Meat Loaf discography
Meat Loaf performing in 2004
Studio albums12
Live albums5
Compilation albums7
EPs1
Singles39

American singer and actor Meat Loaf (1947–2022) released twelve studio albums, five live albums, seven compilation albums, one extended play and thirty-nine singles. In a career that spanned six decades, he sold over 100 million records worldwide.[1][2][3] According to Recording Industry Association of America, he sold 25 million certified records in the US alone.[4]

Bat Out of Hell (1977) has sold 44 million copies worldwide, becoming the fourth best-selling album in history and is certified 14× Platinum in the US.[5] Bat Out of Hell has also sold 3.4 million copies in the UK,[6] making it the UK's 14th best-selling album of all time.[7] His biggest success after that came with Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.[8] The album's lead single "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" remains his biggest hit, reaching number-one in 28 countries.[9]

Albums

Solo albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[10] 		AUS
[11] 		GER
[12] 		IRE
[13] 		NL
[14] 		NZ
[15] 		NOR
[16] 		SWE
[17] 		SWI
[18] 		UK
[19]
Bat Out of Hell 13 1 11 1 1 1 3 13 9 3
Dead Ringer
  • Released: September 4, 1981
  • Label: Epic
 45 5 8 — 10 2 10 1 — 1
Midnight at the Lost and Found
  • Released: April 1983
  • Label: Epic
 — 84 26 — — — 7 21 — 7
Bad Attitude
  • Released: November 2, 1984
  • Label: Arista
 74 42 24 — — — — 36 — 8
Blind Before I Stop
  • Released: September 22, 1986
  • Label: Atlantic
 — — 51 — — — — 36 21 28
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
  • Released: September 14, 1993
  • Label: MCA
 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum[20]
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum[25]
  • BPI: 6× Platinum[22]
  • MC: 9× Platinum[23]
Welcome to the Neighbourhood
  • Released: October 30, 1995
  • Label: MCA
 17 10 10 4 28 17 12 22 10 3
Couldn't Have Said It Better
  • Released: September 23, 2003
  • Label: Polydor
 85 28 8 16 36 17 — 26 44 4
Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
  • Released: October 20, 2006
  • Label: Virgin, Mercury
 8 9 2 16 7 5 6 10 3 3
Hang Cool Teddy Bear
  • Released: April 19, 2010
  • Label: Mercury
 27 16 4 28 23 5 16 21 4 4
Hell in a Handbasket
  • Released: September 30, 2011 (AUS/NZ) / December 2, 2011 (Germany) / February 2012 (UK/US)
  • Label: Sony
 100 20 29 51 62 39 — — 49 5
Braver Than We Are
  • Released: September 9, 2016 (EU) / September 19, 2016 (UK/US)
  • Label: Caroline, 429
 31 17 7 43 13 — — — 19 4
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

As Stoney & Meatloaf

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
NL
[14]
Stoney & Meatloaf
(with Shaun Murphy) 		25

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[10] 		GER
[12] 		IRE
[13] 		UK
[19]
Live at Wembley
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: Arista
 — — — 60
Live Around the World
  • Released: November 1996
  • Label: MCA / Virgin
 — — — —
VH1: Storytellers
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Beyond
 129 — — —
Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  • Released: September 2004
  • Label: Mercury
 — 81 69 14 BPI: Gold[22]
3 Bats Live
  • Released: October 2007
  • Label: Mercury
 — 72 — —
Guilty Pleasure Tour - Live from Sydney, Australia
  • Released: October 2012
  • Label: Store For Music
 — — — 177
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released in that country

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[11] 		GER
[12] 		IRE
[13] 		NL
[14] 		NZ
[15] 		NOR
[16] 		SWE
[17] 		SWI
[18] 		UK
[19]
Hits Out of Hell
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Cleveland International, Epic
 — 53 2
[27] 		— 10 — — — 2
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[22]
The Big Ones
  • Released: August 1984 (Australia only)
  • Label: J&B
 14 — — — — — — — —
Rock 'N' Roll Hero
  • Released: 1987 (UK only)
  • Label: Pickwick
 — — — — — — — — —
Prime Cuts
  • Released: 1989 (Europe only)
  • Label: Arista
 — — — — — — — — —
Heaven & Hell
(with Bonnie Tyler)
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Columbia
 43 — 28 — — — — 83 84[nb 1]
Paradise by the Dashboardlight (The Very Best of)
  • Released: February 1991
  • Label: Arcade
 — — — 23 — — — — —
Meat Loaf and Friends
  • Released: 1992 (Europe only)
  • Label: Epic
 — — — — — — — — —
Back from Hell! The Very Best of Meat Loaf
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Columbia
 — 5 — — — 3 — 6 —
Back from Hell Again! − The Very Best of Meat Loaf Vol. 2
  • Released: August 1994
  • Label: Columbia
 — 59 — — — — — — —
Alive in Hell
  • Released: October 1994
  • Label: Pure Music
 — — — — — — — — 33
Definitive Collection
  • Released: 1995 (Europe only)
  • Label: Epic
 — — — — — — — — —
Heaven Can Wait – The Best Ballads of Meat Loaf Vol. 1
  • Released: January 1996
  • Label: Epic
 — 30 — — — — — — —
The Very Best of Meat Loaf
  • Released: November 1998
  • Label: Virgin / Epic
 — 5 14 29 22 — 39 24 14
Heaven Can Wait – The Best of Meat Loaf — — — — — — — — —
Fallen Angel
  • Released: June 2003
  • Label: Epic
 — — — — — — — — —
Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf — — 80 — — — — — 56
Hits Out of Hell
  • Re-release / Expanded Version
  • Released: June 2009
  • Label: Epic
 — — 41 — — — — — 10
Playlist: The Very Best of Meat Loaf
  • Released: October 9, 2012
  • Label: Epic
 — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not released in that country

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[29] 		AUS
[11] 		BEL
[30] 		CAN
[31] 		GER
[32] 		IRE
[33] 		NL
[14] 		NZ
[15] 		SWI
[34] 		UK
[19]
1971 "What You See Is What You Get" (Stoney & Meat Loaf) 71 — — — — — — — — — Stoney & Meat Loaf
"It Takes All Kinds of People" (Stoney & Meat Loaf) — — — — — — — — — —
1977 "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" 39 3 4 31 22 — 4 2 — 33 Bat Out of Hell
1978 "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" 11 11 — 5 — 25 — 9 — 32
"Bat Out of Hell" — 26 — — — 16 — — — 15
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" 39 — 2 11 — — 1 — — —
"All Revved Up with No Place to Go" — — — — — — — — — —
"Hot Patootie – Bless My Soul" — — — — — — — — — — The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1981 "I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us" 84 92 — 41 — — — 40 — 62 Dead Ringer
"Dead Ringer for Love" (with Cher) — 65 33 — — 2 32 — — 5
"Read 'Em and Weep" — — — — — — — — — —
1982 "Peel Out" — — — — — — — — — —
1983 "If You Really Want To" — — — — — — — — — 59 Midnight at the Lost and Found
"Razor's Edge" — — — — — — — — — 41
"Midnight at the Lost and Found" — — — — — 21 — — — 17
1984 "Modern Girl" — — — — 30 16 — — — 17 Bad Attitude
"Nowhere Fast" — — — — — — — — — 67
1985 "Piece of the Action" — 98 — — — — — — — 47
"Surf's Up" — — — — — — — — — —
1986 "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" (with John Parr) — — — — — — — — — 31 Blind Before I Stop
"Getting Away with Murder" — — — — — — — — — —
1987 "Blind Before I Stop" — — — — — — — — — 89
"Special Girl" — — — — — — — — — 81
"Bat Out of Hell" [live] — — — — — — — — — — Live at Wembley
"A Time for Heroes" (with Brian May) — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
1988 "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (with Ellen Foley) [re-release] — — — — — — 3 — — —
1991 "Dead Ringer for Love" [re-release] — — — — — 28 — — — 53 Bat Out of Hell: Re-Vamped
1992 "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" [re-release] — — — — — 25 — — — 69
1993 "Bat Out of Hell" [re-release] — 79 — — — 16 — — — 8
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (with Ellen Foley) [re-release] — — — — — — 25 — — —
"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
"Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" [promo] — — — — — — — — — —
1994 "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" 13 18 23 4 26 19 26 6 — 11
"Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" 38 52 — 26 90 — — 32 — 26
1995 "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (with Patti Russo) 13 7 10 11 17 4 9 14 24 2 Welcome to the Neighbourhood
1996 "Not a Dry Eye in the House" 82 — — — 93 23 — — — 7
"Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)" — — — — — — — — — 21
1998 "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" (featuring Bonnie Tyler) — — — — — — — — — — The Very Best of Meat Loaf
1999 "Is Nothing Sacred" (with Patti Russo) — — — — — — — — — 15 VH1: Storytellers
2003 "Did I Say That?" — — — — 18 — — — 56 — Couldn't Have Said It Better
"Couldn't Have Said It Better" (with Patti Russo) — — — — 80 — 43 — — 31
"Man of Steel" (with Pearl Aday) — — — — — — — — — 21
2006 "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (with Marion Raven) — — — — 7 34 15 — 21 6 Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
"Blind As a Bat" — — — — — — — — — —
2007 "Cry Over Me" — — — — — — — — — 47
2010 "Los Angeloser" — — — — — — — — — — Hang Cool Teddy Bear
"If I Can't Have You" — — — — — — — — — —
"Peace on Earth" — — — — — — — — — —
2011 "All of Me" — — — — — — — — — — Hell in a Handbasket
2016 "Going All the Way" (with Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito) — — — — — — — — — — Braver Than We Are
"Speaking in Tongues" — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released in that country

Video

Title Year Certifications
Hits Out of Hell 1985
Bad Attitude – Live! 1985
Live 1986
Bat Out of Hell II: Picture Show 1994
VH1: Storytellers 1999
Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2004
3 Bats Live DVD and Blu-ray (UK only) 2007
Bat Out of Hell: The Original Tour 2009
Live in Sydney 2012

Guest appearances

Notes

  1. ^ Chart position from 1994[28] when it was allowed to chart in the artist albums chart (the Official Albums chart). This album also charted at number 9 in the compilations chart.

References

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  36. ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-0/

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