Jim Steinman - Bad For Good (1981) - €15,00

Bad for Good is a 1981 album by American songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks.
The songs were originally intended to be recorded by Meat Loaf as a follow up to Bat Out of Hell, titled Renegade Angel.
However, Meat Loaf suffered vocal problems and was unable to sing.
He would record several tracks from Bad for Good for his later albums.

The first two songs, "Bad for Good" and "Lost Boys and Golden Girls", were two of many songs written by Steinman under the inspiration of Peter Pan and lost boys who never grow up. This is reflected in lyrics in "Bad for Good" such as "You know I'm gonna be like this forever: I'm never gonna be what I should."
The composer says that Peter Pan has "always been about my favorite story and I've always looked at it from the perspective that it's a great rock 'n' roll myth because it's about – when you get right down to it – it's about a gang of lost boys who never grow up, who are going to be young forever and that's about as perfect an image for rock'n'roll as I can think of."
"Lost Boys and Golden Girls" is the basis for the musical Neverland, which Steinman says is "a rock 'n' roll science fiction version of Peter Pan that takes place in a city built on the ruins of Los Angeles after a series of chemical wars." Neverland never got past the workshop stage, although the stage musical Bat Out of Hell, scheduled to open in London in 2009, is based on the same concept.
The next track, "Love and Death and an American Guitar", is a spoken word fantasy monologue, performed by Steinman that he used to do in the Meat Loaf shows. It opens by quoting lyrics from Bat Out of Hell's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" ("I remember everything.
I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday.
I was barely seventeen"), but instead of being "barely dressed" the protagonist "once killed a boy with a Fender guitar.
" Influenced by The Doors, Steinman wanted to write a piece where "the rhythm wasn't coming from the drums so much as the voice – the rhythm of the spoken voice and the heartbeat behind it."
The final two tracks were originally packaged with the LP on an additional vinyl disc.
"The Storm" is an orchestral piece. "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" is, according to music website Sputnik Music, a celebration of "music being the only thing left to believe in, it is a cry to the musical gods, thanking them for the gifts they have been given.
" Similarly, AllMusic describes the song as "a heart-tugging testament to the inspirational power of rock and roll."

On the original vinyl release, "The Storm" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" were the A-side and B-side, respectively, of a 33-rpm 7" single, enclosed with the album. These tracks, according to Steinman's concept, are supposed to be the prelude and epilogue, respectively, of the album.


Side A
A1. Bad for Good  (8:45)
A2. Lost Boys and Golden Girls  (4:36)
A3. Love and Death and an American Guitar  (2:38)
A4. Stark Raving Love  (7:23)

Side B
B1. Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire)  (6:12)
B2. Surf’s Up  (5:25)
B3. Dance in My Pants  (duet with Karla DeVito)  (7:58)
B4. Left in the Dark  (7:58)

Extra EP
A1.  The Storm (4:28)
B1.  Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (6:29)

Musicians

• Jim Steinman – lead vocals (except on "Lost Boys and Golden Girls", "Surf's Up", "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"), keyboards, spoken word
• Rory Dodd – lead vocals on "Lost Boys and Golden Girls", "Surf's Up", "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"; backing vocals
• Karla DeVito – lead vocals on "Dance in My Pants"
• Todd Rundgren – guitars, backing vocals
• Davey Johnstone – guitars on "Bad for Good", "Stark Raving Love", "Surf's Up", "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"; mandolin on "Surf's Up"
• Kasim Sulton – bass on "Bad for Good," "Out of the Frying Pan," "Surf's Up"; backing vocals
• Steve Buslowe – bass on "Stark Raving Love," "Dance in My Pants," "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
• Neil Jason – bass on "Left in the Dark"
• Roy Bittan – piano (except on "Left in the Dark")
• Steven Margoshes – piano on "Left in the Dark", conductor (New York Philharmonic) on "The Storm", string arrangement on "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
• Roger Powell – synthesizer on "Bad for Good", "Stark Raving Love", "Dance in My Pants"
• Larry "Synergy" Fast – synthesizer on "Love and Death and an American Guitar"
• Max Weinberg – drums (except on "Stark Raving Love," "Dance in My Pants," and "Left in the Dark")
• Allan Schwartzberg – drums on "Left in the Dark"
• Joe Stefko – drums on "Stark Raving Love" and "Dance in My Pants"
• Jimmy Maelen – percussion
• Alan Rubin – trumpet on "Dance in My Pants" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
• Tom Malone – horn arrangements and trombone on "Dance in My Pants" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
• Lew Del Gatto – baritone sax on "Dance in My Pants" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
• Lou Marini – tenor sax on "Dance in My Pants" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through", solo on "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
• Ellen Foley – backing vocals on "Bad for Good" and "Out of the Frying Pan"
• Eric Troyer – backing vocals
• Will Malone – string arrangement on "Out of the Frying Pan"
• Charles Calello – conductor (New York Philharmonic) on "Left in the Dark"

Production

• Producers: John Jansen, Todd Rundgren, Jim Steinman, Jimmy Iovine
• Engineers: Tom Edmonds, John Jansen, Todd Rundgren, Gray Russell, Shelly Yakus
• Mixing: John Jansen
• Mastering: Greg Calbi, Ted Jensen, George Marino
• Production coordination: Gray Russell
• Arrangers: Roy Bittan, Todd Rundgren, Jim Steinman
• Art direction: John Berg
• Cover art concept: Jim Steinman
• Cover art: Richard Corben
• Photography: Don Hunstein

Notes
Release:  1981
Format:  LP + Single
Genre:  Hard rock
Label:  Epic Records
Catalog#   EPC 84361
Prijs:  €15,00

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

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