''Soul Lost Companion'' is the sixth studio album by Australian rock singer-songwriter, Mark Lizotte, and issued under his birth name. Otherwise he generally uses his stage names,

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, Johnny Diesel or Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. It appeared in September 1999, which peaked at No. 18 on the

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. It provided two singles, " Dig" (August 1999) and "Satellite" (November). Lizotte toured Australia from August to December promoting the album, sharing stages with

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Background and release

In 1996, after helping produce and write some tracks on

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's album ''Princess Tabu'', and the release of his albums, '' Short Cool Ones'' and '' Rewind – The Best Of'',

relocated with his family to New York City at the end of that year. In 1998 signed a new deal with

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and decided to re-emerge under his birth name, Mark Lizotte. In November 1998 Lizotte was back in Australia and appeared at the Concert of the Century for Mushroom Record's 25th anniversary where he joined Chris Wilson and

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on stage. Lizotte worked with

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and with Gavin MacKillop to produce most of his new material. ''Soul Lost Companion'' appeared in September 1999, which peaked at No. 18 on the

. It provided two singles, " Dig" (August 1999) and "Satellite" (November). Lizotte toured Australia from August to December promoting the album and singles, sharing stages with

Review

Russell Baillie from the ''NZ Herald'' gave the album 3 out of 5 saying; "The Aussie soul-rocker formerly known as Diesel has dropped the moniker for the first album of the Stateside part of his career, and come over a bit singer-songwriterly and serious. This makes for a solid album which runs a line between the guitar and voice anthemics of Radiohead and U2, a delve towards Crowded House with occasional reversion to his soul-rock stylings. It suffers from being over-produced but shows much proof of Lizotte's jack-of-all-trades talent and old fans should adjust easily."

Track listing

All tracks written by Mark Lizotte, Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:' except as shown. #"Soul Lost Companion" (Lizotte, Marc Swersky) – 5:28 #"Satellite" (Lizotte, Dave Derby) – 3:46 #" Dig" (Lizotte, Guy Davies) – 4:52 #"Beautiful Machine" – 4:52 #"Don't Look Twice" – 3:45 #"Come Down" (Lizotte, Marc Swersky) – 3:01 #"Burning Water" (Lizotte,

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) – 4:53 #"Lotion" – 5:14 #"When It Rains" – 3:52 #"Monochrome" – 4:25 #"Darling of the Universe" – 4:17

Personnel

;Musicians * Mark Lizotte – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars, bass guitar * Guy Davies – keyboards, programming, guitar (track 3) *

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– drums ;Additional musicians * Eliza-Jane Barnes – backing vocals (track 2) * Mahalia Barnes – backing vocals (track 2) * Danielle Degruttola – cello (track 4) *

– organ and backing vocals (track 7) *

– piano (track 1), synthesiser (track 7) *

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– backing vocals (track 6) * Rachel Ioshak – backing vocals (track 2) * Kevin March – drums (tracks 2, 5) * Michael P. Mossman – trumpet and flugelhorn (track 10) * Tracy Scott Silverman – violin and viola (track4) * Mary Wooten – cello (track 2) * Bernie Worrell – synthesiser (track 4) * Garo Yellin – cello (tracks 9, 10) ;Recording details * Producer –

(tracks 1,3,4,7,8,11), Gavin MacKillop (tracks 2,5,6,7,9,10). Venues: Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA; Sorcerer Sound, NYC, NY; Looking Glass, NYC, NY;

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, Auckland, NZ **Additional production – Mark Lizotte, Doug McKean (track 2) **Additional production –

, Sam Gibson (track 7) * Mixer –

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(all tracks except following), Jack Joseph Puig (track 6),

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(track 8), Doug McKean (track 2). Venues: South Beach Studios, Miami, FL;

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, Hollywood, CA;

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, Bahamas; Sear Sound, NYC, NY; RPM Sound Studio, NYC, NY * Mastering –

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at Sterling Sound, NYC, NY

References

External links

Mark Lizotte – ''Soul Lost Companion''
{{Authority control 1999 albums Festival Records albums Diesel (musician) albums Albums produced by Jerry Harrison Albums recorded at Roundhead Studios