Yet another IQ album with leftovers and unreleased material. But we don't mind, for IQ has made themselves grown up to become the absolute most famous (underground) prog band. The title 'The lost attic' is just a funny word joke, referring to their first studio album 'Tales from the lush attic'.
Like songs that didn't get to Subterranea 'The universal scam', 'Eyes of the blind' and that even can't be found on their debut 'Wintertell'. Very special is the fan-club single with the middle section from 'The last human gateway' and the single 'The bold grenadier'. At the end of the album we get a live bonus with a performance of 'Awake and nervous', 'Just changing hands' and 'Widow's peak'. Nice album for fans and collectors.