MIKE + THE MECHANICS   THE LIVING YEARS
1988
01. Nobody's Perfect (4:49) (M.Rutherford/B.A.Robertson)
02. The Living Years (5:32) (M.Rutherford/B.A.Robertson)
03. Seeing Is Believing (3:13) (M.Rutherford/B.A.Robertson)
04. Nobody Knows (4:23) (M.Rutherford/Ch.Neil)
05. Poor Boy Down (4:41) (M.Rutherford/Ch.Neil)
06. Blame (516) (M.Rutherford/Ch.Neil)
07. Don't (5:45) (M.Rutherford/Ch.Neil)
08. Black And Blue (3:27) (M.Rutherford/B.A.Robertson/P.Young)
09. Why Me? (6:25) (M.Rutherford/B.A.Robertson)
10. Beautiful Day (3:39) (M.Rutherford/Ch.Neil)

Total playing time: 47:15

Mike Rutherford: Guitar, Bass, Vocal
Paul Carrack: Vocals, Backing Vocals
Paul Young: Vocals, Backing Vocals
Adrian Lee: Keyboards
Peter Van Hooke: Drums

with:
Alan Murphy: Guitar
Louis Jardin: Percussion
Martin Ditcham: Percussion
Sal Gallina: Yamaha WX7
Alan Carvell, Christopher Neil: Backing Vocals
King's House School Choir (led by Michael Stuckey)
Black & Blue Riff played by Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford
B.A. Robertson: add. Keyboards

Produced by Christopher Neil & Mike Rutherford
Recorded by Tony Banks
Engineered by Nick Davis
Recorded at The Farm, Surrey, 18/04-18/08/1988
Assisted by Paul Gumersall, Terry Irwin
Technical assistance: Geoff Callingham, Mike Bowen

Sleeve Design: Halpin Grey Vermeir
Black & White photo: Geoff Halpin
Colour portraits: John Swannell

(P) © 1988 Atlantic Recording Corp.
The Living Years

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