Midnight At The Lost And Found - Meat Loaf

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 ...  Read the complete review

You get the feel for this album of Meat Loaf's as soon as you look at the cover. The black background with his face taking up the top third of the album is a harbinger of the tracks within. This album contains ten tracks with four in particular which are absolutely outstanding and show the full range of Meat's voice. The title track, Midnight at the Lost and Found, still remains one of my favourites. Meat can handle belters and ballads with equal aplomb and this is demonstrated in the way he delivers the powerful ballad "Fallen Angel", one of the best tracks on the album for me. Most of the material on the album is original ...  Read the complete review