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Mike & The Mechanics 
Studio album by Mike + The Mechanics Released 31 May 1999 Recorded Fisher Lane Farm Studios, Surrey
1998–99Genre Pop Rock Length 54:11 Label Virgin Producer Mike Rutherford Mike + The Mechanics chronology Hits (Mike + The Mechanics album)
(1996)Mike & The Mechanics (M6)
(1999)Favourites/The Very Best Of
(2000)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Q [2]Mike & The Mechanics is the fifth studio album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1999. As the name is easily confused with Mike + The Mechanics, it is also referred to as M6 (i.e., the sixth album by the group, including the Hits compilation). It includes the top 40 hit "Now That You've Gone".[3]
This was the last studio album with Paul Young, who died over a year after its release; the group did not release another album until 2004's Rewired.
The album was not officially released in North America and is only available as an import there. However, the band's former US label Atlantic Records are still thanked in the liner notes.
Track listing
All songs by Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack except as noted.
- Whenever I Stop – 3:38
- Now That You've Gone – 4:47
- Ordinary Girl (Rutherford, Carrack, Paul Young) – 3:50
- All The Light I Need (Rutherford, B.A. Robertson) – 4:36
- What Will You Do (Rutherford, Robertson) – 3:15
- My Little Island (Rutherford, Robertson) – 4:05
- Open Up – 4:04
- When I Get Over You (Rutherford, Christopher Neil) – 4:10
- If Only – 4:42
- Asking (For The Last Time) – 4:16
- Always Listen To Your Heart (Rutherford, Carrack, Young) – 4:16
- Did You See Me Coming – 4:04
- Look Across At Dreamland (Rutherford, Robertson) – 4:14
Personnel
- Mike Rutherford – guitar, bass, producer
- Paul Carrack – vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums
- Paul Young – vocals, percussion
- Gary Wallis – drums, programming
- Sharon Woolf – backing vocals
- Simon Hale – conductor, string arrangements
- Nick Davis – engineer, mixing
- Steve Pigott – programming
- Matthew Vaughan – programming
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Black, Johnny. "Review: Mike + The Mechanics – Mike & The Mechanics". Q (EMAP Metro Ltd) (July 1999): 110.
- ^ Mike + the Mechanics UK charts history, The Official Charts. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
Categories:- Mike & The Mechanics albums
- 1999 albums
- Virgin Records albums
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