Production for the album took place during 2010 at various recording studios and was handled by Benét, George Nash, Jr., and Demonté Posey.

My development as an artist is a direct result of being immersed in that era [...] When it comes to something that resonates in your soul, you have to have something constructed with live musicians".

You know, rather than doing say the drum track first and then editing that to make it as perfect as we could before laying the bass down, I basically just had everybody mic-ed up and ready to go and then vibing off each other as we actually laid the songs down.

[7] In promotion of Lost in Time, Benét is performing on a two-month-long, nationwide tour with R&B recording artist Fantasia.

Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars and observed a "seductive pastiche" on "the kind of record that might not be deep but shimmers pleasingly on the surface".

[6] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times felt that Benét's voice is "more flexible than ever" and called him "an able and sometimes ardent mimic to boot, not just of Maxwell’s tender histrionics but of several other styles".

[13] Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writer Jon M. Gilbertson complimented Benét's musical influences and smooth soul style.

[5] Mikael Wood of The Village Voice called it a "crafty album" and wrote that Benét "expertly channels the plush balladry of mid-’80s Luther Vandross ('Never Live Without You'), the propulsive zing of early-’70s Philly soul ('Paid,' featuring Eddie Levert himself), and the frantic cheer of last-days disco ('Good Life')".