Bat Out Of Hell III

(VIRGIN, 2006)

The title is sorta disingenuous. Steinman and Meat were in a legal battle over ownership of the BOOH phrase, so Steinman relinquished production to the slightly less bombastic Desmond Child. And we do mean slightly, as this is still an incredibly overthe-top album. Most of the songs were written by Steinman, but not as a continuation of the

BOOH theme (whatever that is). Still, it’s a solid collection of overwrought Meat-jams, with another monster power ballad

(It’s All Coming Back To Me Now) and a zingy metallic opener, The Monster Is Loose, written by Nikki Sixx and John 5.