Dead Ringer (studio album) by Meat Loaf

Dead Ringer by Meat Loaf
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 12,657th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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63/100 (from 33 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1981 (186th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,765th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,657th)
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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 564 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,140.

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65/100
From 10/23/2021 21:17
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.
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This album is exhausting.
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What could've been the second Bat Out of Hell. If it's not that, it's a good spin-off.
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Best Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush
2. Computerwelt [Computer World] by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
5. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
6. Time by Electric Light Orchestra
7. Faith by The Cure
8. Dare by The Human League
9. Damaged by Black Flag
10. Deceit by This Heat
11. Youth Of America by Wipers
12. Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
13. Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
14. Ghost In The Machine by The Police
15. The Ascension by Glenn Branca
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17. Face Value by Phil Collins
18. Killers by Iron Maiden
19. Movement by New Order
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