Dead Ringer
by Meat Loaf
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Meat Loaf bestography
Dead Ringer is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Meat Loaf on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Meat Loaf is Bat Out Of Hell which is ranked number 708 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,445.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Dead Ringer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Dead Ringer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | culwin | Top 73 Music Albums of 1981 | 71/73 | 0 |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 49 Music Albums of 1981 | 6/49 | 4 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 52 Music Albums of 1981 | 52/52 | 0 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1981 | 37/71 | - |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1981 | 14/36 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1981 | 44/100 | - |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 16/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1981 | 16/28 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 93 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/27/2025 15:15 | markl73 | 645 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 19:28 | Olli | 7,949 | 62/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2024 11:08 |  doombringer | 2,372 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.0/100, a mean average of 60.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.2.
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neilgee 01/22/2022 06:09 in What album are you listening to right now?Dead Ringer comments
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Well it's not great. Whereas "Bat Out Of Hell" was rock opera, this is more opera than rock. Almost all the songs are lyrically negative and depressing, and the music reflects that. One sad ballad would be OK, but half the album feels like a depressing dirge rather than a rock album. The rockin' single "Dead Ringer For Love" is the best song here, and it's alright, but it doesn't even fit with the rest of the album. "Nocturnal Pleasures" is a goofy but funny leftover that seems more appropriate for Steinman's own Peter Pan themed album released this same year. Even the thoroughly mediocre "Blind Before I Stop" album is better than this one.
What could've been the second Bat Out of Hell. If it's not that, it's a good spin-off.
This album is exhausting.
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