"What about your work? It's defective! It's a crock and then you die." -->Meat Loaf<-- "Bat Out Of Hell II" (1993) at face value...looked like a desperate attempt by Meat Loaf to try and recapture lightning in a bottle. Even naming the album after his triumphant debut (1977) begged for critical slings and arrows to be thrown. But Meat Loaf pulled it off. More or less. The CD is filled with the usual...grandiose...epic...over-the-top songs that only... The Meat ...could swing. "Life Is A Lemon..." is eight minutes of bombastic...up and down the court..slam-dunkage. Lots of stuff going on and better with each listen. Meat Loaf is Meat Loaf. Fuggedaboutit! Let the boy play! Have you heard this one? I want my money back. It's all or nothin' And nothin's all I ever get, Every time I turn it on, I burn it up and burn it out. There's always something, There's always something going wrong. That's the only guarantee, th