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Mike & The Mechanics debuted with their stellar eponymous album in 1985 which highlighted Rutherford’s innovative guitar work and the vocal talents of the two Pauls, amongst other guest vocalists. Initially, the group’s albums were released between Genesis albums, all three Genesis members having solo projects of their own, most notable in the huge chart success of singer/drummer Phil Collins. This ended with the disbanding of Genesis in 1998.
The classic song “The Living Years” from the album of the same name was to be the height of their critical success to date; the #1 single was written by and about the dissension between singer BA Robertson and his father, a situation that was never rectified prior to his father’s death, sung with great passion by Carrack. The album also featured the song “Nobody’s Perfect” which received considerable airtime as the music to a successful television advertising campaign for Tennants bitter. Their third album “Word of Mouth” followed in 1991 with less commercial and critical success although the lead single, with vocals by Paul Young, reached the Top 20. The fourth album “Beggar On a Beach of Gold” was a high watermark in the quality of their material, with both the album and first single “Over My Shoulder” charting well with many considering the album the band’s best work.
The classic song “The Living Years” from the album of the same name was to be the height of their critical success to date; the #1 single was written by and about the dissension between singer BA Robertson and his father, a situation that was never rectified prior to his father’s death, sung with great passion by Carrack. The album also featured the song “Nobody’s Perfect” which received considerable airtime as the music to a successful television advertising campaign for Tennants bitter. Their third album “Word of Mouth” followed in 1991 with less commercial and critical success although the lead single, with vocals by Paul Young, reached the Top 20. The fourth album “Beggar On a Beach of Gold” was a high watermark in the quality of their material, with both the album and first single “Over My Shoulder” charting well with many considering the album the band’s best work.
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Hayzi22 wrote:
Mike & The Mechanics is my favorite.
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obskyr wrote:
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dardar227 wrote:
Yes, I had to change my '+' to '&' too. It's what the CDDB says too. I have more wrong '*' from Last.Fm than I know what to do with in my iTunes/TuneUp library.
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scarboro wrote:
That bugs me too but I give up. :p
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CLUEIT wrote:
Last.fm, sort it out it's + not &... Correcting my actual correct tags!!
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fernandaline wrote:
AMO !
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ramiroreguerin wrote:
obviamente "Genesis" es superior, pero Mike Rutherford acertó como solista con canciones muy muy buenas ..."living years", "taken in" "over my shoulder" son mis favoritas
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henli_02 wrote:
Rustig niyooh man =') rustig.
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niyooh wrote:
Yeah wtf kind of s**t is that. The correct name is with +??? All of my tags say + and not & but still last.fm auto-corrects it, so f**k it >: |
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coanta wrote:
The Living Years it”s absoultley amazing!
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a-hacarl wrote:
Last FM auto-corrects you to Mike & The Mechanics if you enter Mike + The Mechanics! And the majority of the albums have "And" in the band title anyway. Anyway great band with many good songs!
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LaDanaDonna wrote:
love!
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humanfeelings wrote:
You're welcome to join ^.^ http://www.last.fm/group/Mike%2B%2526%2BThe%2BMechanics
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HeathVThomas wrote:
As a son and now a dad,this song speaks volumes to me.
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Theras wrote:
Wrong tag! It's Mike + The Mechanics ;.;
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dotheneurotic wrote:
Why is this text in Russian :D ?
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Z3R0FiR3 wrote:
Nice Russian description. Not very informative if you can't understand it!
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Poole10 wrote:
Paul Carrack - fantastic voice!
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bicknor wrote:
TLY - wonderful somg.
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RuttyJunior wrote:
Genesis,Phill Collins,Mike & The Mechanics-Great bands!
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