Word of Mouth (Mike + The Mechanics album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Word of Mouth
Type = studio
Artist = Mike + The Mechanics

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Released = 1991
Recorded = The Farm Surrey
1990-91
Genre = Adult Contemporary
Length = 45:44
Label = Atlantic (US/Canada) /
Virgin Records (Rest Of World)
Producer = Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford, and Russ Titelman
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9ftxqw5ld6e link] |
Last album = "The Living Years" (1988)
This album = "Word of Mouth" (1991)
Next album = "Beggar on a Beach of Gold" (1995)

"Word of Mouth" is the third album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1991.

Track listing

#”Get Up” (Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack)
#”Word of Mouth” (Rutherford and Christopher Neil)
#”A Time and Place” (Rutherford and B. A. Robertson)
#”Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” (Rutherford, Robertson)
#”The Way You Look At Me” (Rutherford, Carrack)
#”Everybody Gets a Second Chance” (Rutherford, Robertson)
#”Stop Baby” (Rutherford, Neil)
#”My Crime of Passion” (Rutherford, Carrack, and Adrian Lee)
#”Let's Pretend It Didn't Happen” (Rutherford, Robertson)
#”Before (The Next Heartache Falls) ” (Rutherford, Carrack)

Personnel

*Mike Rutherford - Guitar, Bass
*Peter Van Hooke - Drums
*Paul Carrack – keyboards, backing vocals, Vocals on 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10
*Adrian Lee - Keyboards
*Paul Young – backing vocals, Vocals on 2, 4, 7, 8, 9
*Tim Renwick - guitar
*Ian Wherry - keyboards
*Steve Piggot - keyboards
*Martin Ditcham - percussion
*Pino Palladino - bass
*Phil Todd - sax
*London Community Gospel Choir - choir on 10
*Kitson Hall Audience - crowd on 2

Additional Personnel

Production:
*Tracks 4, 6, 7 - Produced by Christopher Neil & Mike Rutherford
*Tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 – Produced By Christopher Neil & Mike Rutherford and Russ Titelman
*Tracks 2 – Produced by Mike Rutherford

*Engineer: Rob Eaton and Mike Punczek on Track 2
*Assistant Engineers: Mark Robinson, Jeremy Wheatley, Shaun De Feo
*Recorded at: The Farm technical assistants Geoff Callingham, Mike Bowen Olympic Studios, London, except Track 2 at Living Years tour, US 1989
*Equipment: Dale Newman, Steve Jones, Angela Jewel
*Mastered by: Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound
*Cover: Icon, photography by Mike Owen