The Road (Mike + The Mechanics album)

The Road
Studio album by Mike + The Mechanics
Released 18 April 2011
Recorded Fisher Lane Farm Studios with additional recording at Churchfield Studio, London and Tree House Studios, Cape Town
2009–10
Genre Pop rock
Length 46:00
Label Sony Music
Producer Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, Graham Stack
Mike + The Mechanics chronology
Rewired
(2004)
The Road
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Road is the seventh studio album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 2011 by Sony Music.[2] This was their first album following the departure of Paul Carrack.

Following the release of Rewired in 2004 and the supporting tour, the group stopped working. In 2009, rumours surfaced that Mike Rutherford had plans to resurrect the band and had begun working on a new album. It was reported that Andrew Roachford would become the new singer. Soon after, two other names were mentioned: Arno Carstens and Tim Howar. Early sessions produced the songs "Background Noise", "It Only Hurts for a While" and "Hunt You Down", with Carstens performing vocals.

The sessions continued through 2010. By the end of 2010, it was officially announced that Rutherford, Roachford and Howar had recorded a new Mechanics album. The rest of the band consisted of the drummer Gary Wallis, the guitarist Anthony Drennan and the keyboard player Luke Juby.

Track listing

  1. "The Road" (Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, Martin Sutton) – 4:20
  2. "Reach Out (Touch The Sun)" (Rutherford, Andrew Roachford, Jamie Norton, Benjamin Weaver) – 4:03
  3. "Try To Save Me" (Rutherford, Neil, Roachford) – 3:47
  4. "Background Noise" (Rutherford, Neil, Arno Carstens) – 4:15
  5. "I Don't Do Love" (Rutherford, Neil, Roachford, Tim Howar) – 4:34
  6. "Heaven Doesn't Care" (Rutherford, Neil, Sutton) – 3:37
  7. "It Only Hurts for a While" (Rutherford, Neil, Carstens) – 4:09
  8. "Walking on Water" (Rutherford, Roachford, Norton, Weaver) – 3:41
  9. "Hunt You Down" (Rutherford, Neil, Carstens) – 3:44
  10. "Oh No" (Rutherford, Neil, Howar) – 4:17
  11. "You Can Be The Rock" (Rutherford, Neil, Roachford) – 5:17

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

References

  1. O'Brien, Jon. "The Road review". Allmusic.
  2. "Mike + The Mechanics – The Road (2011)" Genesis News Com. Retrieved 28 April 2011
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