For Crying Out Loud (track)
by Meat Loaf
Year: 1977
From the album Bat Out Of Hell (track #7)
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For Crying Out Loud appears on the following album(s) by Meat Loaf:
- Bat Out Of Hell (track #7) (this album) (1977)
- Bat Out Of Hell: Live With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (track #7) (2004)
- Live Around The World (track #17) (1996)
- Heaven Can Wait – The Best Ballads Of Meat Loaf Vol. 1 (track #11) (compilation) (1996)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/06/2026 12:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 161,290 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 05:14 |  AAL2014 | 39,744 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2025 08:46 | zsolti | 7,242 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/28/2025 16:44 | markl73 | 7,030 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2025 12:29 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
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Squonk007 09/19/2021 14:02 | #273931
Overblown and brilliant, a good ending to an excellent album.
Fischman 01/16/2017 20:17 | #182916
One of the lesser songs on the album, but still a worthy closer.
It may be overdrawn with lyrics that shouldn't have been used twice, but it's the ending of one of the greatest rock opera albums in the world. And a great song with the same Stienman lyrics that fans can't resist!
Jasonconfused 12/20/2012 04:19 | #58336
Great song. THIS is why they call this album a rock opera.
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