Dead Ringer (studio album)
by Meat Loaf

Dead Ringer by Meat Loaf
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 12,436th   
Average Rating: 
63/100 (from 34 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (181st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,745th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,436th)

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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 647 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,668.

Meat Loaf album bestography « Higher ranked (3,444th)
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell
This album (12,436th)
Dead Ringer
Lower ranked (22,904th) »
Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose

(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 rankings

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Overall rank: 12,436th | 1980s rank: 1,745th | 1981 rank: 181st

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63/100 (from 34 votes)
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65/100
From 10/23/2021 21:17 | #275313
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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From 10/22/2017 23:08 | #199941
This album is exhausting.
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From 01/10/2013 00:12 | #60862
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 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
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8. Dare by The Human League
9. Damaged by Black Flag
10. Deceit by This Heat
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