Mike + the Mechanics (1985 album)
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| Studio album by Mike + The Mechanics | |||||
| Released | Oct. 1985 | ||||
| Recorded | AIR Studios, Montserrat | ||||
| Genre | Pop Rock | ||||
| Length | 39:57 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic (US/Canada) WEA (Rest of World) Virgin (non-US/Canada reissue) |
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| Producer | Christopher Neil | ||||
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Mike + The Mechanics is the debut album released by Genesis bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford's side project Mike + The Mechanics in 1985. The album reached number 26 on the Billboard 200 album charts and had two hit singles: "Silent Running," featuring lead vocals by Paul Carrack, and the up-tempo "All I Need Is a Miracle". Both songs reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at numbers 6 and 5 respectively. The third single off the album, the ballad "Taken In" was a lesser hit, reaching #32 on the Hot 100 and #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Mike Rutherford and Christopher Neil, except where noted.
- "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" (Rutherford, B. A. Robertson) – 6:10
- "All I Need Is a Miracle" – 4:10
- "Par Avion" – 3:36
- "Hanging By a Thread" (Rutherford, Neil, Robertson) – 4:40
- "I Get the Feeling" – 4:27
- "Take the Reins" - (Rutherford, Neil, Robertson) – 4:18
- "You Are the One" – 3:41
- "A Call to Arms" - (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Rutherford, Neil, Robertson) – 4:38
- "Taken In" – 4:17
"A Call to Arms" was a song leftover from the Genesis album sessions. Rutherford received permission from fellow Genesis bandmates Collins and Tony Banks to appropriate it for the Mechanics.
[edit] Personnel
- Mike Rutherford - guitar & bass
- Paul Young - lead vocals on "All I Need Is a Miracle", "Hanging By a Thread", "Take the Reins", "Taken In"
- Paul Carrack - lead vocals on "Silent Running", "I Get the Feeling", "A Call to Arms"
- Adrian Lee - keyboards
- Peter Van Hooke - drums
[edit] Additional personnel
- John Kirby - lead vocals on "Par Avion"
- Gene Stashuck - lead vocals on "You Are the One"
- Dereck Austin - keyboards
- Ray Beavis - saxophone
- John Earle - saxophone
- Luis Jardim - percussion
- Allan Murphy - guitar
- Ian Wherry - keyboards
- Alan Carvel - background vocals
- Christopher Neil - background vocals
- Linda Taylor - background vocals
