Hits (Mike + The Mechanics album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Hits

| type = greatest

| artist = Mike + The Mechanics

| cover = MM_Hits_Cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 4 March 1996{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/4276-401-2|title=BPI}}

| recorded = 1985–96

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 60:36

| label = Rhino/Atlantic, Virgin

| producer = Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, Russ Titelman

| prev_title = Beggar on a Beach of Gold

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Mike & The Mechanics

| next_year = 1999

}}

Hits is a compilation album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1996 except in the United States and Canada, where it was released in 2005. It contains nearly all of the band's hits up to the time of its release. "All I Need Is a Miracle" was re-recorded for the album.

In September 2004 the album was repackaged as a double CD with the band's 2004 album Rewired as Rewired + Hits. The cover is a close up of part of the Rewired cover overlaid with both album covers side by side.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/hits-mw0000467425 |title=Hits – Mike + the Mechanics | AllMusic |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=9 December 2019}}

| rev2 = Q

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|last=Kane|first=Peter|date=April 1996|title=Mike & The Mechanics: Hits|journal=Q|pages=123}}

}}

Peter Kane in Q wrote, "These are all songs that are uniformly high on melody and craftsmanship, with mercifully no hidden agenda." In a retrospective review, AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine declared Hits "a first-rate compilation, giving the casual fan all of the essential Mike + the Mechanics tracks".

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Original album

| title1 = All I Need Is a Miracle '96

| note1 = Re-recorded version

| writer1 = Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil

| length1 = 5:42

| extra1 = Mike + The Mechanics (1985)

| title2 = Over My Shoulder

| writer2 = Rutherford, Paul Carrack

| length2 = 3:37

| extra2 = Beggar on a Beach of Gold (1995)

| title3 = Word of Mouth

| writer3 = Rutherford, Neil

| length3 = 3:57

| extra3 = Word of Mouth (1991)

| title4 = The Living Years

| writer4 = Rutherford, Robertson

| length4 = 5:35

| extra4 = Living Years (1988)

| title5 = Another Cup of Coffee

| writer5 = Rutherford, Neil

| length5 = 4:21

| extra5 = Beggar on a Beach of Gold (1995)

| title6 = Nobody's Perfect

| writer6 = Rutherford, Robertson

| length6 = 4:43

| extra6 = Living Years (1988)

| title7 = Silent Running

| writer7 = Rutherford, Robertson

| length7 = 6:13

| extra7 = Mike + The Mechanics (1985)

| title8 = Nobody Knows

| writer8 = Rutherford, Neil

| length8 = 4:25

| extra8 = Living Years (1988)

| title9 = Get Up

| writer9 = Rutherford, Carrack

| length9 = 4:26

| extra9 = Word of Mouth (1991)

| title10 = A Time and Place

| writer10 = Rutherford, Robertson

| length10 = 4:52

| extra10 = Word of Mouth (1991)

| title11 = Taken In

| writer11 = Rutherford, Neil

| length11 = 4:22

| extra11 = Mike + The Mechanics (1985)

| title12 = Everybody Gets a Second Chance

| writer12 = Rutherford, Robertson

| length12 = 3:59

| extra12 = Word of Mouth (1991)

| title13 = A Beggar on a Beach of Gold

| writer13 = Rutherford, Robertson

| length13 = 4:32

| extra13 = Beggar on a Beach of Gold (1995)

}}

Charts

scope="col"\| Chart (1996) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
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scope="row"\| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web\|url=https://imgur.com/szM1qWB\|title=Part of Mike and Mechanic's ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022\|publisher=ARIA\|via=Imgur.com\|access-date= 3 December 2023}} \|align="center"\| 139
{{album chart\|Austria\|41\|artist=Mike & The Mechanics\|album=Hits\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}
{{album chart\|Germany4\|6\|artist=Mike & The Mechanics\|album=Hits\|id=2261\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}
{{album chart\|New Zealand\|27\|artist=Mike & The Mechanics\|album=Hits\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}
{{album chart\|Norway\|10\|artist=Mike & The Mechanics\|album=Hits\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}
{{album chart\|Scotland\|3\|date=19960317\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|19\|artist=Mike & The Mechanics\|album=Hits\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|15\|artist=Mike & The Mechanics\|album=Hits\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}
{{album chart\|UK2\|3\|date=19960317\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=September 20, 2024}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Mike + The Mechanics|title=Hits|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1998}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Mike & The Mechanics|title=Mike And The Mechanics Hits (Cdv 2797)|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1996|certyear=1999|id=4276-401-2}}

References

Category:1996 greatest hits albums

Category:Mike + The Mechanics albums

Category:Albums produced by Mike Rutherford

Category:Albums produced by Christopher Neil