A Piece of the Action: The Best of

~ Release by Meat Loaf (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Piece of the Action
recording of:
Piece of the Action
writer:
Sarah Durkee and Paul Jacobs (American composer)
Meat Loaf4:18
2Rock 'n' Roll MercenariesMeat Loaf4:58
3I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back
recording of:
I’ll Kill You If You Don’t Come Back
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1981), Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981) and Peg Music Company (in 1981)
Meat Loaf6:24
4Special Girl
cover recording of:
Special Girl
writer:
Eddie Schwartz and David Tyson (Canadian producer/songwriter)
Meat Loaf3:57
5Heaven Can Wait
recording of:
Heaven Can Wait
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Neverland Music Co. and Peg Music Company
Meat Loaf4:48
6All Revved Up With No Place to Go
engineer, producer and mixer:
Todd Rundgren
bass:
Kasim Sultan
guitar family:
Todd Rundgren
membranophone:
John Wilcox
piano:
Roy Bittan
saxophone:
Edgar Winter
background vocals:
Ellen Foley
lead vocals:
Meat Loaf
arranger:
Todd Rundgren and Jim Steinman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1977)
recording of:
All Revved Up With No Place to Go
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Neverland Music Publishing Company and Peg Music Company
Meat Loaf3.554:20
7More Than You Deserve
recording of:
More Than You Deserve
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp. (in 1974) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1974)
Meat Loaf3:33
8Everything Is Permitted
recording of:
Everything Is Permitted
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
publisher:
Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981)
Meat Loaf4:40
9For Crying Out Loud
engineer, producer and mixer:
Todd Rundgren
bass:
Kasim Sultan
membranophone:
John Wilcox
piano:
Cheryl Hardwick and Sever Margoshes
solo piano:
Roy Bittan
background vocals:
Rory Dodd
lead vocals:
Meat Loaf
vocals:
Meat Loaf
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra
arranger:
Steve Margoshes, Todd Rundgren and Jim Steinman
orchestrator:
Steve Margoshes
concertmaster:
Gene Orloff
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977)
recording of:
For Crying Out Loud
lyricist and composer:
Jim Steinman
Meat Loaf48:45
10The Promised Land
cover recording of:
Promised Land
lyricist:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Limited
is based on:
Wabash Cannonball
Meat Loaf2:46
11Bad Attitude
recording of:
Bad Attitude
writer:
Sarah Durkee and Paul Jacobs (American composer)
Meat Loaf featuring Roger Daltrey4:55
12Wolf at Your DoorMeat Loaf4:07
13You Never Can Be Too Sure About the Girl
Meat Loaf4:30
14Don't Leave Your Mark on Me
recording of:
Don’t Leave Your Mark on Me
writer:
Julia Downes (songwriter, musician and producer.) and John Parr
publisher:
Carbert Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Meat Loaf3.54:08
15One More Kiss (Night of the Soft Parade)
Meat Loaf5:41
16I Love You So I Told You a Lie
Ted Nugent featuring Meat Loaf3:43