Meat Loaf to release new album ‘Braver Than We Are’ in September

LOS ANGELES, June 22 (UPI) — Grammy Award-winning musician Meat Loaf is readying the release of his album Braver Than We Are for 429 Records.

The artist is once again working with his longtime collaborator, songwriter Jim Steinman. The album will be available digitally, on CD and vinyl in Europe on Sept. 9 and in the United States and rest of the world on Sept. 16.

The first single to debut on the radio, “Going All the Way,” boasts a reunion with vocalists Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito decades after their first performances on the classic “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.” The new single is available for purchase now at iTunes.

U.S. and European concert tour dates will be announced soon, the record label said.

“It’s a tribute to Jim Steinman really,” Meat Loaf said about the album in a statement. “It’s a tribute to both of us and our work together.”