Beggar On a Beach of Gold is the fourth album by Mike + the Mechanics, released on 6 March 1995. This album contained three UK hits, the No.12 hit "Over My Shoulder", the No.33 hit "A Better on a Beach of Gold", and the No.51 hit "Another Cup of Coffee". All three songs charted in Germany as well,, and "Another Cup Of Coffee" was also popular in Russia. The album was certified Gold by the BPI

British Phonographic Industry

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 for sales of 100,000 copies.

Track listing

1. A Beggar on a Beach of Gold (B.A. Robertson, Rutherford) – 4:35
2. Another Cup of Coffee (Christopher Neil
   Christopher Neil
   Christopher Neil is a British record producer, songwriter, singer and actor.He has worked with Celine Dion, a-ha, Dollar, Paul Nicholas, Kim Criswell, Morten Harket, Mike + The Mechanics, Johnny Logan, Marillion, The Moody Blues, The Other Ones, Paul Carrack, Rod Stewart, Gerry Rafferty, Cher,...
   
   , Rutherford) – 4:42
3. You've Really Got a Hold on Me
   You've Really Got a Hold on Me
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    (Smokey Robinson
   Smokey Robinson
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   ) – 3:29
4. Mea Culpa (Neil, Rutherford) – 6:20
5. Over My Shoulder
   Over My Shoulder (Mike + The Mechanics song)
   "Over My Shoulder" is a song by Mike + The Mechanics. It was released in February 1995 as the first single from their album Beggar on a Beach of Gold...
   
    (Paul Carrack
   Paul Carrack
   Paul Carrack is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Carrack has been a member of several bands including Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, and Roxy Music, been a session and touring musician for several others including Nick Lowe, and has enjoyed success as a solo artist as well...
   
   , Rutherford) – 3:37
6. Someone Always Hates Someone (Neil, Rutherford) – 3:42
7. The Ghost of Sex and You (Robertson, Rutherford) – 6:24
8. Web of Lies (Carrack, Rutherford) – 5:38
9. Plain and Simple (Robertson, Rutherford) – 3:59
10. Something to Believe In (Neil, Rutherford) – 4:18
11. A House of Many Rooms (Robertson, Rutherford) – 5:39
12. I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
    I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
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     (Stevie Wonder
    Stevie Wonder
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    , Yvonne Wright) – 3:11
13. Going, Going... Home (Neil, Rutherford) – 4:30

Mike + the Mechanics

• Mike Rutherford
  Mike Rutherford
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   – guitar, bass, keyboards, producer
• Paul Carrack
  Paul Carrack
  Paul Carrack is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Carrack has been a member of several bands including Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, and Roxy Music, been a session and touring musician for several others including Nick Lowe, and has enjoyed success as a solo artist as well...
  
   – vocals & keyboards (lead vocals on 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12)
• Paul Young
  Paul Young (Sad Café)
  Paul Young was an English singer and percussionist who worked with several successful bands. He initially came to prominence as the lead singer of chart band Sad Café, and later enjoyed further chart success sharing lead vocal duties with Paul Carrack in Mike + The Mechanics.-Career:Young was born...
  
   – vocals (lead vocals on 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13)
• Peter Van Hooke
  Peter Van Hooke
  Peter Van Hooke was drummer in the English band Mike + The Mechanics as well as having drummed for Cliff Richard, Van Morrison's band, Headstone, and Ezio. During the 1980s he successfully co-produced many of Tanita Tikaram's hits.Van Hooke grew up in Stanmore, Middlesex and attended Mill Hill...
  
   – drums

Additional Personnel

• Clem Clempson
  Clem Clempson
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   – guitar
• B.A. Robertson – keyboards
• Paul "Wix" Wickens – keyboards
• Adrian Lee
  Adrian Lee
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   – keyboards
• Andy Newmark
  Andy Newmark
  Andrew "Andy" Newmark is an American musician, best known as a popular session drummer, and for playing with the funk band Sly & the Family Stone from 1972 to 1973....
  
   – drums
• Gary Wallis
  Gary Wallis
  Gary Wallis is a drummer/percussionist trained at the London Symphony School of Music. He is known for having a massive percussion kit featuring many electronic drums and percussion. He is best known as the secondary percussionist for Pink Floyd in the post-Waters era for live performances...
  
   – drums
• Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
• Tessa Niles
  Tessa Niles
  Tessa Niles is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of artists.-Early life and career:Born in Kent, Niles began her professional singing career, as both a lead and a backing vocalist, in 1979...
  
   – backing vocals
• Dale Newman – programming
• David Frangioni – drum programming
• Rich Mendelson – drum programming

Production

• Produced By Mike Rutherford & Christopher Neil
  Christopher Neil
  Christopher Neil is a British record producer, songwriter, singer and actor.He has worked with Celine Dion, a-ha, Dollar, Paul Nicholas, Kim Criswell, Morten Harket, Mike + The Mechanics, Johnny Logan, Marillion, The Moody Blues, The Other Ones, Paul Carrack, Rod Stewart, Gerry Rafferty, Cher,...
  
  
• Engineered By Paul Gomersall & Nick Davis
• Mixed By Nick Davis
• Assistant Engineer: Mark Robinson
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
  
  
• Pete Beachill – arranger
• Mike Bowen – technical assistance
• Geoff Callingham – technical assistance

Singles

• "Over My Shoulder" (February 1995) No.12 (UK)

1. Over My Shoulder
2. Something To Believe In
3. Always The Last To Know

• "A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold" (June 1995) No.33 (UK)

[CD1]

1. A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold (radio edit)
2. Help Me
3. Nobody Told Me

[CD2]

1. A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold
2. Boys At The Front
3. Little Boy
4. A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold (acoustic)

• "Another Cup of Coffee" (September 1995) No.65 (UK)

[CD1]

1. Another Cup of Coffee
2. You Never Change
3. You Don't Know What Love Is

[CD2]

1. Another Cup of Coffee
2. The Living Years (live)
3. Everyday Hurts (live)
4. How Long (live)