History YMMV / BatOutOfHell

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: It’s pretty much impossible to ignore the similarities between the album’s title track and Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road”. Critics at the time made a lot of how the album as a whole resembled Springsteen’s ''Born to Run'', where “Thunder Road” appeared; however, as many pointed out, the songs on ''Bat Out Of Hell'' were written four years before ''Born to Run'' came out.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: It’s pretty much impossible to ignore the similarities between the album’s title track and Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road”.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Bat out of Hell'' is the all-time best-selling album in Australia, having gone 25-times Platinum there (in comparison, it's gone 14X Platinum in the US).

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Many people would say the whole album counts.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Bat out of Hell'' is the best-selling album in Australia.

* AccidentalAesop: "Bat out of Hell": The dangers of distracted driving. "But I just can't stop thinking of you. And I never saw the sudden turn till it was way too late."

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: "Paradise by the Dashboard Light": Don't rush into things like marriage before you're actually ready. They were "barely seventeen" and get married right out of high school, then everything falls apart and the boy becomes a DeathSeeker (some live versions even have them get divorced and argue over custody of their kid).

* FirstInstallmentWins: While the other albums in the trilogy were pretty well received, the first album's iconic status has made it so it will pretty much always be considered the best.

* NarmCharm: [=AllMusic's=] [[https://www.allmusic.com/album/bat-out-of-hell-mw0000194850 retrospective review]] posits that the album's enduring appeal is because of the operatic arrangement combined with Meat Loaf's over-the-top vocals. "This is Grand Guignol pop -- epic, gothic, operatic, and silly, and it's appealing because of all of this," Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote. Music/ToddRundgren signed on to produce because he thought the project was so "out there" it was brilliant.

* NarmCharm: [=AllMusic's=] [[https://www.allmusic.com/album/bat-out-of-hell-mw0000194850 retrospective review]] posits that the album's enduring appeal is because of the operatic arrangement combined with Meat Loaf's over-the-top vocals. "This is Grand Guignol pop -- epic, gothic, operatic, and silly, and it's appealing because of all of this," Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote. Musc/ToddRundgren signed on to produce because he thought the project was so "out there" it was brilliant.

* NarmCharm: [=AllMusic's=] [[https://www.allmusic.com/album/bat-out-of-hell-mw0000194850 retrospective review]] posits that the album's enduring appeal is because of the operatic arrangement combined with Meat Loaf's over-the-top vocals. "This is Grand Guignol pop -- epic, gothic, operatic, and silly, and it's appealing because of all of this," Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote.

* NarmCharm: [=AllMusic's=] [[https://www.allmusic.com/album/bat-out-of-hell-mw0000194850 retrospective review]] posits that the album's enduring appeal is because of this. "This is Grand Guignol pop -- epic, gothic, operatic, and silly, and it's appealing because of all of this," Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote.

* EarWorm: Music/JimSteinman's ability to make a song as catchy as possible is in full force on this album.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArtwork: All three ''Bat'' albums, but the original is one of ''the'' most iconic album covers of all time.

* NightmareFuel:
** The gory depiction of the motorcycle accident in the title track.
** The crumbling relationship in "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". The girl demands commitment, to which her lover eventually relents. As it becomes clear he doesn't love her, he wishes for [[DeathSeeker the bitter end to come sooner]].

* AwesomeMusic: Many people would say the whole album counts.

* AccidentalAesop:
** "Bat out of Hell": The dangers of distracted driving. "But I just can't stop thinking of you. And I never saw the sudden turn till it was way too late."
** "Paradise by the Dashboard Light": Don't rush into things like marriage before you're actually ready. They were "barely seventeen" and get married right out of high school, then everything falls apart and the boy becomes a DeathSeeker (some live versions even have them get divorced and argue over custody of their kid).

* {{Hatedom}}: From ''Series/TopGear'', of all places, for unknown reasons, when they held a vote for the greatest driving song of all time ("Bat out of Hell" was the top nominated song and placed third overall).

** "Paradise by the Dashboard Light": Don't rush into things like marriage before you're actually ready. They were "barely seventeen" and get married right out of high school and everything falls apart (some live versions even have them get divorced and argue over custody of their kid).

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The spoken word intro to "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)". Besides having nothing to do with the lyrical content of the song, it's horror undertones also don't really fit in with the style of the song, either.

* FirstInstallmentWins: While the other albums in the trilogy were pretty well received, the first album's iconic status has made it so it will pretty much always be considered the best.

* EarWorm: Music/JimSteinman's ability to make a song as catchty as possible is in full force on this album.