About the "very nearly succeeded" thing....whasnt Bat 1 on the english albumlist for 400 weeks in a row??? This is what it says on a Jim Steinman fansite:
Even though "Bat out of hell" got of to a slow start, it has become a mile stone in rock music and one of the best selling albums of all time, spending over 400 weeks in the British album charts, earning it a place in Guinness book of records. All of the songs including such classics as "Paradise by the dashboard light","You took the words right out of my mouth" and "Two out of three ain't bad", have been released as singles
And if that isnt succes i dont know what is...
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