from independent (not industry or shop-based) German magazines:
"His voice seems to become younger and younger, and he picks songs with golden hands." "The title track, that blows you away... has all trademarks of Meat Loaf, without sounding like a cheap self-imitation." "Producer Peter Mokran managed to update the sound of the seventies without selling its soul." (from Rockhard, rating 9/10)
"Bombastic, theatrical, overblown...the last survivor of his genre presents rock full of curlicue and ornaments with the power of a Wagnerian opera.""...found perfect songwriters even without Jim Steinman. And for some tearjerking melodies and his voice it is no shame to love him" "Bottom line: Bombastrock can be that much fun!." (Prinz, 3/5)
"...his fans will kiss him." (Audio, 3/5)
"Larger-than-life emotions, dramaticly performed again ." "...the result is the first acceptable record in 26 years...the theatre choirs are well done for the first time since 1977, the erupting grand piano and the mercilessly lavish changes of pace rise the emotions...Meat Loaf himself...delivers his energy and his acting talent closer to the point , and finally the songs are capable to breath life into all the common standards." (Rolling Stone, 2,5/5)
"11 tracks without highlights." "...definately nothing special" (Metal Heart, 6,5/10)
Reading this reviews you get the impression that most of the critics really love the album but feel it would be uncool to give a Meaty record a higher rating
