Mike & The Mechanics is the fifth studio album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1999. To avoid confusion with the band's 1985 debut album Mike + The Mechanics, it is often referred to as M6, which is written on the album cover, this being the band's sixth album counting the Hits compilation. It includes the top 40 hit "Now That You've Gone".Mike + the Mechanics UK charts history, The Official Charts. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
This was the last studio album with Paul Young, who died the year after its release; the group did not release another album until Rewired in 2004.
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 is still thanked in the liner notes.
Track listing
Personnel
Mike and The Mechanics Mike Rutherford – electric guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals Paul Carrack – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12), backing vocals, keyboards, electric guitars, drums Paul Young – lead vocals (3, 6, 8, 11, 13), backing vocals, percussion Gary Wallis – drums, programming
Additional personnel Oskar Paul – programming Steve Pigott – programming Matthew Vaughan – programming Simon Hale – string arrangements and conductor Sharon Woolf – backing vocals
Technical and design Nick Davis – engineer (1, 3, 5–7, 9–12), mixing (1, 3–13) Mark Taylor – engineer (2), mixing (2) Simon Hurrell – engineer (4, 8, 13) Ian Huffam – additional engineer (1, 3, 5–7, 9–12) Wherefore Art? – Cover design
Charts Chart (1999) Peakposition
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