MIKE + THE MECHANICS - Let Me Fly - album discussion

I saw the Mechanics live performing some of these songs, it's a hard album to get into. My favourite song is "Don't know what came over me".

Regards

Mark

I'm still getting to know it, but I like Are You Ready a lot.

Which are my favourite songs on Let Me Fly? That's a tough question. It's been a year since the album was released, so I ought to know it by now. I have listened to it regularly but, to be honest, not nearly as much as I listened to The Road when that album was released. I think The Road was a much stronger album.

Personally, I loved this album and found it a lot more cohesive than The Road.

At the same time, I feel like the songs are all so much better live. It's like there's something missing on the album versions, but you can't quite put your finger on it. This might be because I heard most of them live before I heard the album, or maybe there is something in the fact that The Mechanics really are a live band these days (i.e. they work songs live before they finish them).

I wish more had been done with I'll Be There For You, which is my favourite track on the album.

I think it's their best since Beggar, certainly since Mike & The Mechanics in 1999.

Picked Letter, High Life and Best Is Yet To Come. It´s my least favourite M+M album ever - sounds a bit like plastic to me

"High Life" is my favorite, then "The Letter".

Third option was tough - in the end I picked "The Best Is Yet To Come".

"Wonder", "I'll Be There For You" and the title track would follow

I'm another who likes The Letter, The Best Is Yet To Come & Don't Know What Came Over Me.

"Wonder" is a nice little track, kind of storytelling singing. Still listen to the album and I still like it.