Welcome To The Neighborhood
by Meat Loaf
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Meat Loaf bestography
Welcome To The Neighborhood is ranked 5th 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 697 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,471.
(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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Welcome To The Neighborhood track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Welcome To The Neighborhood rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1995 | 13/28 | 3 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 57 Music Albums of 1995 | 54/57 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1995 | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1995 | 63/100 | - |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 50 Music Albums of 1995 | 19/50 | 3 |
| 2025 | Gallowtree | Top 30 Music Albums of 1995 | 16/30 | 3 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Meatloaf albums ranked by Louder Magazine | 8/13 | - |
| 2023 | yes340 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | Meat Loaf albums ranked - Louder magazine | 8/13 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 37 | |||
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Welcome To The Neighborhood ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/07/2026 11:47 | Leginlists | 3,794 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 19:04 |  Milhaud | 2,151 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2025 10:50 | MadMarty | 9 | 90/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.0/100, a mean average of 60.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.1.
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Forum mentions
jackup 07/15/2021 11:26 in What album are you listening to right now?
Romanelli 07/07/2014 20:41 in Ten Worst Albums of All TimeWelcome To The Neighborhood comments
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Well after the big comeback album, Meat goes back to his mediocre ways with this one. First song starts out promising musically, but the lyrics are pretty "cringe" as the kids say these days. Tracks 2 & 8 (both by Diane Warren) are the best songs here, although they aren't that great or anything. "45 Seconds To Ecstasy" is only 1 minute but sure is weird. If you got this on cassette, hope your fast forward works. Then there are some covers of Sammy Hagar and Tom Waits that I don't think were all that good as originals, and a couple Steinman leftovers. Everything else is mediocre at best. It isn't completely terrible, but for 1995 this is weak sauce (and I'm probably being generous with my rating). (Edited)
junodog4 02/22/2013 18:13 | #65840
It's like the lyrics were written by some 16 year old Meatloaf fan-boy. Even by his standards, this album is weak.
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