The Lost Tapes is the eighth studio album by British girl group Sugababes and their first independent release.

In 2009, the line-up of the Sugababes featured Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah and they were gearing up for the release of their seventh album Sweet 7 in early 2010.

[3] However, prior to the album's release, it was confirmed that Buchanan was leaving the group in September 2009, and she was subsequently replaced by Jade Ewen.

[sic]"[6] Despite this, Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé confirmed to MTV UK that she had written new songs for Buena, Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy, saying: "Yes, that is true.

[9] In July 2012, it was officially confirmed that the group had reformed under the name Mutya Keisha Siobhan and were writing songs for a new album under Polydor.

[11] Speaking of working with the group, MNEK said, "I'd just turned 17 when Felix Howard messaged me to say that the original Sugababes are singing together again and I want you to write with them'.

"[21] The song "Boys" features on the album, which a short a cappella clip was uploaded of on Buchanan's YouTube account in January 2013.

The same day, Popjustice released a three-second clip of the studio version of the single, calling it "simply amazing".

[1] A handful of the songs included on the album, namely "I'm Alright", "Love Me Hard", "Today" and "No Regrets" were previously performed by the trio at their first official headline gig at the Scala nightclub on 1 August 2013.

[25] Though not formally announced to promote The Lost Tapes, the Sugababes went on tour across the UK and some countries in Europe in October and November 2022 and September 2023.

[26] The setlist also included songs "Today" and "Love Me Hard" from The Lost Tapes, which at the time of the tour were officially unreleased.