Meat Loaf – Dead Ringer
(Epic Records 1981 EPC83645)
Matrix No’s: A5/B5 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some ringwear marking top & bottom on front
Black with White Lyric Insert in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor.
Dead Ringer is a 1981 album by Meat Loaf and is the second of three Meat Loaf albums written entirely by Jim Steinman. The album cover features an illustration by comic book artist and horror illustrator Bernie Wrightson.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Jim Steinman.
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | “Peel Out” (Female voice: Leslie Aday) | 6:30 | ||||||||
| 2. | “I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us” | 7:09 | ||||||||
| 3. | “More than You Deserve” | 7:02 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 4. | “I’ll Kill You if You Don’t Come Back” | 6:24 | ||||||||
| 5. | “Read ‘Em and Weep” | 5:25 | ||||||||
| 6. | “Nocturnal Pleasures” (Monologue by Steinman) | 0:38 | ||||||||
| 7. | “Dead Ringer for Love” (Duet with Cher) | 4:21 | ||||||||
| 8. | “Everything Is Permitted” | 4:41 | ||||||||
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- Arrangements by Steinman, Roy Bittan
- Horn Arrangements by Tom Malone
- String Arrangements by Alden Shuman, Roy Straigis
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Personnel
- Meat Loaf – vocals
- Davey Johnstone – guitars
- Mick Ronson – guitars (track 3)
- Joe DeAngelis – acoustic guitars (track 1)
- Steve Buslowe – bass guitar
- Roy Bittan – piano, keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 8)
- Nicky Hopkins – piano (track 3)
- Larry Fast – synthesizers (tracks 1, 6)
- Lou Del Gatto, Tom Malone, Lou Marini, Alan Rubin – horns (track 7)
- Max Weinberg – drums
- Liberty DeVitto – drums (tracks 5, 7)
- Jimmy Maelen – percussion, African logs (track 7)
- Leslie Aday – female voice (track 1)
- Jim Steinman – spoken word (track 6)
- Cher – guest vocals (track 7)
- Rhonda Coullet (track 7), Rory Dodd, Ted Neeley, Allan Nicholls, Eric Troyer – vocals
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