Couldn't Have Said It Better

Could not Have Said It Better (English for: " Had it not better to say ") is the ninth studio album by the American rock singer Meat Loaf. It was published in 2003. Only the third time Meat Loaf released an album so without any song by Jim Steinman. Meat Loaf claimed it was " the best album since Bat Out of Hell".

Yet, the album only a small success, reaching number 11 in the Dt was. Album Charts, # 4 on the UK charts and only top 85 of the Billboard charts. There were many songwriters worked for the album including Diane Warren and James Michael. Diane Warren has written for Meat Loaf in the past and had some very big hits including I'd Lie For You (And That's A Truth ). James Michael had never written for Meat Loaf before and only his songs were released as a single.

Various versions of the album were released, some with bonus material. In addition, the color of the album cover in the UK differently (blue) than in other areas (red).

Tour

The album was accompanied by a sold-out world tour, which was used to promote the album and some of Meat Loaf 's biggest hits. On 17 November 2003, during the performance at London's Wembley Arena he collapsed, later it was diagnosed as Wolff- Parkinson -White syndrome. The following week, he underwent a surgery to fix the problem. As a result, Meat Loaf limited insurance its time of occurrence per concert to a maximum of 1 3/ 4 hours.

Meat Loaf ended his tour and came back two years later. His Hair of the Dog That Bit You World Tour, with more than 160 concerts, sold out. Amongst his many classic songs he sang a cover version of the hit single During this tour Meat Loaf also sang a song of his album Bat Out of Hell III "Black Betty. ": The Monster Is Loose entitled " Only When I Feel ". He mentioned that it is not one of the most challenging songs on the album was, but it had to sing after it was removed from the album track list. Meat Loaf said that it could have been his last " world tour " and if he Bat Out of Hell III promote, he would be only one -fifth of the concerts he gave during this tour.

Title list

  • Chapter One
  • Chapter Two

Australian Special Edition Bonus Live CD

The Australian release of Could not Have Said It Better includes a bonus live CD with 6 live songs from the American tour of 2003, compiled by Meat Loaf.

Special Edition Bonus CD

The special edition of the UK and international release includes a bonus CD with 2 clips and an MP3 file to Meat Loaf's 1999 VH1 Storytellers DVD and CD player, and a promo video for Did I Say That? .

Singles

Three singles were released, " Did I Say That? ", " Could not Have Said It Better" and " Man Of Steel" ( UK only ), all with moderate success charts. The Most was caused by extremely bad publicity on the part of the record company ( a major gripe with Sanctuary Records, the U.S. label that released the album ) and little actually sold singles, especially in the UK - the largest market. However, the single " Could not Have Said It Better" reached # 1 on the English rock charts, although it had only a small budget, in stark contrast to his 90 videos.

  • Did I Say That? # 18 in Germany
  • Could not Have Said It Better Myself: # 80 in Germany, # 31 in the UK
  • Man of Steel # 21 in the UK

Contributors

  • Meat Loaf - vocals
  • Patti Russo - vocals on " Could not Have Said It Better, " Backing Vocal
  • Michael Hart Thompson - guitar
  • Tim Pierce - guitar
  • Peter Mokran - guitar, synthesizer, drum programming
  • Kasim Sulton - bass, backing vocal
  • Mark Alexander - Piano
  • Tom Brislin - Piano
  • Aaron Zigman - Piano
  • Kenny Aronoff - drums
  • John Miceli - drums
  • Luis Conte - percussion
  • Dan Higgins - Tin Whistle
  • Stephen Erdődy - Cello
  • Tony Flores - Seal
  • Pearl Aday - vocals on " Man of Steel, " Backing Vocal
  • Tanja Reichert - spoken intro in "Man of Steel"
  • Giselda Vatcky - spoken cutscene in " Tear Me Down"
  • Maxi Anderson - Backing Vocals
  • Alexandra Brown - Backing Vocals
  • Lynn Davis - Backing Vocals
  • James Michael - Backing Vocals
  • Todd Rundgren - Backing Vocals
  • Rose Stone - Backing Vocals
  • Eric Troyer - Backing Vocals

Studio albums: Stoney & Meatloaf (1971 ) | 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 ) | Could not 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)

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)

Compilations: Hits out of Hell (1984 ) | Heaven & Hell (1993 ) | Rock'n'Roll Hero (1995 ) | The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998 ) | Piece of the Action - The Best Of ( 2009)

  • Meat Loaf album
  • Album ( rock )
  • 2003 album
Record label Polydor Records Genre Rock music VH1: Storytellers (Meat Loaf) Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome Nikki Sixx Forever Young (Bob Dylan song) Bob Geddins Live-Album Andrew Lloyd Webber Singing Dead Ringer (album) Bad Attitude (album)
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