Limited 30th anniversary box set containing two vinyl LPs and two CDs. Living Years is the second album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1988. The album reached #13 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the UK Albums Chart. Mike Rutherford began writing songs for the album in September 1987, shortly after the conclusion of Genesis's Invisible Touch Tour. However, he found himself immediately stricken with writer's block, a circumstance he attributes to stress over the complications with his wife's current pregnancy, which nearly ended in the death of the child. The baby (Rutherford's third) was safely delivered in November, and Rutherford said that the relief made him feel "like a new man". In January he entered an extremely prolific songwriting period, and by the end of the month he had what he and producer/co-writer Christopher Neil felt was a good album's worth of material. In light of this, Neil wanted to move up the recording sessions, which had been scheduled for April. Rutherford vetoed the idea, however, and with his burst of inspiration still running, most of the songs that eventually appeared on the album were written over the next two months.
Tracklist:
Nobody's Perfect (2014 Remastered)
The Living Years (2014 Remastered)
Seeing Is Believing (2014 Remastered)
Nobody Knows (2014 Remastered)
Poor Boy Down (2014 Remastered)
Blame (2014 Remastered)
Don't (2014 Remastered)
Black ; Blue (2014 Remastered)
Beautiful Day (2014 Remastered) 1
Why Me? (2014 Remastered) 1
The Living Years (2014) 1
Seeing Is Believing (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 1
Don't (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 1
Black ; Blue (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 1
Silent Running (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 1
Par Avion (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 1
Take the Reins (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 1
Nobody's Perfect (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 1
Hanging By a Thread (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 2
Nobody's Perfect (2014 Remastered) 2
The Living Years (2014 Remastered) 2
Seeing Is Believing (2014 Remastered) 2
Nobody Knows (2014 Remastered) 2
Poor Boy Down (2014 Remastered) 2
Blame (2014 Remastered) 2
Don't (2014 Remastered) 2
Black ; Blue (2014 Remastered) 2
Beautiful Day (2014 Remastered) 2
Why Me? (2014 Remastered) 3
The Living Years (2014) 3
Seeing Is Believing (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 3
Don't (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 3
Black ; Blue (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 3
Silent Running (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 3
Par Avion (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 3
Take the Reins (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 3
Nobody's Perfect (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 3
A Call to Arms (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 3
Beautiful Day (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered] 4
Hanging By a Thread (Live 1988) [2014 Remastered]
UPC: 4050538412079 Label: Bmg Rights Managemen Release Date: 12.21.18 Format: Vinyl Record
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