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Mike + the Mechanics Living Years Release Date: 1988 Running Time: 47:11 Label: Virgin With The Living Years, Mike + the Mechanics firmly established themselves in the adult contemporary genre after the mid-'80s pop of their debut. Slickly produced with rich vocals from Paul Carrack and Paul Young, The Living Years moves smoothly between anthemic ballads such as the title track and more up-beat numbers such as "Seeing Is Believing." The band even shows a trace of Mike Rutherford's prog rock roots with Genesis on the epic-like, "Why Me?" When the group try their hands at funk, as on "Don't," or harder rock, as on "Black and Blue," they sound quite out of their element. But on mid-tempo tracks with Rutherford's trademark bubbly bass such as "Nobody's Perfect" and "Beautiful Day" and on the infectious "Poor Boy Down" the group display a soulfulness that many in the genre lack even while there is a distinct lack of individuality present in their musicianship. Geoff Orens, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Nobody's Perfect Rutherford, Robertson 4:48 2 Living Years Rutherford, Robertson 5:32 3 Seeing Is Believing Rutherford, Robertson 3:13 4 Nobody Knows Neil, Rutherford 4:24 5 Poor Boy Down Rutherford, Neil 4:33 6 Blame Rutherford, Neil 5:24 7 Don't Rutherford, Neil 5:45 8 Black and Blue Robertson, Young, Rutherford 3:27 9 Beautiful Day Young, Neil, Rutherford 3:39 10 Why Me? Rutherford, Robertson 6:26 Releases: Year Type Label 2003 CD Virgin 2004 LP Divine Recordings 1997 CD Virgin 1990 CS Atlantic 1990 CD Atlantic 1993 CD WEA International

Group Members: Paul Young Peter Van Hooke Adrian Lee Paul Carrack Mike Rutherford More >> Similar Artists: Phil Collins Corey Hart Bourgeois Tagg Chicago Bruce Hornsby More >>

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