Yesterday we featured at plotn08 the remastered reissue of MEAT LOAF 1984’s album “Bad Attitude”. The album concentrates more on the hard rock side of Meat Loaf according to the era, enlisting Bob Kulick on electric guitar to provide more bite, especially on the solos.
The North American release of “Bad Attitude” had to wait until the next year, because as happened with many foreign artists / bands, Record Labels wanted ‘different sonics’ for the U.S. market. Accordingly, “Bad Attitude” was remixed.
Released in April 1985 by RCA Records “Bad Attitude [1985 U.S. Mix]” features different track list order as well as alternate mixes for some songs, most of them also with longer running time. The overall sound has more separated instruments, more ‘stereo’, while keyboards a less prominent in favor to Kulick guitar riffs / solos.
While this kind of re-shape in sound most the time was subtle, in the case of this album the results are noticeable. “Bad Attitude [1985 U.S. Mix]” sounds different from the European original version. So we decided to share it here for you to listen, and compare.
01 – Bad Attitude
02 – Modern Girl
03 – Nowhere Fast
04 – Surf’s Up
05 – Piece Of The Action
06 – Jumpin’ The Gun
07 – Sailor To A Siren
08 – Don’t Leave Your Mark On Me
09 – Cheatin’ In Your Dreams
Meat Loaf — lead vocals
Bob Kulick — guitars
Paul Vincent — guitars
John Siegler — bass
Mo Foster — bass
Paul Jacobs — piano, keyboards, backing vocals
Steve Rance — Fairlight programming
Wells Kelly — drums, percussion, backing vocals
Curt Cress — drums
Frank Ricotti — percussion
Roger Daltrey — additional lead vocals (1)
Clare Torry — additional lead vocals (2), backing vocals
Zee Carling — additional lead vocals (6)
Stephanie de Sykes — backing vocals