral mishmash than a well-defined rock opus, Bat III is dark, seemingly hopeless at times, and über dramatic. Oddly enough, that's also its saving grace.
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