Midnight at the Lost and Found

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).

This article is about the album. For the title track, see Midnight at the Lost and Found (song).
Midnight at the Lost and Found
Studio album by
Meat Loaf
ReleasedMay 1983
Recorded1982–83
GenreHard rock
Length35:26
LabelEpic
ProducerTom Dowd
Meat Loaf chronology
Dead Ringer
(1981)		 Midnight at the Lost and Found
(1983)		 Hits Out of Hell
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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.[2] 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. It was also regarded by fans and critics alike as a poor effort whether compared to previous releases or on its own merit. Those same fans and critics were disappointed to see that the iconic pictures on the covers of Bat Out of Hell and Dead Ringer were replaced by a black-and-white photograph of Meat Loaf. (On some later re-releases, a color image of a screaming Meat Loaf was used as the cover image.)

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Razor's Edge"Steve Buslowe, Paul Christie, Mark Doyle, Meat Loaf4:07
2."Midnight at the Lost and Found"Steve Buslowe, Paul Christie, Meat Loaf, Dan Peyronel3:29
3."Wolf at Your Door"Leslie Aday, Steve Buslowe4:05
4."Keep Driving"Paul Christie, Paul Jacobs, Meat Loaf3:30
5."The Promised Land"Chuck Berry2:44
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."You Can Never Be Too Sure About the Girl"Steve Buslowe, Meat Loaf4:28
7."Priscilla"Sarah Durkee, Paul Jacobs3:33
8."Don't You Look at Me Like That"Marshall James Styler3:27
9."If You Really Want To"George Meyer, Ted Neeley3:38
10."Fallen Angel"Dick Wagner3:38

Personnel

Band

Singles

"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". This track was only released on CD on the Australian edition of Hits Out of Hell.[3] The title track still regularly forms part of Meat Loaf concerts, and was one of very few 1980s songs to feature on the hit album The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998).

Charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 84
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 26
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6] 7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 21
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 7
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References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Adams, Cameron (October 26, 2006). "Meat Loaf's a Hell raiser". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 196. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Meat Loaf – Midnight at the Lost and Found" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  6. "Norwegiancharts.com – Meat Loaf – Midnight at the Lost and Found". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  7. "Swedishcharts.com – Meat Loaf – Midnight at the Lost and Found". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  8. "Meat Loaf | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
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