Battle of the Classic Rock Albums Day 8: BAT OUT OF HELL VS RUMOURS

[Sonic Temple]

@JeanGary Diablo - another doozy mate. Breakout records for both artists.



Bat Out Of Hell vs Second Hand News
You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) vs Dreams
Heaven Can Wait vs Never Going Back Again
All Revved Up With No Place To Go vs Don't Stop
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad vs Go Your Own Way
Paradise By The Dashboard Light vs Songbird
For Crying Out Loud vs The Chain

You Make Loving Fun
I Don't Want To Know
Oh Daddy
Gold Dust Woman

Winner Fleetwood Mac
5 - 2

 

[JeanGary Diablo]

Good battle. Rumous all day long

 

[massman]

Definitely Rumours. Solid album front to back. All meat, no fat. (Puns intended ).

 

[MissCroft]

Rumours!

 

[tml]

Is it just me or do these 2 albums seem much more different than other albums put up for battle? Rumours seems more pop whereas Bat out of hell seems more rock.

 

[countd]

Rumours

 

[The Oracle]

Rumours is the better album but one cannot discount the popularity Paradise By The Dashboard Light in that time.

It was one of the longer plays on the radio that I ever remember.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Both suck.
I heard an interview with Todd Rundgren who amazingly, produced Bat out of Hell along with a bunch of other huge albums. He was quite disparaging about it. And about Meat Loaf.
I know Rumors was a fluffy hit. Didn't really care much about it either way. Having seen the original Fleetwood Mack in 1968 with Peter Green I can say I wasn't all that impressed by them either.