Mike & The Mechanics is the fifth studio album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1999. To avoid confusion with the band's 1985 debut album Mike + The Mechanics, it is often referred to as M6, which is written on the album cover, this being the band's sixth album counting the Hits compilation. It includes the top 40 hit "Now That You've Gone".
This was the last studio album with Paul Young, who died the year after its release; the group did not release another album until Rewired in 2004.
The album was not officially released in North America and is only available as an import there. However, the band's former US label Atlantic Records is still thanked in the liner notes.
Personnel
Mike and The Mechanics
Mike Rutherford – electric guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals
Paul Carrack – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12), backing vocals, keyboards, electric guitars, drums
Paul Young – lead vocals (3, 6, 8, 11, 13), backing vocals, percussion
Gary Wallis – drums, programming
Additional personnel
Oskar Paul – programming
Steve Pigott – programming
Matthew Vaughan – programming
Simon Hale – string arrangements and conductor
Sharon Woolf – backing vocals
Technical and design
Nick Davis – engineer (1, 3, 5–7, 9–12), mixing (1, 3–13)
Mark Taylor – engineer (2), mixing (2)
Simon Hurrell – engineer (4, 8, 13)
Ian Huffam – additional engineer (1, 3, 5–7, 9–12)
Wherefore Art? – Cover design