Rewired

Rewired
Studio album by Mike + The Mechanics + Paul Carrack
Released	7 June 2004
Recorded	Fisher Lane Farm Studios/Drums at Abbey Road Studios 2003–04
Genre	Pop rock
Length	44:22
Label	Virgin, Rhino (US/Canada)
Producer	Mike Rutherford, Peter Van Hooke
Mike + The Mechanics + Paul Carrack chronology
Favourites/The Very Best Of (2000) Rewired (2004) The Road (2011)

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Rewired is the sixth studio album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 2004. This was the first album released by the band following the death of co-lead singer Paul Young. Partially because of this, the album was credited to "Mike + The Mechanics + Paul Carrack".

The album was released in the UK as a standalone single CD and as a limited edition CD/DVD combo. The limited edition 2-disc set comprises the 9-track CD album plus a 10-track bonus PAL formatted DVD featuring a video for each song plus Long & Short versions of One Left Standing. The album was eventually released in North America by Rhino Records in September 2005 as a single CD only.

Rewired would also be released by Virgin Records in September 2004 in a single case bundle along with Hits. The two albums were repackaged in a 2-in-1 slimline CD case where the CDs themselves are the same as the discs available in the single packaging. The cover is a close up of part of the Rewired cover overlaid with both album covers side by side.

Track listing

1. One Left Standing (Rutherford, Carrack, Woolf) – 5:11
2. If I Were You (Rutherford, Carrack, B.A. Robertson) – 4:21
3. Perfect Child (Rutherford, Carrack, Robertson) – 5:11
4. Rewired (Instrumental) (Rutherford, Carrack, Bates) – 5:31
5. I Don’t Want It All (Rutherford, Carrack) – 5:06
6. How Can I? (Rutherford, Carrack) – 4:44
7. Falling (Rutherford, Carrack, Woolf) – 5:17
8. Somewhere Along The Line (Rutherford, Carrack, Robertson) – 3:52
9. Underscore (Instrumental) (Rutherford, Carrack, Bates) – 5:09

Personnel

• Mike Rutherford – Guitar, Bass, Programming
• Paul Carrack – Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar

Additional personnel

• Will Bates – Programming and additional production on all tracks
• Rupert Cobb – Programming on Perfect Child, additional programming on One Left Standing
• Robbie McIntosh – Guitar
• Ian Thomas – Drums
• Neil Wilkinson – Drums
• Peter Van Hooke – Drums
• Ashley Clarke – Additional Programming
• Backing Vocals – Sharon Woolf, Lisa Law, Paul McGee, Owen Paul McGee, Ricky Hanley, Rupert Cobb, Andrea Hunnisett

• Mixes engineered by Graham Bonnett
• Vocals engineered by Nick Davis
• Mastered by Tim Young and Ian Cooper at Metropolis Mastering
• Recorded at Fisher Lane Farm Studios, Drums at Abbey Road Studios
• Produced by Mike Rutherford and Peter Van Hooke

DVD Credits

• Movies researched and co-ordinated by Peter Van Hooke
• Contributions by the National Film and Television School
• Animation by Andy Frain and Touchwood Animation
• Some movies provided by Isabelle Wuilmart, Will Bates, and Frank Laurin

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