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The Road (Mike The Mechanics album)

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Released
  
18 April 2011

The Road (2011)
  
Let Me Fly (2017)

Release date
  
18 April 2011

Genre
  
Pop rock

Length
  
46:00

Artist
  
Mike + The Mechanics

Label
  
Arista Records

Recorded
  
Fisher Lane Farm Studios with additional recording at Churchfield Studio, London and Tree House Studios, Cape Town 2009–10

Producers
  
Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, Graham Stack

Similar
  
Mike + The Mechanics albums, Pop rock albums

Mike the mechanics the road live


The Road is the seventh studio album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 2011 by Sony Music. This was their first album following the departure of Paul Carrack.

Contents

Following the release of Rewired in 2004 and the supporting tour, the group stopped working. In 2009, rumours surfaced that Mike Rutherford had plans to resurrect the band and had begun working on a new album. It was reported that Andrew Roachford would become the new singer. Soon after, two other names were mentioned: Arno Carstens and Tim Howar. Early sessions produced the songs "Background Noise", "It Only Hurts for a While" and "Hunt You Down", with Carstens performing vocals.

The sessions continued through 2010. By the end of 2010, it was officially announced that Rutherford, Roachford and Howar had recorded a new Mechanics album. The rest of the band consisted of drummer Gary Wallis, guitarist Anthony Drennan and keyboard player Luke Juby.

Personnel

  • Mike Rutherford – bass guitar, guitar, programming
  • Andrew Roachford – lead and backing vocals (lead: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11), Wurlitzer
  • Tim Howar – lead and backing vocals (lead: 6, 10)
  • Gary Wallis – drums
  • Anthony Drennan – guitar
  • Luke Juby – keyboards
    • Additional personnel
  • Arno Carstens – lead vocals (4, 7, 9)
  • Martin Sutton – programming, guitar
  • Peter Adams – Hammond organ
  • Toby Chapman – keyboards
  • Harry Rutherford – drums on tracks 4, 9 and additional programming on all tracks
  • Jamie Norton – keyboards on tracks 2, 8
  • Ben Weaver – guitar on track 2, bass on track 8
  • George Hewlett – organ on track 9
  • Hugo Flower – guitar on track 9
  • Jamie Moses – guitar on track 3
  • Ben Robins – programming on tracks 3, 10
  • Christopher Neil, Hazel Fernandez, Beverley Brown and Mary Pearce – backing vocals
  • Barrow Hills School Choir – on track 6

    • Production

  • Produced by Christopher Neil and Mike Rutherford – tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11
  • Produced by Mike Rutherford and Graham Stack for Metrophonic Productions – tracks 2, 8
  • Engineered and mixed by Harry Rutherford – all tracks
  • Recorded at The Farm Studio; Chiddingford, Surrey
  • Additional recording at Churchfield Studio, London and Tree House Studios; Cape Town, South Africa
  • Mastered by Dick Beetham at 360 Mastering, London

    • Songs

    1The Road4:21
    2Reach Out (Touch the Sun)4:03
    3Try to Save Me3:48

    References

    The Road (Mike + The Mechanics album) Wikipedia
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