Today we'll answer the age-old question.. WHO IS MEAT LOAF?! From the moment he was born, Marvin Aday lived an unbelievable life. We dive into the lore that led to the ninth-bestselling album in the world, Bat Out Of Hell! Inspired by Jim Steinman's Peter Pan metal musical, this theatrical metal record features major and inexplicable hits like Paradise By The Dashboard Light and Heaven Can Wait. The Mixtaper is teaching us about his name's various origins, his fresh rubber ducky collection, and a fishy marriage proposal. Can this record hold up to the hype? Will our scores reflect its absurd sales statistics? Will we ever truly know Meat Loaf? The Year Of Discovery continues with this special episode!

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0:00 Intro

2:35 Who Is Meat Loaf?

11:02 About Bat Out Of Hell

23:44 Awards & Accolades

24:28 Fact Or Spin

25:32 Cher Bingo: Meat Loaf Name Origins

30:13 He Needed An Oxygen Mask For Filming

34:26 Meat Loaf's Ducky Rider

38:43 Meat Loaf Proposed With A Fish

42:55 Album Art

44:40 Bat Out Of Hell

48:49 You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)

52:44 Heaven Can Wait

53:32 All Revved Up With No Place To Go

54:59 Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad

57:48 Paradise By The Dashboard Light

1:03:05 For Crying Out Loud

1:04:55 Final Spin

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