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Mike & The Mechanics: Greatest Hits

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Virgin Records
Released: 1996.02.27
Time:
 60:30
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.mikeandthemechanics.com
Appears with: Mike Rutherford, Genesis, Paul Carrack
Purchase date: 2001.08.04
Price in €: 6,99





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] All I Need Is a Miracle '96 (Mike Rutherford - Christopher Neil) - 5:42
[2] Over My Shoulder (Mike Rutherford - Paul Carrack) - 3:36
[3] Word of Mouth (Mike Rutherford - Christopher Neil) - 3:57
[4] The Living Years (Mike Rutherford - BA Robertson) - 5:33
[5] Another Cup of Coffee (Mike Rutherford - Christopher Neil) - 4:18
[6] Nobody's Perfect (Mike Rutherford - BA Robertson) - 4:43
[7] Silent Running (Mike Rutherford - BA Robertson) - 6:14
[8] Nobody Knows (Mike Rutherford - Christopher Neil) - 4:22
[9] Get Up (Mike Rutherford - Paul Carrack) - 5:23
[10] A Time and Place (Mike Rutherford - BA Robertson) - 4:52
[11] Taken In (Mike Rutherford - Christopher Neil) - 4:19
[12] Everybody Gets a Second Chance (Mike Rutherford - BA Robertson) - 3:59
[13] A Beggar on a Beach of Gold (Mike Rutherford - RA Robertson) - 4:32

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


MIKE RUTHERFORD - Guitar, Producer
PAUL CARRACK - Vocals, Keyboards
PAUL YOUNG - Vocals
PETE VAN HOOKE - Drums
ADRIAN LEE - Keyboards
GARY WALLIS - Drums
TIM RENWICK - Guitar, Bass
STEVE PIGGOT - Keyboards
BA ROBERTSON - Keyboards

CHRISTOPHER NEIL - Producer
RUSS TITELMAN - Producer on [10]
NICK DAVIS - Engineer, Remixing on [13]

SIMON HARRELL - Engineer
ROB EATON - Engineer
PAUL GOMMERSALL - Engineer
MARK ROBINSON - Assistant Engineer
JEREMY WHEATLEY - Assistant Engineer
SHAUN DE FEO - Assistant Engineer
TERRY IRWIN - Assistant Engineer
GEOFF CALLINGHAM - Technical Assistance
Mike Bowen - Technical Assistance
STEVE "Pad" JONES - Technical Assistance
GEOFF "Bisson" BANKS - Technical Assistance
DALE NEWMAN - Technical Assistance
BARRIE LEE THORPE - Cover Illustration
WHEREFORE ART? - Design
MICHAEL MULLER - Portrait photography
PATRICK STEEL - Photography

Thanks to: TONY SMITH, CAROL WILLIS IMPAY - Hit & Run Music

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1996 CD Alex 5626

80' supergroup Mike & the Mechanics' core members are Mike Rutherford of Genesis, Paul Carrack from (Squeeze & Ace) & the late Paul Young from Sad Caf‰. Their chart successes are here, including 'All I Need Is A Miracle', 'Living Years' & 'Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)' and more.

Reached top chart position (Debut) #3 on 16-Mar-1996



All of Mike + the Mechanics' biggest hits are included on the 13-track collection, Hits. Though there are a fair share of non-hits and mediocre albums tracks, Hits is a first-rate compilation, giving the casual fan all of the essential Mike + the Mechanics tracks, from "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" and "All I Need Is a Miracle" to "The Silent Years."

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



Some people are just plain greedy. Not content with his one third stake in Genesis, Mike Rutherford has, over the past decade, built up a nice little earner on the side with M&TM, all with very little fuss or fanfare. Although hardly the kind of music to endanger the prickly heat of keen anticipation or an authentic dazzling light on the road to Damascus kind of experience, there has always been a basic decency to what they do. It's only when all their brighter moments are laid end to end like this however, that their worth seeps through. The blue collar name may be something of a throwaway but it suits the band's style and purpose to perfection. Rutherford himself remains a star in name only, patently disinterested in the pomp and preening this secondary success has presented him with. Happier in the studio than on stage, the deal has been simple enough. He writes the songs, usually in conjunction with either produced Chris Neil or B.A. (Bang Bang) Robertson, and then gets either Paul Young (the Sad Cafe one) or Paul Carrack (ex-Squeeze, ever-patchy solo career) to sing them. Every three years or so an album filters through. There's maybe a tour to promote it. Nothing too taxing. Hits is simply as good as its word: 13 tracks taken from the four albums to date, including three from last year's BOABOG, which may be considered just a touch premature. No matter, the lovely, wistful Over My Shoulder, in particular, sits easily alongside more established favourites like Silent Running (ODG) and Nobody's Perfect, although the tampering with All i Need Is A Miracle proves to be, at best, a little unnecessary. These are all songs that are uniformly high on melody and craftsmanship, with mercifully no hidden agenda. The concerns are suitably adult, never more so than on the genuinely touching Living Years, where the potentially hazardous sentiments and even a children's choir are negotiated with striking ease by the undervalued Carrack. In fact, as white soul voices go, he's right up there with Michael McDonald on a Time and Place, capable of balancing restriaint with spiked emotion. The Mechanics' self-effacing nature seems to suit him, too. As a sideline for all concerned, M&TM have probably gone further and lasted longer than anyone could have originally predicted. With quiet efficiency Rutherford has somehow survived the excesses of progressive rock to. With quiet efficiency Rutherford has somehow survived the double handicap of a posh education and the excesses of progressive rock to put together something that may fly in the face of fashion but which unquestionably speaks to more people than many of us are sometimes prepared to accept. That's no small triumph.

**** (out of a maximum of five)
Peter Kane - Q Magazine Review



Das Best Of-Album des Genesis-Bassisten startet mit der neuen Version des Ohrwurms "All I Need Is A Miracle", Hits wie "Over My Shoulder" und "World Of Mouth" folgen. Leichte Popmusik für den heraufziehenden Sommer. ** Musik: 03-04

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ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE

I said "go if you wanna go,
Stay if you wanna stay"
I didn't care if you hung around me
I didn't care if you went away
And I know you were never right
I'll admit I was never wrong
I could never make up my mind
I made it up as I went along

And though I treated you like a child
I'm gonna miss you for the rest of my life

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you

I never had any time
And I never had any call
But I went out of my way just to hurt you,
The one I shouldn't hurt at all
I thought I was being cool
Yeah, I thought I was being strong
But it's always the same old story
You never know what you've got 'til it's gone

If I ever catch up with you
I'm gonna love you for the rest of your life

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you

And if I ever catch up with you
I'm gonna love you for the rest of your life

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a, all I need is a,
All I need is you (all I need is a miracle)


OVER MY SHOULDER

Looking back over my shoulder
I can see that look in your eyes
I never dreamed it could be over
I never wanted to say good bye

Looking back over my shoulder
With an aching deep in my heart
I wish we were starting over
Oh, instead of drifting apart

Everybody told me you were leaving
Funny I should be the last to know
Baby please tell me that I'm dreaming
I just never wat to let you go

Looking back over my shoulder
I can see that look in your eyes
Tearing my heart over and over
I never wanted to say goodbye

I don't mind everybody laughing
But it's enough to make a grown man cry
Cause I can feel it slipping through my fingers
I don't even know the reason why

whistle

Every day it's a losing battle
Just to smile and hold my head up high
Could it be that we belong together?
Baby, won't you give me one more try?


WORD OF MOUTH

Now the world is getting older
There's a few things to be said
Do you believe the things they told you
Do you believe the things you've read

There's a rumour on the corner
But it's always been denied
Cause they don't want you any wiser
You're just toeing the party line

>From the west side to the east side
>From the north side to the south
You'll never get bad information
If you believe in the word of mouth

Look out for those who still want to hang on
Look out for those who live in the past
Get out and listen to the whisper
Because the times are changing fast

>From the west side to the east side
>From the north side to the south
You'll never get bad information
If you believe in the word of mouth

You don't believe the information
You don't believe it when it's denied
So when you're reading explanations
You have to read between the lines

>From the west side to the east side
Through the windows I'm looking out
You'll never get bad information
If you believe in the word of mouth


LIVING YEARS

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So Don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be O.K.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye


ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE

And she pours herself another cup of coffee
As she contemplates the stain across the wall
And this in between the cleaning and the washing
That's when looking back 's the hardest part of all

And she always did her best to try to please him
While he always did his best to make her cry
And she got down on her knees to stop him leaving
But he always knew one day he'd say goodbye

Where are your friends where are your children
Is this your house is this your home
Does nothing ever last forever
Does everybody sleep alone

And he tears the business tax from his old suitcase
As he packs away the pieces of his life
They all love him but they always tried to change him
That's what happens when a girl becomes a wife

And she pours herself another cup of coffee
As the pictures leave a clean space on the wall
And this in between the leaving and the loving
That's when looking back 's the hardest part of all

Where are your friends where are your children
Is this your house is this your home
Does nothing ever last forever
Does everybody sleep alone - Alone

Don't look back, don't give up
pour yourself another cup
And she pours....


NOBODY'S PERFECT

It must be hard
being an angel
when the devil in your hears
wion't set you free
it must be hard
being an angel
when the world has let you down
imperfection all around

Hey look at me
it must be hard
it must be hard
it must be hard.

Nobody's perfect
all of the time
nobody's perfect
we are what we are
there's no perfect reason
and no perfect rhyme
for most of the time
that's what we're looking for.

Gentlemen gentlemen please!
can you please support the notion
of what I'm saying here
that the person here in question
muyst be an angel here on earth
if they can't see a human being
for what a human bein's really worth
gentlemen please!

Nobody's perfect
all of the time
nobody's perfect
we are what we are
there's no perfect reason
and no perfect rhyme
for most of the time
that's what we're looking for.

It must be hard
being an angel
it must be hard
when the world has let you down
it must be hard
being an angel
it must be hard.

Nobody's perfect
all of the time
nobody's perfect
we are what we are
there's no perfect reason
no perfect rhyme
most all of the time
that's what we're looking for...


SILENT RUNNING

Take the children and yourself
And hide out in the cellar
By now the fighting will be close at hand
Don't believe the church and state
And everything they tell you
Believe in me, I'm with the high command

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

There's a gun and ammunition
Just inside the doorway
Use it only in emergency
Better you should pray to God
The Father and the Spirit
Will guide you and protect from up here

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

Swear allegiance to the flag
Whatever flag they offer
Never hint at what you really feel
Teach the children quietly
For some day sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stood still

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

Can you hear me running (can you hear me calling you?)
(Can you hear me) hear me calling you?
(Can you hear me running) hear me running babe?
(Can you hear me running) hear me running?
Calling you, calling you


NOBODY KNOWS

There is nothing wrong with me
there's nothing wrong with you
maybe we're just blind to see
each other's point of view.

Nobody knows what we had.

You could do much better,
you could do much worse than me.
I could have walked right out on you
there was nothing stopping me

Nobody knows what we had.

We were running of passion
we were running out of time
there's a face to fit the future
there's a face to fit the crime.
Now the truth is on the table
and the ghost is plain to see
there's nothing wrong with you or me.

I won't live in your world,
you can't live in mine
We don't hate each other darlin'
we just gave up trying.

Nobody knows what we had.

Maybe I'm not crying
maybe I don't mind
But it hurts just knowing
your children won't be mine.

Nobody knows what we had.


GET UP

Do you remember how we used to say
Nothing could ever stand in our way
Well it's no use pretending things are still the same
'Cause we're no longer ahead of the game

Well I've already gone through it all and it's true
If you want to survive there's just one thing to do

(Chorus)
Get up! and do something
Get up! and take control of your life
Get up! and do something about it
Don't ever make the same mistake twice

Just like a flyer high above the ground
I'm on a tightrope, afraid to look down
Well I'm almost approaching the point of no return
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever learn

Well I've already said that you ought to be proud
Listen, talking is cheap oh but action speaks loud

(Chorus)

All of this time you've been learning to crawl
When you're down on your knees you've got nowhere to fall
Get up!


A TIME AND PLACE

There's a time and a place
For you to make your mark and show your face
There's a place in time
When you must step outside the line

So understand what I mean
There is a time and place for you to have your dream
But here and now may not be
The time and place for you and me
You and me

It's the finest line
A missed opportunity or the perfect time
You must not despair
You'll recognise it when you're there

So understand what I mean
There is a time and place for you to have your dream
But here and now may not be
The time and place for you and me

The time and place for you and me
There's a time and there's a moment you will see
Don't lower your expectations
There are no limitations
There's a time and place for you and me

So understand hard as it seems
There is a time and place for you to have your dreams
Though here and now may not be
The time and place for you and me
You and me


TAKEN IN

Taken in, taken in again
Wrapped around the finger of some fair-weather friend
Caught up in the promises, left out in the end
No pride, taken for a ride
You say I'm the only one when I look in your eyes
I want to believe you but you know how to lie

And if you say you understand I don't believe it
And when you reach out for my hand I don't believe it
And if you say you take the blame I don't believe it
And if say that nothing's changed I don't believe it, don't believe it

Taken in, taken in again
Someone saw me coming, a fool without a friend
There's one born every minute and you're looking at him

And if you say you want me near I don't believe it
And when you're holding back the tears I don't believe it
And when you swear that you are mine I don't believe it
And it's your heart that's on the line I don't believe it, don't believe it

Taken in, taken in again
Wrapped around the finger of some fair-weather friend
Caught up in the promises, left out in the end
No pride, taken for a ride
You say I'm the only one when I look in your eyes
I'd love to believe you but you know how to lie

You say you want me near I don't believe it
And when you're holding back the tears I don't believe it
Oh, there's one born every minute, you're looking at him

Taken in, taken in again
Someone saw me coming, a fool without a friend
I want to believe you, oh
When you say you understand
When you reach out for my hand
Oh, I wish I could believe you
Taken in, taken in again


EVERYBODY GETS A SECOND CHANCE

A single failure
A little slip
A misdemeanour
A little trip
Does this condemn me
Lock me away?
Before you turn the key
I have one more thing to say
To make amends
Maybe be friends

(chorus)
Everybody gets a second chance
The Circumstance to say I'm sorry
I'd like to tell you in advance
Take my chance and tell you
I'm sorry too

A little stumble
A little fall
Inconsequential
Nothing At All
Now there was someone
I heard him say
That the best laid plans
Sometimes go astray
So don't be surprised
If I offer you no alibis

(Chorus)

Everybody gets a second chance
The circumstance to say I'm sorry
I'd like to tell you in advance
I'll take my chance and tell you I
Take my chance and tell you
I love you

(2 Choruses with slight variations)

Everybody wants a
Everybody needs a
Everybody gets a second chance


A BEGGAR ON A BEACH OF GOLD

I didn't know when I was lucky
Discontented feeling bad
Filled with envy
For possessions other people had

I found my pride had always hurt me
Fought the world to gain control
Not realising
I was sitting on a beach of gold

Oh lord I'm a poor man
With all the riches I can hold
I'm a beggar
And I'm sitting on a beach of gold

The problems I encountered
Gave me strength helped me sustain
To know the pleasure
First I had to cure the pain

When I was searching for solutions
I found the answer lay in me
I'm a drifter
But I'm drifting on a silver sea

Oh lord I'm a poor man
With all the riches I can hold
I'm a beggar
And I'm sitting on a beach of gold

I didn't have courage
My life was as dark as night
When alone in the darkness
I saw the brightest light
Let the light shine down

Are you out there now on empty
Feel you've nothing left to give
Sick of trying
Have you lost the will to live?

Don't be drowning in the shallows
With the beach so near at hand
Hear the voice say
Stand up get up
And join me on the gilded sand

Come and join me on the beach
With all the riches I can hold
Cause I'm a beggar
And I'm sitting on a beach of gold

Oh lord I'm a poor man
With all the riches I can hold
I'm a beggar
I'm sitting on a beach of gold

My children my salvation
The father to this man
They're my teachers
Playing on the golden sand

With my family all around me
I've all the riches I can hold
I'm a beggar
Sitting on a beach of gold

Oh lord I'm a poor man
With all the riches I can hold
I'm a beggar
Sitting on a beach of gold

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