The Mechanics cd4

The Mechanics debuted with a self-titled album in 1985.
Initially, the group's albums were released between Genesis albums. This ended with the temporary disbanding of Genesis in 1998.
Printed on the single Silent Running was a notation that it was from the movie On Dangerous Ground. The movie was released in North American cinemas in 1986 as Choke Canyon, and in the UK as On Dangerous Ground.The music video, however, features different actors portraying different characters with at least one different name.
The song,The Living Years, also featured on the second album of the same name, was written by Rutherford and Scottish singer/writer/composer B. A. Robertson. It centered around the unresolved dissension between Rutherford and his father but also alluded to the death of Robertson's father just 12 weeks before the birth of Robertson's son. The song was sung by Carrack, who had lost his own father when he was only eleven years old. The album also featured the song.