Bad for Good

For the Scorpions album, see Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions.

Bad for Good
Studio album by
Jim Steinman
ReleasedApril 1981
RecordedAugust 1980 – March 1981[1]
Studio
GenreRock, hard rock, heartland rock, instrumental rock, progressive rock, Wagnerian rock
Length61:52
LabelEpic
ProducerJohn Jansen, Todd Rundgren, Jim Steinman, Jimmy Iovine
Andrew Kazdin ("The Storm")
Jim Steinman chronology
Bat Out of Hell
(1977) 		Bad for Good
(1981) 		Original Sin
(1989)
Singles from Bad for Good
  1. "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
    Released: May 22, 1981
  2. "Lost Boys and Golden Girls"
    Released: August 28, 1981 (UK)[2]
  3. "Dance in My Pants"
    Released: October 30, 1981 (UK)[3]

Bad for Good is the only studio album by American songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks.

The songs were originally intended to be recorded by Meat Loaf as a follow-up to Bat Out of Hell, titled Renegade Angel. However, Meat Loaf suffered vocal problems and was unable to sing. He would record several tracks from Bad for Good for his later albums.

Critical reaction to the album was mixed, with a majority of the criticism directed at Steinman's vocals. However, the album was a major commercial success, breaking the UK Top 10.[4]

  1. ^ "New Faces To Watch" (Reprint on website). Cashbox. 1981. Archived from the original on November 1, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 34.
  3. ^ "Steinman singles".
  4. ^ Jim Steinman UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 1, 2012.