The Lost Years

This is Michael's chronological song collection album "The Lost Yeas" EU edition, followed “Ancient Future (The Lost Years part 1)” its USA edition released a year earlier. EU edition has different track listing from USA edition and Japanese edition which were released a bit later. The album were designed to be a special gift to the fans which were able to gain in one collection a lot of rare and unreleased tracks with an obvious emphasis on his rock roots. It also includes a magnificent rework of "Maniac" – the worldwide hit that Sembello had in 1982 off of the "Flashdance" soundtrack, plus his own version of the Jeff Paris hit "The Life Of My Broken Heart". Jeff himself appears on the album in a duet on "Tear Down The Walls" while Jennifer Batten is guest guitarist on: "Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "Tear Down the Walls". It must be good that self-remake versions of "What You Really Want" and "Burn It Up" taken from Michael's 2nd solo album "Without Walls", one of the hardest to get CDs.

Speaking of the edit on this EU edition, some songs seemed to be different from either original or Lost Years USA edition(“Ancient Future”);
Track6. One Planet, One People (05:43) (USA edition 05:49)
Track8. The Life Of My Broken Heart (05:08) (USA edition 05:12)

Release: 7 July, 2003
Label: Frontiers Records, Italy (FR CD 155)

Tracks:
1. Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore
2. Tear Down The Walls (new version)
3. The Winter Of Our Love +
4. Black Rain +
5. Heavy Weather +
6. One Planet, One People #
7. Maniac ^
8. The Life Of My Broken Heart *
9. Where Are We Now? +
10. Rub The Stone *
11. Voodoo
12. What You Really Want (new version)
13. Burn It Up (new version)

+ : taken from the album "Caravan Of Dreams"
* : taken from the album "Backwards In Time"
# : taken from "The Bridge”
^: taken from Randy Waldman's album "UnReel"

Producer: Michael Sembello

Michael Sembello: Drums, Bass, Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Keyboards

- Musicians -
Duet Vocal (Track 2): Jeff Paris
Guitars: Jennifer Batten
Keyboards: Timothy Drury, Brian O'Doherty, Randy Waldman
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta
Bass: Nathan Watts
Percussion: Bail Kecak Chanters
Human Beat Box: Ellis Hall
Background Vocals: Jeff Paris, Gina Haley, Bobby Caldwell

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