Stoney & Meatloaf

Stoney & Meatloaf
Studio album by Stoney & Meatloaf
Released October 1971
Recorded 1971
Genre Soul
Length 34:54
Label Rare Earth
Producer Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Meat Loaf chronology
Stoney & Meatloaf
(1971) Stoney & Meatloaf1971		 Bat Out of Hell
(1977) Bat Out of Hell1977
Shaun Murphy chronology
Stoney & Meatloaf
(1971) Stoney & Meatloaf1971		 Livin' the Blues
(2009) Livin' the Blues2009
Featuring Stoney & Meatloaf
Studio album by Stoney & Meatloaf
Released October 1978
Recorded 1971
Genre Soul
Length 38:44
Label Prodigal Records
Producer Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano, Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Stoney and Meatloaf is the little-known debut album of singer Meat Loaf, released in 1971 on the Motown subsidiary label Rare Earth, a collaboration with female vocalist Shaun Murphy. Meat Loaf and Murphy met while performing with the Detroit cast of Hair.

Track listing

1971 original release

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy as Jesus"Patti Jerome, Ralph Terrana, Mike Valvano2:54
2."She Waits by the Window"Mike Campbell, Ray Monette4:07
3."It Takes All Kinds of People"Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano2:23
4."Game of Love"Ike Turner3:50
5."Kiss Me Again"Mike Campbell, Ray Monette5:08
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."What You See Is What You Get"Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano2:15
7."Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)"Ralph Terrana, Mike Valvano3:02
8."Jimmy Bell"Traditional3:48
9."Lady Be Mine"Mike Campbell, Ray Monette4:44
10."Jessica White"Mike Campbell, Ray Monette2:43

Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van De Pitte

1978/1979 re-release Meat Loaf featuring Stoney and Meatloaf

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jimmy Bell"Traditional5:14
2."She Waits by the Window"Mike Campbell, Ray Monette4:07
3."It Takes All Kinds of People"Patti Jerome, Mike Valvano2:23
4."Stone Heart"Campbell, Monette2:57
5."Who Is the Leader of the People?"Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses4:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."What You See Is What You Get"Jerome, Valvano2:15
7."Kiss Me Again"Campbell, Monette4:14
8."Sunshine (Where's Heaven?)"Terrana, Valvano3:02
9."Jessica White"Campbell, Monette2:43
10."Lady Be Mine"Campbell, Monette4:44
11."Everything Under the Sun"Campbell, Monette2:43
  • Producers: Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Mike Valvano
  • Producers on "Who Is the Leader of the People?": Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris
  • Arrangers: Tom Baird and David Van De Pitte
  • Remixed and remastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
  • Remix engineer: Glen Jordan
  • Mastering engineer: Jack Andrews

Personnel

Singles

  • "What You See Is What You Get" (b/w "Lady Be Mine" [Edit])
  • "It Takes All Kinds of People" (b/w "The Way You Do the Things You Do")

Re-releases

The album was re-released several times with a different track listing under the title Featuring Stoney and Meat Loaf. Firstly in 1978 and 1979 on the Prodigal label (PDL 2010) and again in 1986 on Tamla Motown (ZL 72217). The album contained most (but not all) of the tracks on the original album. In addition to three new tracks, some songs appear in different versions and in some cases, different song titles.

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[2] 25

References

  1. ↑ Stoney & Meatloaf at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Meat Loaf – Featuring Stoney and Meat Loaf" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
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