Bat Out of Hell Studio album: Meat Loaf Released: October 1977 Genre: Hard rock, pop, progressive rock Producer: Todd Rundgren Bat Out of Hell is the 1977 debut album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman . It's one of the best-selling LPs in history, having sold over 43 million copies worldwide and certified 14× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rolling Stone ranked it at Number 343 on its 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. There is no other album like Bat Out of Hell, unless you want to count the sequel. Stephen Thomas Erlewine for Allmusic Composer Jim Steinman developed the album Bat Out of Hell from a musical, Neverland . A futuristic rock version of Peter Pan, Steinman wrote it for a workshop in 1974. Three of the tunes - " Bat Out of Hell ," " Heaven Can Wait ," and " All Revved Up with No Place to Go " - became part of the seven-song record. Todd Rundgren produced it.