The Lost Album is the sixth and final (to date, excluding rereleases) album by the British neo-soul

Neo soul

The term neo soul was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late 1990s as a marketing category following the commercial breakthroughs of artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell...

 composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor

Lewis Taylor

Andrew Lewis Taylor is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, born in London, UK, in the late 1960s. He started in the music business touring with the progrock band Edgar Broughton Band. In 1986 he began performing as Sheriff Jack, releasing two albums of psychedelia music, Laugh Yourself Awake ...

, released in 2005.


Taylor recorded this album in the late 1990's, in reaction to British press naming him "new British blue-eyed soulster", and cites Fleetwood Mac and Beach Boys as his main influences. He intended it to be released as a follow-up to his 1996 self-titled debut, but Island Records rejected it, after which he returned with the album Lewis II

Lewis II (Lewis Taylor album)

Lewis II is the second album by the British neo-soul composer and multi-instrumentalist Lewis Taylor, released in 2000.-Track listing:#Party - 6:01#My Aching Heart - 5:25#You Make Me Wanna - 4:46#The Way You Done Me - 5:12#Satisfied - 5:53...

. The Lost Album was finally released in 2005 through Taylor's own label Slow Reality.

Track listing

1. Lost (Sabina Smyth) - 1:33
2. Listen Here (Smyth, Taylor) - 4:18
3. Hide Your Heart Away (Taylor) - 4:53
4. Send Me an Angel (Smyth, Taylor) - 4:48
5. The Leader of the Band (Taylor) - 4:29
6. Yeah (Smyth, Taylor) - 4:46
7. Please Help Me If You Can (Taylor) - 4:21
8. Let's Hope Nobody Finds Us (Smyth, Taylor) - 4:43
9. New Morning (Smyth, Taylor) - 5:45
10. Say I Love You (Taylor) - 4:43
11. See My Way (Taylor) - 4:02
12. One More Mystery (Taylor) - 4:49