Hits (Mike The Mechanics Album)
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''Hits'' is a compilation album by
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, released in 1996 except in the United States and Canada, where it was released in 2005. It contains nearly all of the band's hits up to the time of its release. " All I Need Is a Miracle" was re-recorded for the album. In September 2004 the album was repackaged as a double CD with the band's 2004 album '' Rewired'' as ''Rewired + Hits''. The cover is a close up of part of the ''Rewired'' cover overlaid with both album covers side by side.


Reception

Peter Kane in '' Q'' wrote, "These are all songs that are uniformly high on melody and craftsmanship, with mercifully no hidden agenda." In a retrospective review,
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editor
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declared ''Hits'' "a first-rate compilation, giving the casual fan all of the essential Mike + the Mechanics tracks".


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1996 greatest hits albums Mike + The Mechanics albums Albums produced by Mike Rutherford Albums produced by Christopher Neil {{1990s-compilation-album-stub