Recorded 1985–96 Artist Mike + The Mechanics Label Virgin Records | Length 60:36 Release date 1996 Genre Adult contemporary music | |
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Released March 1996, 2005 (US & Canada) Hits
(1996) Mike & The Mechanics (1999) Producers Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil Similar Mike + The Mechanics albums, Adult contemporary music albums | ||
Hits is a compilation album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1996 except in the USA and Canada, where it was released in 2005. It contains nearly all of the band's hits up to the time of its release, omitting only "All I Need is a Miracle" (the 1996 remake of the song, which was also a hit, is included instead), "Seeing is Believing", the cover of the Beatles "Revolution", "Stop Baby", "Hanging By A Thread" and "Mea Culpa".
Contents
Reception
Allmusic's brief retrospective review declared that "Hits is a first-rate compilation, giving the casual fan all of the essential Mike + the Mechanics tracks".
Track listing
- "All I Need Is a Miracle '96" Previously unreleased
- "Over My Shoulder" from Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- "Word of Mouth" from Word of Mouth
- "The Living Years" from Living Years
- "Another Cup of Coffee" from Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- "Nobody's Perfect" from Living Years
- "Silent Running" from Mike + The Mechanics
- "Nobody Knows" from Living Years
- "Get Up" from Word of Mouth
- "A Time and Place" from Word of Mouth
- "Taken In" from Mike + The Mechanics
- "Everybody Gets a Second Chance" from Word of Mouth
- "A Beggar on a Beach of Gold" from Beggar on a Beach of Gold
Songs
1All I Need Is a Miracle5:42
2Over My Shoulder3:37
3Word of Mouth3:55
References
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