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Meat Loaf Starts Over With 'Hang Cool Teddy Bear'

Meat Loaf's latest record, Hang Cool Teddy Bear, is a concept album about a soldier who lies dying on the battlefield. courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Meat Loaf Starts Over With 'Hang Cool Teddy Bear'

The singer blasted into the music world in 1977 with his best-selling album Bat out of Hell. Now, four years after his last release -- which he calls a "disaster" -- Meat Loaf has recorded Hang Cool Teddy Bear, a concept album about a wounded soldier.

Meat Loaf Starts Over With 'Hang Cool Teddy Bear'

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