Mike + The Mechanics (1986 album)

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Mike + The Mechanics [1985]

Studio album by Mike + The Mechanics
Released	1985
Recorded	???
Genre	Pop Rock
Length	39:57
Label	Atlantic (US)/ WEA (Rest Of World)
Producer(s)	Christopher Neil
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Mike + The Mechanics chronology
Acting Very Strange (by Mike Rutherford) (1982)	Mike + The Mechanics (1985)	The Living Years (1988)

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 was a moderate success, reaching number 26 on the Billboard 200 and spawning 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 but reaching #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Mike Rutherford and Christopher Neil, except were noted

"Silent Running" (Mike Rutherford/B.A. Robertson) – 5:13
"All I Need Is A Miracle" – 4:10
"Par Avion" – 3:36
"Hanging By A Thread" (Mike Rutherford/Christopher Neil/B.A. Robertson) – 4:40
"I Get The Feeling" – 4:27
"Take the Reins" - (Mike Rutherford/Christopher Neil/B.A. Robertson) – 4:19
"You Are the One" – 3:41
"A Call to Arms" - (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Christopher Neil/B.A. Robertson/Mike Rutherford) – 4:38 [An outtake from the Genesis album re-worked into a finished song by the Mechanics.]
"Taken In" – 4:16

Note: "A Call To Arms" was a song leftover from the Genesis album sessions. Unused, Mike got permission from Phil and Tony to appropriate it for the Mechanics.

[edit] Personnel

Mike Rutherford - guitar & bass
Paul Young - vocals (All I Need Is A Miracle, Hanging By A Thread, Take The Reins, Taken In)
Paul Carrack - vocals (Silent Running, I Get The Feeling, A Call To Arms)
Adrian Lee - keyboards
Peter Van Hooke - drums