Mike + The Mechanics est un groupe pop rock britannique fondé en 1985 comme un side-projet de Mike Rutherford, un membre fondateur de Genesis. Il est connu pour ses hits Another cup of cofee, Silent Running, All I Need Is A Miracle, Taken In, The Living Years, Word Of Mouth & Over My Shoulder.
Le groupe comprenait au départ Paul Carrack, feu Paul Young (celui de Sad Café, à ne pas confondre avec le chanteur solo Paul Young qui a enregistré avec Zucchero), le claviériste Adrian Lee et le batteur et percussionniste Peter Van Hooke ex musicien de Van Morrison.
Après la disparition de Paul Young (mort d'une crise cardiaque le 15 juillet 2000), le groupe s'est reformé en 2004 sous le nom Mike + the Mechanics + Paul Carrack. L'album Rewired fut suivi d'une tournée en première partie de Phil Collins.
Mike + The Mechanics revient en 2011 avec deux nouveaux chanteurs, Andrew Roachford et Tim Howar, ainsi qu'un nouvel album The Road, prévu pour avril.
Discographie
Albums
Auteur(s) |
1. |
Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
6 min 10 s |
2. |
All I Need Is a Miracle |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
4 min 10 s |
3. |
Par Avion |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
3 min 36 s |
4. |
Hanging By a Thread |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, B. A. Robertson |
4 min 40 s |
5. |
I Get The Feeling |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
4 min 27 s |
6. |
Take the Reins |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, B. A. Robertson |
4 min 22 s |
7. |
You Are the One |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
3 min 41 s |
8. |
A Call to Arms (Chanson issue d'une session d'enregistrement de Genesis.) |
Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, B. A. Robertson |
4 min 38 s |
9. |
Taken In |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
4 min 17 s |
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#26 US
Auteur(s) |
1. |
Nobody's Perfect |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
4 min 48 s |
2. |
Living Years |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
5 min 32 s |
3. |
Seeing Is Believing |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
3 min 13 s |
4. |
Nobody Knows |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
4 min 24 s |
5. |
Poor Boy Down |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
4 min 33 s |
6. |
Blame |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
5 min 24 s |
7. |
Don't |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
5 min 45 s |
8. |
Black and Blue |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson, Paul Young |
3 min 27 s |
9. |
Beautiful Day |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson, Paul Young |
3 min 39 s |
10. |
Why Me? |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
6 min 26 s |
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#2 UK, #13 US
Auteur(s) |
1. |
Get Up |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack |
4 min 23 s |
2. |
Word of Mouth |
Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford |
3 min 55 s |
3. |
A Time and Place |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
4 min 52 s |
4. |
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
4 min 37 s |
5. |
The Way You Look At Me |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack |
5 min 09 s |
6. |
Everybody Gets a Second Chance |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
3 min 57 s |
7. |
Stop Baby |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
3 min 54 s |
8. |
My Crime of Passion |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack, Adrian Lee |
4 min 56 s |
9. |
Let's Pretend It Didn't Happen |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
5 min 35 s |
10. |
Before (The Next Heartache Falls) |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack |
6 min 38 s |
|
#11 UK, #107 US
Auteur(s) |
1. |
A Beggar on a Beach of Gold |
B. A. Robertson, Mike Rutherford |
4 min 35 s |
2. |
Another Cup of Coffee |
Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford |
3 min 55 s |
3. |
You've Really Got a Hold on Me |
Smokey Robinson |
3 min 29 s |
4. |
Mea Culpa |
Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford |
6 min 20 s |
5. |
Over My Shoulder |
Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford |
3 min 37 s |
6. |
Someone Always Hates Someone |
Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford |
3 min 42 s |
7. |
The Ghost of Sex and You |
B. A. Robertson, Mike Rutherford |
6 min 24 s |
8. |
Web of Lies |
Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford |
5 min 38 s |
9. |
Plain and Simple |
B. A. Robertson, Mike Rutherford |
3 min 59 s |
10. |
Something to Believe In |
Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford |
4 min 18 s |
11. |
A House of Many Rooms |
B. A. Robertson, Mike Rutherford |
5 min 39 s |
12. |
I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) |
Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright |
3 min 11 s |
13. |
Going, Going... Home |
Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford |
4 min 30 s |
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#9 UK
1. |
All I Need Is a Miracle '96 |
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2. |
Over My Shoulder |
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3. |
Word of Mouth |
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4. |
The Living Years |
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5. |
Another Cup of Coffee |
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6. |
Nobody's Perfect |
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7. |
Silent Running |
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8. |
Nobody Knows |
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9. |
Get Up |
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10. |
A Time and Place |
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11. |
Taken In |
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12. |
Everybody Gets a Second Chance |
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13. |
A Beggar on a Beach of Gold |
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#3 UK
Auteur(s) |
1. |
Whenever I Stop |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack |
3 min 38 s |
2. |
Now That You've Gone |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack |
4 min 47 s |
3. |
Ordinary Girl |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack, Paul Young |
3 min 50 s |
4. |
All The Light I Need |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
4 min 36 s |
5. |
What Will You Do |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
3 min 15 s |
6. |
My Little Island |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
4 min 5 s |
7. |
Open Up |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack |
4 min 4 s |
8. |
When I Get Over You |
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil |
4 min 10 s |
9. |
If Only |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack |
4 min 42 s |
10. |
Asking (For The Last Time) |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack |
4 min 16 s |
11. |
Always Listen To Your Heart |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack, Paul Young |
4 min 16 s |
12. |
Did You See Me Coming |
Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack |
4 min 4 s |
13. |
Look Across At Dreamland |
Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson |
4 min 14 s |
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#14 UK
1. |
All I Need Is a Miracle '96 |
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2. |
Now That You've Gone |
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3. |
Over My Shoulder |
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4. |
The Living Years |
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5. |
Word Of Mouth |
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6. |
Silent Running |
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7. |
A Time And Place |
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8. |
Whenever I Stop |
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9. |
Another Cup Of Coffee |
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10. |
Everybody Gets A Second Chance |
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11. |
Nobody Knows |
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12. |
When I Get Over You |
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13. |
Nobody's Perfect |
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14. |
Get Up |
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15. |
Beggar On A Beach Of Gold |
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16. |
Par Avion |
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17. |
You Never Change (Tidigare Outgiven) |
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Auteur(s) |
1. |
One Left Standing |
Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford, Sharon Woolf |
5 min 11 s |
2. |
If I Were You |
Paul Carrack, B. A. Robertson, Mike Rutherford |
2 min 41 s |
3. |
Perfect Child |
Paul Carrack, B. A. Robertson, Mike Rutherford |
5 min 11 s |
4. |
Rewired |
Will Bates, Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford |
5 min 31 s |
5. |
I Don’t Want It All |
Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford |
5 min 6 s |
6. |
How Can I |
Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford |
4 min 44 s |
7. |
Falling |
Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford, Sharon Woolf |
5 min 17 s |
8. |
Somewhere Along The Line |
Paul Carrack, B. A. Robertson, Mike Rutherford |
3 min 52 s |
9. |
Underscore |
Will Bates, Paul Carrack, Mike Rutherford |
5 min 09 s |
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#61 UK
2011: The Road
Singles
- de l'album Mike + the Mechanics (1985)
- 1985 Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) #21 UK (version de 1986), #6 US
- 1986 All I Need Is a Miracle #5 US
- 1986 Taken in #32 US
- de l'album The Living Years
- 1989 The Living Years #2 UK, #1 US
- 1989 Nobody's Perfect
- from Word of Mouth
- 1991 Word of Mouth #13 UK
- 1991 Get Up
- 1991 A Time And A Place
- 1991 Everybody Gets A Second Chance
- de l'album Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- 1995 Over My Shoulder #12 UK
- 1995 A Beggar on a Beach of Gold #33 UK
- 1995 Another Cup Of Coffee
- de l'albumHits
- 1996 All I Need Is a Miracle '96 #27 UK
- de l'album Mike + the Mechanics (1999)
- 1999 Whenever I Stop
- 1999 Now That You've Gone #35 UK
- 1999 When I Get Over You
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