Heaven & Hell (Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler album)

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Heaven & Hell
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Compilation album by
Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler
Released1989
Recorded1971–1986
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length61:42
Label

Heaven & Hell is a compilation album by American singer Meat Loaf and Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 1989 by Telstar Records. The majority of songs included on Heaven & Hell were written by Jim Steinman, who wrote some of Meat Loaf and Tyler's biggest hits.

Contents

Though the album was not an immediate commercial success, due to steady sales Heaven & Hell was certified platinum by the BPI in 2013.

Background

Heaven & Hell was first released in 1989 by Telstar following a deal with Epic. It contains fourteen tracks, with selections from Bat Out of Hell , Dead Ringer , Blind Before I Stop and Bad Attitude by Meat Loaf, and Faster Than the Speed of Night and Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire by Bonnie Tyler. Ten of the compilation's tracks were written by Jim Steinman. [2] The original cover art for Heaven & Hell featured two mirrored photographs of Meat Loaf and Tyler performing on stage. In 1993, Columbia reissued the compilation with a new cover art and altered track listing.

In 2011, Sony released another CD pressing of Heaven & Hell as part of their "Girl's Night In X" reissue campaign.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of AllMusic described the compilation as "a rather pointless collection of tunes", only that it was "a good idea at the time". He described Steinman's songs as "brilliantly composed" and Meat Loaf's vocals as "wonderfully sung". [1]

Track listing

Heaven & Hell — Original version
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Dead Ringer for Love" (with Cher) Jim Steinman Dead Ringer 4:26
2."Holding Out for a Hero"
 Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture 4:23
3."You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"Steinman Bat Out of Hell 4:13
4."Faster Than the Speed of Night"Steinman Faster Than the Speed of Night 4:41
5."Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" John Fogerty Faster Than the Speed of Night 3:48
6."Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"SteinmanBat Out of Hell3:57
7."Total Eclipse of the Heart"SteinmanFaster Than the Speed of Night4:32
8."Bat Out of Hell"SteinmanBat Out of Hell4:55
9."Straight from the Heart"
Faster Than the Speed of Night3:40
10."Read 'Em and Weep"SteinmanDead Ringer3:48
11."Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)" (with Todd Rundgren)Steinman Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire 4:12
12."Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" (with John Parr)
 Blind Before I Stop 4:56
13."If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" Desmond Child Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire3:59
14."Modern Girl"
 Bad Attitude 4:25
Heaven & Hell — 1993 reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Bat Out of Hell" Jim Steinman Bat Out of Hell 4:55
2."Faster Than the Speed of Night"Steinman Faster Than the Speed of Night 4:42
3."You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"SteinmanBat Out of Hell5:05
4."Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" John Fogerty Faster Than the Speed of Night4:08
5."Read 'Em and Weep"Steinman Dead Ringer 3:48
6."Total Eclipse of the Heart"SteinmanFaster Than the Speed of Night4:31
7."Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"SteinmanBat Out of Hell4:50
8."Holding Out for a Hero"
 Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire 3:31
9."Dead Ringer for Love" (with Cher)SteinmanDead Ringer4:23
10."If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" Desmond Child Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire4:02
11."If You Really Want To"
 Midnight at the Lost and Found 3:39
12."Straight from the Heart"
Faster Than the Speed of Night3:43
13."Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" (with Todd Rundgren)SteinmanSecret Dreams and Forbidden Fire5:50
14."Heaven Can Wait"SteinmanBat Out of Hell4:41

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 43
Chart (1994)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [4] 84
Chart (2003)Peak
position
Irish Albums [5] 54
Chart (2012)Peak
position
Irish Albums [6] 58
Chart (2013)Peak
position
Irish Albums [7] 32
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Irish Albums [8] 94
Chart (2015)Peak
position
Irish Albums [9] 60
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Irish Albums [10] 82
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Irish Compilations Chart (OCC) [11] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 83
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [13] 17
UK Compilation Chart (OCC) [14] 34

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Platinum300,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateVersionFormat(s)LabelRef.
United Kingdom1989Original Cassette Telstar
Europe5 May 1993 CD Columbia [16]
1994CD Epic
2004 Digital download Columbia [16]

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