Mike + The Mechanics: “Living Years” 25 tracklist

Mike + The Mechanics will release the anticipated anniversary edition of Living Years in January, together with the compilation The Singles: 1985-2014. While the Singles compilation is a collection of the biggest hits and a collection of b-sides (together with a brand new track When My Feet Don’t Touch The Ground and the never before released Carrack/Young-duet One By One), the anniversary edition of Living Years contains the original album and a bonus CD with the a brand new studio version of the title track, sung my Andrew Roachford, plus several live tracks. The complete track list:

CD1
01 Nobody’s Perfect
02 The Living Years
03 Seeing Is Believing
04 Nobody Knows
05 Poor Boy Down
06 Blame
07 Don’t
08 Black & Blue
09 Beautiful Day
10 Why Me?

CD 2
01 The Living Years 2014
02 Nobody’s Knows (live)
03 Seeing Is Believing(live)
04 Don’t(live)
05 Black & Blue (live)
06 Silent Running(live)
07 Par Avion (live)
08 Take The Reins(live)
09 Nobody’s Perfect (live)
10 A Call To Arms(live)
11 Beautiful Day(live)
12 Hanging By A Thread (live)

We have no further information about the live-tracks yet (i.e. when they were recorded). Both albums will be released 20th January 2014. Details about the album The Singles: 1985-2014can be found in an earlier news item here.

Mike + The Mechanics will go on tour in 2014 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album Living Years. Several tour dates in the UK and Germany have already been announced. More dates will follow. Click here to see all dates known so far.