Mike + The Mechanics discography

Mike + The Mechanics discography
Releases
Studio albums 7
Compilation albums 3
Singles 21

This is the discography of the British band Mike + The Mechanics. Mike + The Mechanics have released seven studio albums, three compilation albums, and over two dozen singles.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4][5]
US
[6]
Mike + The Mechanics
  • Release date: 5 October 1985
  • Label: Atlantic / WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP
78 36 10 9 26
Living Years
  • Release date: 28 October 1988
  • Label: Atlantic / WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP
2 10 12 13 13
Word of Mouth
  • Release date: 2 April 1991
  • Label: Atlantic / Virgin
  • Formats: CD
11 55 24 22 107
Beggar on a Beach of Gold
  • Release date: 6 March 1995
  • Label: Atlantic / Virgin
  • Formats: CD
9 21
Mike & The Mechanics
  • Release date: 31 May 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
14 9
Rewired
  • Release date: 7 June 2004
  • Label: Rhino / Virgin
  • Formats: CD
42 39
The Road
  • Release date: 18 April 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD
42 41

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1]
GER
Hits
  • Release date: 4 March 1996
  • Label: Atlantic / Rhino / Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MD
3 6
Favourites/The Very Best Of
  • Release date: 27 December 2000
  • Label: Virgin / EMI
  • Formats: CD
Rewired + Hits – The Latest + The Greatest
  • Release date: 6 September 2004
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
42
The Singles 1985 – 2014 18

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[11]
GER
[12]
IRE
[13]
NL
[14]
NZ
[15]
US
[6]
1985 "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" 21 23 8 8 21 39 6 Mike + The Mechanics
1986 "All I Need Is a Miracle" 53 8 10 26 1 31 5
"Taken In" 39 32
"Hanging by a Thread"
1988 "Nobody's Perfect" 80 29 63 The Living Years
1989 "The Living Years" 2 1 1 13 1 20 11 1
"Seeing Is Believing" 91 46 62
"Nobody Knows" 81 20
"Revolution" 82 Non-album single[16]
1991 "Word of Mouth" 13 33 36 27 19 13 78 Word of Mouth
"A Time and Place" 58
"Everybody Gets a Second Chance" 56 21 51
"Get Up"
"Stop Baby"
1995 "Over My Shoulder" 12 22 44 26 Beggar on a Beach of Gold
"A Beggar on a Beach of Gold" 33 64
"Mea Culpa" 45
"Another Cup of Coffee" 51 53 61
1996 "All I Need Is a Miracle '96" 27 81 Hits
"Silent Running '96" 61
1999 "Now That You've Gone" 35 64 M6
"Whenever I Stop" 73 76
2004 "One Left Standing" Rewired
"Perfect Child"
2011 "Reach Out (Touch the Sun)" The Road
"Try to Save Me"

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1994 "The Living Years" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III[17]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Chart Stats – Mike + The Mechanics". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "australian-charts.com – Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  3. "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Top Albums & CD's". RPM. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  4. German album peaks
  5. More German album peaks
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Mike + The Mechanics Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Searchable Database: Mike & The Mechanics". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  8. Canada album certification
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "Certified Awards Search: Mike & The Mechanics". BPI. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  10. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Mike & The Mechanics)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  11. Canada peaks
  12. German singles peaks
  13. Irish peaks
  14. Dutch peaks
  15. New Zealand peaks
  16. "Revolution", a cover of the Lennon/McCartney song, was issued as a single in North America in 1989. It is also available on the Rude Awakenings soundtrack.
  17. "Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume III: Various Artists". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-11-23.

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