A Piece of the Action: The Best of

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

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#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 Mercenaries
recording of:
Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries
writer:
Michael Dan Ehmig and Alan Hodge
Meat 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
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. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (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 Door
recording of:
Wolf at the Door
writer:
Leslie Gay Aday and Steve R. Buslowe
Meat 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 Loaf44:08
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