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Originally Posted by AndyK
If there had never been the "falling out" after Bat, and if Meat hadn't had the vocal problems he had around Deadringer, then I don't think there would ever have been an album titled Bat Out Of Hell II, and since many of the songs featured on Bat II were recycled from BfG and Original Sin then any album released in that time frame would have been susbstantially different to the Bat II we know now, likewise anyting released when WTTN and Bat III were released.
The Bat II title came around as part of the reconciliation between Meat and Jim and the subsequent marketing strategy from Virgin. If there hadn't been a split in the first place there would have been no need for a reconciliation or a comeback.
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This is very true. Except that I think that a falling out was inevitable. Jim is far too slow to keep up to the pace of what Meat wanted for releasing albums. Meat released Deadringer in 81, MNATLAF in 83, BA in 85, and BBIS in 87.
He has since indicated that he would have preferred to wait on more Steinman songs but in that same period, Jim actually only had 7 songs up to 1988. That would have been one album for Meat.
After that he had Pandoras Box which he wrote six more songs. So even if that was another Meat album, it would have added up to only four albums for the 80s. Not too bad right? Almost enough for an album every two years. Except Jim takes forever to do anything. Even with Meat pushing him, I doubt we would have seen anything more than this:
Renegade Angel 1981
Dead Ringer 1984
album 1988
album 1992
Greatest hits 1996
All this is very possible if you take into account the touring and promotional schedule and the fact that Jim might be working with other artists as well. Jim would have wanted to go further and even be more over the top with each album. And that would take more time.
Would have been an interesting discography though.