Stoney & Meatloaf

Stoney & Meatloaf
Stoney & Meatloaf
Studio album by Stoney & Meatloaf
Released	October 1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Psychedelic soul ;
Length	34:54
Label	Rare Earth
Producer	Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Meat Loaf chronology

Last updated July 04, 2025

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy as Jesus"	Patti Jerome, Ralph Terrana, Mike Valvano	2:54
2.	"She Waits by the Window"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	4:07
3.	"It Takes All Kinds of People"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano	2:23
4.	"Game of Love"	Ike Turner	3:50
5.	"Kiss Me Again"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	5:08

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"What You See Is What You Get"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano	2:15
7.	"Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)"	Ralph Terrana, Mike Valvano	3:02
8.	"Jimmy Bell"	Traditional	3:48
9.	"Lady Be Mine"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	4:44
10.	"Jessica White"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	2:43

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van De Pitte

1978/1979 re-release Meat Loaf featuring Stoney and Meatloaf

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jimmy Bell"	Traditional	5:14
2.	"She Waits by the Window"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette	4:07
3.	"It Takes All Kinds of People"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano	2:23
4.	"Stone Heart"	Campbell, Monette	2:57
5.	"Who Is the Leader of the People?"	Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses	4:15

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"What You See Is What You Get"	Jerome, Valvano	2:15
7.	"Kiss Me Again"	Campbell, Monette	4:14
8.	"Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)"	Terrana, Valvano	3:02
9.	"Jessica White"	Campbell, Monette	2:43
10.	"Lady Be Mine"	Campbell, Monette	4:44
11.	"Everything Under the Sun"	Campbell, Monette	2:43

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Producers on "Who Is the Leader of the People?": Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris
Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van De Pitte
Remixed and remastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Remix engineer: Glen Jordan
Mastering engineer: Jack Andrews

2022 re-release Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Sessions

Disc one ^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy As Jesus"	Patti Jerome, Ralph Terrana, Mike Valvano
2.	"She Waits By the Window"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette
3.	"It Takes All Kinds of People"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano
4.	"Game of Love"	Ike Turner
5.	"Kiss Me Again"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette
6.	"What You See Is What You Get"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano
7.	"Sunshine (Where's Heaven)"	Ralph Terrana, Mike Valvano
8.	"Jimmy Bell"	Traditional
9.	"Lady Be Mine"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette
10.	"Jessica White"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette
11.	"What You See Is What You Get (Mono Single Version)"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano
12.	"Lady Be Mine (Mono Single Version)"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette
13.	"It Takes All Kinds of People (Mono Single Version)"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano
14.	"The Way You Do the Things You Do (Mono Single Version)"	Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Let Me Come Down Easy (Stoney Single Version)"	Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
2.	"It's Always Me (Stoney Single Version)"	Beatrice Verdi, Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
3.	"Carry Me (Stoney Solo Outtake)"
4.	"A Woman Left Lonely (Stoney Solo Outtake)"
5.	"Mo Jo Hannah (Stoney Solo Outtake)"
6.	"Stone Liberty (Stoney Solo Outtake)"
7.	"Sunshine (Where's Heaven) (Stoney Solo Version)"	Ralph Terrana, Mike Valvano
8.	"Touch and Go (Stoney Solo Outtake)"
9.	"The Way You Do the Things You Do (2022 Stereo Mix)"	Smokey Robinson, Robert Rogers
10.	"Everything Under the Sun (2022 Mix)"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette
11.	"Stone Heart (2022 Mix)"	Mike Campbell, Ray Monette
12.	"Who Is the Leader of the People (2022 Mix)"	Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses
13.	"Jimmy Bell (2022 Mix)"	Traditional
14.	"It Takes All Kinds of People (2022 Mix)"	Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano

Personnel

Lead vocals: Meat Loaf, Stoney Murphy
Backing vocals: Mike Campbell, Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers, Scorpion (Bob Babbitt, Mike Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith) and Ralph Terrana
- Instrumentation on "Game of Love" and "Jimmy Bell": Charlie Irwin, Richard Ponte, Jim Simmons and Scott Strong

Singles

"What You See Is What You Get" (b/w "Lady Be Mine" [Edit])
"It Takes All Kinds of People" (b/w "The Way You Do the Things You Do")

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[8]	25

Singles

"What You See Is What You Get"
Chart (1971)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100 ^[9]	71

References

↑ Shipley, Al (January 21, 2022). "Remembering Meat Loaf, A Singer Who Was Larger Than Life". Spin. Retrieved February 5, 2023. They signed to a Motown subsidiary, Rare Earth, as a duo but their album 1971 Stoney & Meatloaf — later appreciated as a psychedelic soul gem — flopped.
↑ "Stoney and Meatloaf Everything Under the Sun (2-CD Set)".
1 2 "What You See is What You Get: Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Bring Stoney and Meatloaf to CD with "Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings"". March 18, 2022.
↑ Breihan, Tom (February 16, 2022). "The Number Ones: Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". Stereogum . Retrieved November 17, 2024.
1 2 Stoney & Meatloaf at AllMusic
↑ "Meat Loaf albums ranked from worst to best". September 12, 2016.
↑ v/a (1971). "Various – Rock Gospel - The Key To The Kingdom". Discogs.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Meat Loaf – Featuring Stoney and Meat Loaf" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
↑ "Stoney & Meatloaf Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2016.

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[1] Shipley, Al (January 21, 2022). "Remembering Meat Loaf, A Singer Who Was Larger Than Life". Spin. Retrieved February 5, 2023. They signed to a Motown subsidiary, Rare Earth, as a duo but their album 1971 Stoney & Meatloaf — later appreciated as a psychedelic soul gem — flopped.

[2] "Stoney and Meatloaf Everything Under the Sun (2-CD Set)".

[theseconddisc.com-3] 1 2 "What You See is What You Get: Second Disc Records, Real Gone Music Bring Stoney and Meatloaf to CD with "Everything Under the Sun: The Motown Recordings"". March 18, 2022.

[Breihan_2022-4] Breihan, Tom (February 16, 2022). "The Number Ones: Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". Stereogum . Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[AM-5] 1 2 Stoney & Meatloaf at AllMusic

[Louder-6] "Meat Loaf albums ranked from worst to best". September 12, 2016.

[7] v/a (1971). "Various – Rock Gospel - The Key To The Kingdom". Discogs.

[ac_Netherlands_Meat_Loaf-8] "Dutchcharts.nl – Meat Loaf – Featuring Stoney and Meat Loaf" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Stoney_&_Meatloaf-9] "Stoney & Meatloaf Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2016.

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v t e Meat Loaf
Studio albums	Bat Out of Hell (1977) Dead Ringer (1981) Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983) Bad Attitude (1984) Blind Before I Stop (1986) Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995) Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003) Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006) Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010) Hell in a Handbasket (2011) Braver Than We Are (2016)
Live albums	Live at Wembley (1987) Live Around the World (1996) VH1: Storytellers (1999) Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004) 3 Bats Live (2008)
Compilations	Hits Out of Hell (1985) Heaven & Hell (1989) The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998) Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf (2009)
Other albums	Stoney & Meatloaf (1971) Free-for-All (1976)
Videography	Hits Out of Hell Bat Out of Hell II: Picture Show VH1: Storytellers To Hell and Back: The Meat Loaf Story Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 3 Bats Live Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
Tours	The Seize the Night Tour (2006–07) The Casa de Carne Tour (2008) Guilty Pleasure Tour (2011) Mad, Mad World Tour (2012) Last at Bat Tour (2013)
Singles	"What You See Is What You Get" "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" "Bat Out of Hell" "I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us" "Dead Ringer for Love" "Read 'Em and Weep" "In Europe '82" "If You Really Want To" "Razor's Edge" "Midnight at the Lost and Found" "Modern Girl" "Nowhere Fast" "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" "Blind Before I Stop" "Special Girl" "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" "Not a Dry Eye in the House" "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)" "Is Nothing Sacred" "Couldn't Have Said It Better" "Man of Steel" "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" "Cry Over Me" "Los Angeloser"
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