- Audio CD (Jun 3 1995)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: EMI Import
- ASIN: B0000264KN
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold |
| 2. Another Cup Of Coffee |
| 3. You've Really Got A Hold On Me |
| 4. Mea Culpa |
| 5. Over My Shoulder |
| 6. Someone Always Hates Someone |
| 7. The Ghost Of Sex And You |
| 8. Web Of Lies |
| 9. Plain And Simple |
| 10. Something To Believe In |
| 11. A House Of Many Rooms |
| 12. I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) |
| 13. Going Going Home |
Product Description
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Mike Rutherford and cohorts have had their ups and downs commercially, but the quality of their output has never wavered. Paul Young (the one from Safe Cafe, as must always be pointed out) and Paul Carrack are outstanding vocalists, and the top-drawer musicians click seamlessly as usual. "Looking Back Over My Shoulder" and "Another Cup of Coffee" are fine tracks, but it's too bad the project as a whole is tarnished by the lame Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder covers. --Jeff Bateman
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Musical Gold From Mike + The Mechanics,
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This review is from: Beggar on a Beach of Gold (Audio CD)
1995's "Beggar On A Beach Of Gold" was meant to be Mike + The Mechanics' "comeback" album, and while it didn't sell much better than it's predecessor, "Word Of Mouth," this is arguably the best album from Mike Rutherford's band away from Genesis. The songs are fantastic, the production is crisp & polished like a brand new car, and the lead vocals by Paul Carrack and Paul Young (of Sad Cafe) are wonderful. Song for song, "Beggar" is brilliant pop-rock: the joyful title track, the driving acoustic pop-rock of "Another Cup Of Coffee" and "Over My Shoulder," the glorious atmospheres of "Mea Culpa," "The Ghost Of Sex And You," and "A House Of Many Rooms," the lovely "Something To Believe In," and the powerful "Someone Always Hates Someone," a song that's *very* relevant with the state of the world today. And for the cherry on top, there's two excellent cover songs of Smokey Robinson's "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," and Stevie Wonder's "I Believe." It's pretty obvious that Mike, Paul & Paul had a great time making this album, as the joy of the music comes through on every track. "Beggar On A Beach Of Gold" is a fantastic Mechanics album, and quite possibly the finest "solo" album Mike Rutherford has ever made. A winner through and through!
5.0 out of 5 stars
a must to have it,
By silvio (buenos aires ARGENTINA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beggar on a Beach of Gold (Audio CD)
if you love Genesis, drum machines, great ambient and rithm guitars and keyboards, good perfomances all and more in just songs and ballads, if you are in love, if you like good music less complicated to hear but with the taste of A BIG in music like Mike Rutherford is With great perfomances of Paul Carrack Paul Young,and the rest of the band and will To learn how to make good songs and arrangements this is the record you must to buy, unfortunately i have a cassette record of it because in Argentina this CD never appears, South america miss it. i'm a Genesis Fan and drummer since 1976 and this record never dissapoint me, and every friend who heard it want it, sorry about my english
5.0 out of 5 stars
Leaves You Begging For More,
By jrmspnc (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beggar on a Beach of Gold (Audio CD)
Mike Rutherford has assembled two nearly perfect albums in his 23 year career. Beggar, with 1988's Living Years, stands out as a prime example of what good music is all about. The title track kicks the album off with a story of our inability to realize the blessings we have in our quest for material wealth, and there is no looking back from there. There's "Another Cup of Coffee," with its powerful yet subtle images of domestic violence. There's the remorseless "Mea Culpa," with its simple yet somehow menacing guitar riff. "Over My Shoulder" has to be one of the funnest, most whistlable track to ever come from a Genesis man. "Web of Lies" is a rocker, with lyrics to make anyone involved in the criminal justice system proud. "Plain & Simple" features a cameo from Bill Clinton ("Well, I'm still alive and nobody's shooting at me"), and the album ends on a peaceful, melancholy note with "Going, Going . . . Home." The two Motown remakes, "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" and "I Believe" feature the two Pauls at their best.Towering above all of the other excellent tracks is "A House of Many Rooms." It has lyrics to rival the best of Tony Banks or Peter Gabriel, using the rooms of a house (well, mansion, really) as a metaphor for the human personality. Stay away from me, the protagonist warns his would-be lover, for I am a house of many rooms . . . . There is a slow-build up of the music to mirror the tension in the lyrics, and at the end of the song we get a whirlwind tour of the house, with a whirlwind guitar to accompany us. Brilliant, simply brilliant.
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