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Out of the Blue finds Mike + The Mechanics -- which, in 2019, claims Mike Rutherford as its only original member -- revisiting their catalog with the assistance of their 2010s vocalists Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar. The party line behind Out of the Blue is that the group discovered new ways of playing old songs while on tour supporting 2017's Let Me Fly, so they decided to head into the studio to document these versions. They added three new songs to the mix -- "One Way," "What Would You Do," and "Out of the Blue" all gleaming and crisp adult contemporary pop, all bunched toward the beginning of the record -- and they function as proof that the group still exists in the living years. They're needed, since the new versions of the big hits -- "All I Need Is a Miracle," "Silent Running," and "The Living Years" chief among them -- are odd combinations of vintage synths, stiff modern electronics, and excessively soulful singing that don't quite gel into a convincing reinterpretation. Out of the Blue is hardly bad -- these guys are pros, they know how not to embarrass themselves -- but it feels superfluous, a curious footnote instead of a satisfying coda.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Andrew Roachford, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Paul Meehan, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Clark Datchler, Composer, Writer - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer - Paul Meehan, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Drum Programmer - James Thompson, Backing Vocals - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Joy Malcolm, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Clark Datchler, Composer, Writer - Gary Wallis, Drums - Priscilla Jones-Campbell, Backing Vocals - Byron Jones, Backing Vocals - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Tim Howar, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Clark Datchler, Composer, Keyboards, Writer - Gary Wallis, Drums, Drum Programmer - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - B. A. Robertson, Writer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - B. A. Robertson, Composer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Paul Carrack, Composer, Writer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Michael Rutherford, Writer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Christopher Neil, Composer, Writer - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, Composer, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Christopher Neil, Composer, Writer - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, Composer, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - B. A. Robertson, Writer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead Vocals - P. Carrack, Composer - Paul Meehan, Producer - James Thompson, Backing Vocals - Michael Rutherford, Writer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Joy Malcolm, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - M. Rutherford, Writer - Anthony Drennan, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - B. A. Robertson, Composer - Paul Carrack, Composer, Writer - Tim Howar, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Priscilla Jones-Campbell, Backing Vocals - Byron Jones, Backing Vocals - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Christopher Neil, Composer - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer - Christoper Neil, Writer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Clark Datchler, Composer, Writer - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, Composer, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Clark Datchler, Composer - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - B. A. Robertson, Writer - Tim Howar, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - B. A. Robertson, Composer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - Paul Meehan, Producer - Michael Rutherford, Writer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Christopher Neil, Composer, Writer - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Drum Programmer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, Composer, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Andrew Roachford, Keyboards, Vocals - P. Carrack, Composer - Paul Meehan, Producer - Michael Rutherford, Writer - Luke Juby, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Mike Rutherford, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Writer, Drum Programmer - M. Rutherford, Writer - Anthony Drennan, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nick Davis, Engineer - Dick Beetham, Engineer - B. A. Robertson, Composer - Paul Carrack, Composer, Writer - Tim Howar, Vocals - Gary Wallis, Drums - Mike + The Mechanics, MainArtist - Harry Rutherford, Engineer
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Album review
Out of the Blue finds Mike + The Mechanics -- which, in 2019, claims Mike Rutherford as its only original member -- revisiting their catalog with the assistance of their 2010s vocalists Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar. The party line behind Out of the Blue is that the group discovered new ways of playing old songs while on tour supporting 2017's Let Me Fly, so they decided to head into the studio to document these versions. They added three new songs to the mix -- "One Way," "What Would You Do," and "Out of the Blue" all gleaming and crisp adult contemporary pop, all bunched toward the beginning of the record -- and they function as proof that the group still exists in the living years. They're needed, since the new versions of the big hits -- "All I Need Is a Miracle," "Silent Running," and "The Living Years" chief among them -- are odd combinations of vintage synths, stiff modern electronics, and excessively soulful singing that don't quite gel into a convincing reinterpretation. Out of the Blue is hardly bad -- these guys are pros, they know how not to embarrass themselves -- but it feels superfluous, a curious footnote instead of a satisfying coda.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:42
- Main artists: Mike + The Mechanics
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Michael Rutherford Limited under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
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