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Lewis Taylor's legendary magnum opus: The Lost Album. "Now you're talking. That's
my favourite LT album. Unlike all of the others, there isn't anything about it that
embarrasses me." Straight from the genius's mouth. What can we say about this?
Well, it's the most requested record ever at Be With Towers. The Lost Album was the
intended follow-up to his first album but Island rejected it for fear of "confusing" the
marketplace and its conception of Lewis as a soul artist. Their loss. It's a breezy
sunset masterpiece.
The genesis of this incredible record needs unpicking a bit. Lewis stopped promoting
the first album after a year and went home to record a completely different record
that was the most un-R&B album you could probably ever hear: "I pushed in such an
extreme direction the other way with what eventually became The Lost Album. It was
a knee-jerk reaction to a perceived ‘trapped in R&B’ feeling I was going through at
the time. Some people around me were in favour of it and others weren’t. In the end I
think I lost confidence in it and did Lewis II instead." We did at least get Lewis II,
which is a remarkable album, and he kept Island happy...for a bit. Not long after,
Lewis was dropped. And what was to become The Lost Album could've
been...er...lost. Forever.
Thankfully, however, Lewis and longtime partner Sabina Smyth revisited those
scrapped demo tracks in 2003. They decided to re-arrange, re-record and then self-
release them. So it was that the brand new version of The Lost Album finally
dropped in late 2004. It's sheer perfection, and we don't say that lightly. The Lost
Album was a fully 50/50 collaboration between Lewis and Smyth. As well as
production, Sabina did a lot more writing on it, from the melody to "Listen Here" to
the chord sequence for "Let's Hope Nobody Finds Us." Thankfully, Sabina is credited
this time around.
Tracklist
A1 - Lost (1:32)
A2 - Listen Here (4:18)
A3 - Hide Your Heart Away (4:52)
B1 - Send Me An Angel (4:48)
B2 - Leader Of The Band (4:29)
B3 - Yeah (4:46)
C1 - Please Help Me If You Can (4:20)
C2 - Let’s Hope Nobody Finds Us (4:42)
C3 - New Morning (5:45)
D1 - Say I Love You (4:43)
D2 - See My Way (4:01)
D3 - One More Mystery (4:49)