Midnight at the Lost and Found is a 1983 album by Meat Loaf. This was the last album that Meat Loaf did with the record label Epic until the 1998 release of The Very Best of Meat Loaf.
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's recor...
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Midnight at the Lost and Found is a 1983 album by Meat Loaf. This was the last album that Meat Loaf did with the record label Epic until the 1998 release of The Very Best of Meat Loaf.
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's record company refused to pay for Steinman. Steinman's songs were then given to Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply respectively, becoming huge hits. 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...
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