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| Released | October 30, 1995 [1] | |||
| Recorded | April–August 1995 | |||
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| Length | 58:56 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Cash Box | (favorable)[4] |
| NME | 4/10[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [6] |
Welcome to the Neighbourhood is the seventh studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf, released in 1995 as the follow-up to his successful comeback album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell. It went platinum in the United States and United Kingdom.
The album is thought of as a concept album, as all of the songs are ordered in the track listing as to tell a story about a relationship throughout the years. Three singles were released: "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (a duet with Patti Russo), "Not a Dry Eye in the House" and "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)". They reached #2, #7 and #21 in the UK charts, with the first two written by Diane Warren, who later also wrote songs for Meat Loaf's albums Couldn't Have Said It Better and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. In some markets, radio stations also played "Amnesty Is Granted", though it was not released as an official single. Despite the chart success of the album and its singles, only "Amnesty is Granted" has appeared on an official live album, Casa De Carne (Live 2008) as a bonus CD with Hang Cool Teddy Bear. "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" was recorded as a sound check with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, but only included as a bonus download track.
Of the twelve songs on the album, two are covers of songs from Jim Steinman projects; "Original Sin" first appeared on Pandora's Box's Original Sin album (it was also heard in the movie The Shadow, where it was performed by Taylor Dayne), and "Left in the Dark" first appeared on Steinman's own album Bad for Good.
- ^ "BPI certifications for Meat Loaf".
- ^ "Welcome to the Neighborhood - Meat Loaf | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Welcome to the Neighbourhood- Meat Loaf". AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ^ Baltin, Steve (December 23, 1995). "Pop Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 9. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ Williams, Simon (25 November 1995). "Long Play". New Musical Express. p. 46. ISSN 0028-6362.
- ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Meat Loaf". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 533. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.