Word of Mouth (Mike + The Mechanics album)

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Word of Mouth
Studio album by Mike + The Mechanics
Released 1991
Recorded The Farm Surrey
Genre Adult Contemporary
Length 45:44
Label Atlantic (US/Canada) /
Virgin Records (Rest Of World)
Producer Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford, and Russ Titelman
Professional reviews
Mike + The Mechanics chronology
The Living Years
(1988)		 Word of Mouth
(1991)		 Beggar on a Beach of Gold
(1995)

Word of Mouth is the third album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1991.


[edit] Track listing

  1. ”Get Up” (Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack)
  2. ”Word of Mouth” (Rutherford and Christopher Neil)
  3. ”A Time and Place” (Rutherford and B. A. Robertson)
  4. ”Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” (Rutherford, Robertson)
  5. ”The Way You Look At Me” (Rutherford, Carrack)
  6. ”Everybody Gets a Second Chance” (Rutherford, Robertson)
  7. ”Stop Baby” (Rutherford, Neil)
  8. ”My Crime of Passion” (Rutherford, Carrack, and Adrian Lee)
  9. ”Let's Pretend It Didn't Happen” (Rutherford, Robertson)
  10. ”Before (The Next Heartache Falls) ” (Rutherford, Carrack)

[edit] Personnel

  • Mike Rutherford - Guitar, Bass
  • Peter Van Hooke - Drums
  • Paul Carrack – keyboards, backing vocals, Vocals on 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10
  • Adrian Lee - Keyboards
  • Paul Young – backing vocals, Vocals on 2, 4, 7, 9
  • Tim Renwick - guitar
  • Ian Wherry - keyboards
  • Steve Piggot - keyboards
  • Martin Ditcham - percussion
  • Pino Palladino - bass
  • Phil Todd - sax
  • London Community Gospel - choir on 10
  • Kitson Hall Audience - crowd on 2

[edit] Additional Personnel

Production:

  • Tracks 4, 6, 7 - Produced by Christopher Neil & Mike Rutherford
  • Tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 – Produced By Christopher Neil & Mike Rutherford and Russ Titelman
  • Tracks 2 – Produced by Mike Rutherford


  • Engineer: Rob Eaton and Mike Punczek on Track 2
  • Assistant Engineers: Mark Robinson, Jeremy Wheatley, Shaun De Feo
  • Recorded at: The Farm technical assistants Geoff Callingham, Mike Bowen Olympic Studios, London, except Track 2 at Living Years tour, US 1989
  • Equipment: Dale Newman, Steve Jones, Angela Jewel
  • Mastered by: Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound
  • Cover: Icon, photography by Mike Owen