Heaven & Hell (Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler album)

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Heaven & Hell is a compilation album by American singer Meat Loaf and Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 1989 by Telstar Records. The majority of songs included on Heaven & Hell were written by Jim Steinman, who wrote some of Meat Loaf and Tyler's biggest hits.

Though the album was not an immediate commercial success, due to steady sales Heaven & Hell was certified platinum by the BPI in 2013.

Background

Heaven & Hell was first released in 1989 by Telstar following a deal with Epic. It contains fourteen tracks, with selections from Bat Out of Hell, Dead Ringer, Blind Before I Stop and Bad Attitude by Meat Loaf, and Faster Than the Speed of Night and Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire by Bonnie Tyler. Ten of the compilation's tracks were written by Jim Steinman.[1] The original cover art for Heaven & Hell featured two mirrored photographs of Meat Loaf and Tyler performing on stage. In 1993, Columbia reissued the compilation with new cover art and an altered track listing.

In 2011, Sony released another CD pressing of Heaven & Hell as part of their "Girls Night In X" reissue campaign.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of AllMusic described the compilation as "a rather pointless collection of tunes", only that it was "a good idea at the time". He described Steinman's songs as "brilliantly composed" and Meat Loaf's vocals as "wonderfully sung".[2]

Track listing

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Charts

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Irish Albums[3] 32
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German Downloads (Offizielle Download Top 100)[4] 25
Irish Compilations Chart (OCC)[5] 3
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[6] 17
UK Compilation Chart (OCC)[7] 34

Certifications

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Release history

Country Date Version Format(s) Label Ref.
United Kingdom 1989 Original Cassette Telstar
Europe 5 May 1993 CD Columbia [8]
1994 CD Epic
2004 Digital download Columbia [8]

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