Hits (Mike + The Mechanics album)

Hits
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Greatest hits album by Mike + The Mechanics
Released	March 1996, 2005 (US & Canada)
Recorded	1985–96
Length	60:36
Label	Rhino/Atlantic (US & Canada), Virgin (rest of the world)
Producer	Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil
Mike + The Mechanics chronology
Beggar on a Beach of Gold (1995) Hits (1996) Mike & The Mechanics (1999)

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) and the minor hit "Seeing is Believing".

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Allmusic

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

1. "All I Need Is a Miracle '96" Previously unreleased
2. "Over My Shoulder" from Beggar on a Beach of Gold
3. "Word of Mouth" from Word of Mouth
4. "The Living Years" from Living Years
5. "Another Cup of Coffee" from Beggar on a Beach of Gold
6. "Nobody's Perfect" from Living Years
7. "Silent Running" from Mike + The Mechanics
8. "Nobody Knows" from Living Years
9. "Get Up" from Word of Mouth
10. "A Time and Place" from Word of Mouth
11. "Taken In" from Mike + The Mechanics
12. "Everybody Gets a Second Chance" from Word of Mouth
13. "A Beggar on a Beach of Gold" from Beggar on a Beach of Gold