The Essential Meat Loaf
 

Has anyone seen this crap, they took The Very Best Of off the cover a put The Essential in it's place and changed the color of the cover. how lame and lazy can ya get?!:roll: release date is September 13, 2011

http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/meat...lbumId=2724724

No ref to it on the UK site and who are Legacy?

Legacy Recordings is part of Sony, and specializes in reissues and compilations. (The Essential Bruce Springsteen was quite nice, with a third disc of rarities.)

Also, this track listing says that Modern Girl is a live version, so it's not exactly the same.

I think it's pretty likely that's a typo, although nothing would surprise me :roll:. At least they've stuck to the original track listing instead of the crappy reissue.

will sell again no doubt,,,

what live track of Modern Girl does Sony Own Exactly?

according to this link the time code for modern girl is 5:49.

Arista's Modern Girl live recording is 5:43.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-es...-loaf-r2253544

Where did you get that info? Have you had a look at the Live album from 1987 or the Rock 'n' Roll Hero 3-CD set (for example). They say "5:49" as well.

Oh dear god. :facepalm: It looks like another incompetent cretin has put the incorrect track in the middle of another album. :facepalm: What is wrong with these people? :shrug:

Arista Records is part of Sony.

My itunes says 5:43

I just made myself look like an idiot

Maybe it's one of your edits? ;) It might be possible that the actual running time of the track differs from what's printed on the cover(s) or stated on the internet. The fact that the song is 5 min and 49 s long in both cases (according to the record company) indicates that it's probably the version we know from the 1987 live album. I doubt that Sony tried something new with this. I thought they'd stop releasing such CDs now that they can put out new Meat Loaf albums... Who needs the umpteenth compilation of that stuff? :yawn:

I really like "The Essential" series, as you tend to get the big hits plus some cracking lesser known tracks.

It seems to make a great deal of sense to me that Sony would want to issue an updated "Best Of" compilation if Meat has just signed to them.

From a marketer's perspective: Yes.*
From a music fan's perspective: No.

I'd rather like to see a remastered Dead Ringer.

* Who says that you can't earn money with new ideas, by the way? It doesn't seem to differ much from previous compilations.

It's not a new compilation. It's a reissue of a 13 year old compilation with a brand new ~~~~ up on one disc. :roll:

So would I.

just very random, bat out of hell has just gone 24 times platinum in australia:D

That's another album I'd like to see remastered. The five tracks on the Very Best Of mentioned in this thread sound better than on any release of the album so far. The drums seem slightly louder in the mix. :twisted:

If they'd actually bothered updating it and not just changing the title, I'd agree with you.

Asked to put it up and then told the title will be dropped pending a new Sony release.

Meaning what exactly? Pending a new Sony release of something new? Something recycled? Nothing at all? :??:

The new album I'd think.

But that's the beginning of next year. Having thought about it a bit I do remember Meat saying that Sony would reissue BOOH in time for Crimbo. :twisted:

You mean October.

Are we talking about Australia?

I saw in Asda earlier and it said the greatest hits I can't remember what my copy says on it though

My brain hurts... o.o