# Meat Loaf discography

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. According to Recording Industry Association of America, he sold 25 million certified records in the US alone.
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. Bat Out of Hell has also sold 3.4 million copies in the UK, making it the UK's 14th best-selling album of all time. His biggest success after that came with Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. The album's lead single "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" was his biggest hit, reaching number one in 28 countries.

## Albums
### Solo albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | NOR | SWE | SWI | UK | Certifications |
| Bat Out of Hell | Released: October 21, 1977 Label: Cleveland International / Epic | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | RIAA: Diamond (14× Platinum) ARIA: 26× Platinum BPI: 11× Platinum MC: 2× Diamond |
| Dead Ringer | Released: September 4, 1981 Label: Epic | 45 | 5 | 8 | — | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum MC: Gold |
| Midnight at the Lost and Found | Released: April 1983 Label: Epic | — | 84 | 26 | — | — | — | 7 | 21 | — | 7 | BPI: Gold |
| Bad Attitude | Released: November 2, 1984 Label: Arista | 74 | 42 | 24 | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | 8 | BPI: Gold |
| Blind Before I Stop | Released: September 22, 1986 Label: Atlantic | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | 36 | 21 | 28 | BPI: Silver |
| 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 ARIA: 4× Platinum BPI: 6× Platinum MC: 9× Platinum |
| Welcome to the Neighbourhood | Released: October 30, 1995 Label: MCA | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 3 | RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum |
| Couldn't Have Said It Better | Released: September 23, 2003 Label: Polydor | 85 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 17 | — | 26 | 44 | 4 | BPI: Gold |
| 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 | RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum |
| Hang Cool Teddy Bear | Released: April 19, 2010 Label: Mercury | 27 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 4 | BPI: Gold |
| 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 |
| Title | Album details | NL |
| Stoney & Meatloaf (with Shaun Murphy) | Released: October 1971 Label: Rare Earth | 25 |

### Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | GER | IRE | UK | Certifications |
| Live at Wembley | Released: October 26, 1987 Label: Arista | — | — | — | — | 60 | |
| Live from Hell and More Hell Hits | Released: 1994 Label: Arista | — | 175 | — | — | — | |
| 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 |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | AUS | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | NOR | SWE | SWI | UK | Certifications |
| Hits Out of Hell | Released: 14 January 1985 Label: Cleveland International, Epic | 139 | 53 | 2 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | BPI: 2× Platinum |
| 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 | BPI: Platinum |
| Paradise by the Dashboardlight (The Very Best of) | Released: February 1991 Label: Arcade | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meat Loaf and Friends | Released: 1992 (Europe only) Label: Epic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Gold |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | BPI: Gold |
| The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Released: November 1998 Label: Virgin / Epic | 116 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 22 | — | 39 | 24 | 14 | RIAA: Gold BPI: 2× Platinum |
| Heaven Can Wait – The Best of Meat Loaf | Released: March 2003 Label: EMI Gold | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Fallen Angel | Released: June 2003 Label: Epic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Collections | Released: March 2008 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf | Released: 2009 Label: Camden / Sony BMG | 101 | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | BPI: Platinum |
| Hits Out of Hell | Re-release / Expanded Version Released: June 2009 Label: Epic | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | BPI: Platinum |
| Essential | Released: September 2011 | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Single | US | AUS | BEL | CAN | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | SWI | UK | Certifications | Album |
| 1971 | "What You See Is What You Get" (Stoney & Meat Loaf) | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Stoney & Meat Loaf |
| 1971 | "It Takes All Kinds of People" (Stoney & Meat Loaf) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Stoney & Meat Loaf |
| 1977 | "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" | 39 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 33 | ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold | Bat Out of Hell |
| 1978 | "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" | 11 | 11 | — | 5 | — | 25 | — | 9 | — | 32 | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold | Bat Out of Hell |
| 1978 | "Bat Out of Hell" | — | 26 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 8 | ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum | Bat Out of Hell |
| 1978 | "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" | 39 | 81 | 2 | 11 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | RIAA: Platinum BPI: Platinum | Bat Out of Hell |
| 1978 | "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bat Out of Hell |
| 1978 | "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 |
| 1981 | "Dead Ringer for Love" (with Cher) | — | 65 | 33 | — | — | 2 | 32 | — | — | 5 | BPI: Gold | Dead Ringer |
| 1981 | "Read 'Em and Weep" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Dead Ringer |
| 1982 | "Peel Out" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Dead Ringer |
| 1983 | "If You Really Want To" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | | Midnight at the Lost and Found |
| 1983 | "Razor's Edge" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | | Midnight at the Lost and Found |
| 1983 | "Midnight at the Lost and Found" | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 17 | | Midnight at the Lost and Found |
| 1984 | "Modern Girl" | — | — | — | — | 30 | 16 | — | — | — | 17 | | Bad Attitude |
| 1984 | "Nowhere Fast" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | | Bad Attitude |
| 1985 | "Piece of the Action" | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | | Bad Attitude |
| 1985 | "Surf's Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bad Attitude |
| 1986 | "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" (with John Parr) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | | Blind Before I Stop |
| 1986 | "Getting Away with Murder" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Blind Before I Stop |
| 1987 | "Blind Before I Stop" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | | Blind Before I Stop |
| 1987 | "Special Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | | Blind Before I Stop |
| 1987 | "Bat Out of Hell" [live] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Live at Wembley |
| 1987 | "A Time for Heroes" (with Brian May) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 1988 | "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (with Ellen Foley) [re-release] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 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 | | Bat Out of Hell: Re-Vamped |
| 1993 | "Bat Out of Hell" [re-release] | — | 79 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 8 | | Bat Out of Hell: Re-Vamped |
| 1993 | "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (with Ellen Foley) [re-release] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | | Bat Out of Hell: Re-Vamped |
| 1993 | "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"(featuring Lorraine Crosby) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Platinum | Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell |
| 1994 | "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" | 13 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 6 | — | 11 | | Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell |
| 1994 | "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" | 38 | 52 | — | 26 | 90 | — | — | 32 | — | 26 | | Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell |
| 1995 | "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (with Patti Russo) | 13 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 2 | RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver | Welcome to the Neighbourhood |
| 1996 | "Not a Dry Eye in the House" | 82 | 111 | — | — | 93 | 23 | — | — | — | 7 | | Welcome to the Neighbourhood |
| 1996 | "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)" | — | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | | Welcome to the Neighbourhood |
| 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 |
| 2003 | "Couldn't Have Said It Better" (with Patti Russo) | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | 43 | — | — | 31 | | Couldn't Have Said It Better |
| 2003 | "Man of Steel" (with Pearl Aday) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | | Couldn't Have Said It Better |
| 2006 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (with Marion Raven) | — | — | — | — | 7 | 34 | 15 | — | 21 | 6 | BPI: Silver | Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose |
| 2006 | "Blind As a Bat" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose |
| 2007 | "Cry Over Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | | Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose |
| 2010 | "Los Angeloser" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hang Cool Teddy Bear |
| 2010 | "If I Can't Have You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hang Cool Teddy Bear |
| 2010 | "Peace on Earth" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hang Cool Teddy Bear |
| 2011 | "All of Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Hell in a Handbasket |
| 2016 | "Going All the Way" (with Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Braver Than We Are |
| 2016 | "Speaking in Tongues" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Braver Than We Are |
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released in that country ||||||||||||||
Note
* ↑ "Bat Out of Hell" peaked at number 15 (week ending February 24, 1979) in its original run on the UK singles chart. Its peak position of number eight came during its 1993 re-release (week ending December 25, 1993), in the immediate wake of Meat Loaf reaching number one with "I'd Do Anything for Love".

## Video

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

## Guest appearances

* 1974: The Rocky Horror Show (Starring Tim Curry And The Original Roxy Cast): "What Ever Happened to Saturday Night", "Eddie's Teddy"
* 1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack: "Hot Patootie"
* 1976: Free-for-All: "Writing on the Wall", "Street Rats", "Together", "Hammerdown", "I Love You So I Told You a Lie"
* 1994: The Glory of Gershwin: "Somebody Loves Me"
* 1998: Chef Aid: The South Park Album: "Tonight is Right for Love"
* 2006: The Pick of Destiny: "Kickapoo"