Midnight at the Lost and Found is the third studio album by Meat Loaf, released in May 1983. This would be the final Meat Loaf release under Epic Records until The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998).
Following a dispute with his former songwriter Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf was contractually obliged to release a new album.
According to Meat Loaf, Steinman gave him "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" for the album, but Meat Loaf's record company refused to pay for Steinman.
The songs Steinman had given to Meat Loaf were then given to Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply respectively, which both became hits in their respective countries and worldwide.
Struggling for time and with no resolution to his arguments with Steinman seemingly on the horizon (eventually, Steinman and Meat Loaf would sue one another), he was forced to find songwriters wherever he could, including writing the songs himself.
Meat Loaf is credited with being involved in the writing of numerous tracks on the album, including the title track. However, as Meat would later admit, he was not much of a songwriter and did not like the songs he had written for the album.
The '80s didn't start out easy for the previous decade's rock sensation, and after Jim Steinman had bailed out of the album Meat Loaf was left all alone, and with no help from his native US as well as mysterious health issues Midnight at the Lost and Found was seemingly doomed. But, as always Europe provided an outlet of success, especially in the UK where Meat was still a big concert draw, and where the album performed reasonably well in the charts.
Despite this, it has always been considered his weakest record and I’d have to agree with that analysis. The watery and thin production lacked the power and emotion of years gone by and highlights were few and far between. One such high point is Keep Driving which is faster and louder than most of the album, and the closing romantic number Fallen Angel stands up well too, but apart from these to there is little else to write home about
Despite this, it has always been considered his weakest record and I’d have to agree with that analysis. The watery and thin production lacked the power and emotion of years gone by and highlights were few and far between. One such high point is Keep Driving which is faster and louder than most of the album, and the closing romantic number Fallen Angel stands up well too, but apart from these to there is little else to write home about
"Razor's Edge", "If You Really Want To" and the title track were released as singles, but none made top chart positions. The song "Lost Love", which was originally recorded during the sessions for the album, was released as the B-side to "If You Really Want To".
Track listing
1. Razor's Edge (Steve Buslowe, Paul Christie, Mark Doyle, Meat Loaf) - 4:07
2. Midnight at the Lost and Found (Steve Buslowe, Paul Christie, Meat Loaf, Dan Peyronel) - 3:29
3. Wolf at Your Door (Leslie Aday, Steve Buslowe) - 4:05
4. Keep Driving (Paul Christie, Paul Jacobs, Meat Loaf) - 3:30
5. The Promised Land (Chuck Berry) - 2:44
6. You Can Never Be Too Sure About the Girl (Steve Buslowe, Meat Loaf) - 4:28
7. Priscilla (Sarah Durkee, Paul Jacobs) - 3:33
8. Don't You Look at Me Like That (Marshall James Styler) - 3:27
9. If You Really Want To (George Meyer, Ted Neeley) - 3:38
10. Fallen Angel (Dick Wagner) - 3:38
Personnel
- Meat Loaf – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Mark Doyle – guitars, piano, bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals
- Rick Derringer – guitars, bass guitar
- Tom Edmonds – guitars
- Gary Rossington – guitars
- Steve Buslowe – bass guitar
- Paul Jacobs – piano
- Dave Lebolt – synthesizer programming
- Max Weinberg – drums
- Dale Krantz Rossington – featured female vocals
- Chuck Kirkpatrick – vocals
- John Sambataro – vocals
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Distributed By – Sony Music
- Made By – Sony Music – S0247848610-0202
- Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
- Published By – Piedmont Music Co, Inc.
- Published By – Tristan Music Ltd.
- Published By – Music Of The World
- Published By – Chappell Music Ltd.
- Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Credits
- Producer – Tom Dowd
Notes
Released: May 1983
Recorded: October 1982–February 1983
Recording Location: Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL / Hit Factory, New York, NY / Power Station, New York, NY
Genre: Hard rock, glam rock
Length: 35:26
Label - Cleveland International, Epic
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