Mike + The Mechanics discography

This is the discography of the British band Mike + The Mechanics. They have released nine studio albums, three compilation albums, more than thirty singles, and one concert video.

Mike + The Mechanics discography
Studio albums9
Compilation albums3
Video albums1
Singles35

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
US
[5]
Mike + The Mechanics 78 36 10 9 26
Living Years
  • Release date: 28 October 1988
  • UK label: WEA
  • US label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
2 10 12 13 13
Word of Mouth
  • Release date: 2 April 1991
  • UK label: Virgin
  • US label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
11 55 24 22 107
Beggar on a Beach of Gold
  • Release date: 6 March 1995
  • UK label: Virgin
  • US label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, cassette
9 21
Mike & The Mechanics
  • Release date: 31 May 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, cassette
14 9
Rewired
  • Release date: 7 June 2004
  • UK label: Virgin
  • US label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD
61 39
The Road 42 41
Let Me Fly
  • Release date: 7 April 2017
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
9 51
Out of the Blue
  • Release date: 5 April 2019
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
7 40

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1]
GER
[4]
Hits 3 6
Rewired + Hits: The Latest + The Greatest
  • Release date: 6 September 2004
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
42
The Singles 1985–2014 18

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[2][10]
CAN
[11]
GER
[12]
IRE
[13]
NL
[14]
NZ
[15]
US
[16]
1985 "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" 21 23 8 8 21 39 6 Mike + The Mechanics
1986 "All I Need Is a Miracle" 53 8 10 26 30 31 5
"Taken In" 39 32
"Hanging by a Thread"
1988 "Nobody's Perfect" 80 29 30 63 Living Years
1989 "The Living Years" 2 1 1 13 1 20 11 1
"Seeing Is Believing" 91 46 62
"Nobody Knows" 81 20
"Revolution" 82 Rude Awakening Soundtrack[18]
1991 "Word of Mouth" 13 33 36 27 19 13 78 Word of Mouth
"A Time and Place" 58
"Everybody Gets a Second Chance" 56 21 51
"Get Up" 150
"Stop Baby"
1995 "Over My Shoulder" 12 22 44 26 Beggar on a Beach of Gold
"A Beggar on a Beach of Gold" 33 64
"Mea Culpa" 41
"Another Cup of Coffee" 51 53 61
1996 "All I Need Is a Miracle '96" 27 81 Hits
"Silent Running '96" 61
"Nobody's Perfect '96"
1999 "Now That You've Gone" 35 64 M6
"Whenever I Stop" 73 76
"All the Light I Need"
2004 "One Left Standing" Rewired
"If I Were You"
"Perfect Child"
2011 "Reach Out (Touch the Sun)" The Road
"Try to Save Me"
2017 "Don't Know What Came Over Me" Let Me Fly
"The Best Is Yet to Come"
2019 "Out of the Blue" Out of the Blue
"What Would You Do"
"Over My Shoulder" (2019 Version)
"The Living Years" (Acoustic)

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1990 "Ain't That Peculiar" (Performed live alongside Paul Shaffer and The World's Most Dangerous Band on April 6, 1989, on Late Night with David Letterman) Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal
1994 "The Living Years" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III[19]
2014 "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "The Living Years", "Over My Shoulder" Genesis R-Kive

Videos

Title Details
Mike + The Mechanics + Paul Carrack Live at Shepherds Bush London
  • Release date: 8 March 2005
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray

References

  1. "Mike + The Mechanics". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. Peaks in Australia:
    • Top 50 peaks from 1988: "australian-charts.com – Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
    • Word of Mouth: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 188.
  3. "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Top Albums & CD's". RPM. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  4. "Discographie Mike + The Mechanics". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  5. "Mike + The Mechanics Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. "Gold & Platinum: Mike & The Mechanics". RIAA. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  7. "British certifications – Mike and The Mechanics". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 June 2023. Type Mike and The Mechanics in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  8. Canada album certification
  9. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Mike & The Mechanics)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  10. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 19 August 1991". Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  11. "Canada peaks". Archived from the original on 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  12. German singles peaks
  13. Irish peaks
  14. Dutch peaks
  15. New Zealand peaks
  16. "Mike + The Mechanics Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  17. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 188.
  18. "Revolution", a cover of the Lennon/McCartney song, was issued as a single in North America in 1989.
  19. "Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume III: Various Artists". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
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