I have an affection for both, M6 and Rewired
M6 was a bit like "let's make Beggar sound dirty". Sometimes it felt like being in a rush, then it had its silent moments. There are some obvious highlights, such as All The Light I Need.
When I Get Over You and Always Listen To Your Heart are also nice. And Open Up is such an unbelievable ... I don't know what. They just stretched that one further than they should have.
Rewired was odd for sure. But it was a good idea to come up with something different. One Left Standing sounds like Now That You've Gone wasn't enough soundwise.
I don't Want It All is a classic Mechanics tracks, while Underscore proved where Mike comes from. 9 tracks, just 7 songs. But a catchy ballad again - If I Were You. I like this one, too!
And The Road?
There are some tracks on it which are great
Try To Save Me
Heaven Doesn't Care
Background Noise
Then there are track which are not great
Reach Out (this sounds like they were really trying to create a song they don't have)
It Only Hurts For A While (well, not sure what they thought when doing this one)
Walking On Water (sounds like a b-side)
In any case
I Don't Do Love is one of my all time Mechanics favorite. It worked live well as well, shame they only played in on the first tour with the new line up
Do you wanna dance? Do you really wanna dance?