Living Years (studio album) by Mike & The Mechanics

Living Years by Mike & The Mechanics
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 7,545th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (103rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,116th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,545th)
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Living Years track list

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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 35 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.0/100, a mean average of 66.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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80/100
From 06/26/2020 08:11
The title track quite rightly stole the headlines for this release but there are some good songs under the radar here, Nobody's Perfect, Nobody Knows (my favourite from the album), Don't and Black And Blue. A solid album, the 2 lead vocalists make this a nice mix.
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From 07/28/2013 20:09
Earnest is a good word for this album. He's trying harder than Phil Collins for sure.
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From 01/16/2012 17:54
A more earnest album than their debut, this one's punctuated by the title track ode-to-deceased-father. "nobody's perfect", "seeing is believing" and fine ballads "blame" and "don't" also ground the album in solemn song-craft, while the meandering last 2 tracks deflate what could've been a stronger album.
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