Living Years (studio album)
by Mike & The Mechanics
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Mike & The Mechanics bestography
Living Years is ranked as the best album by Mike & The Mechanics.
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Living Years track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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60/100  | 10/23/2025 02:44 | dhbarrett | | 65/100 |
75/100 | 09/07/2025 08:35 |  Tamthebam | | 69/100 |
10/100 | 08/10/2025 05:12 |  Kingturtle | | 71/100 |
60/100 | 06/01/2023 04:19 |  zags7000 | | 64/100 |
40/100 | 03/15/2023 20:40 |  Igtonumama | | 63/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.9/100, a mean average of 65.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Squonk007 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.
junodog4 07/28/2013 20:09
Earnest is a good word for this album. He's trying harder than Phil Collins for sure.
paladisiac 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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