100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #41: Mike + The Mechanics, Heaven Doesn’t Care

As noted earlier in this list, seldom in their solo ventures did the members of Genesis reach anything like the heights they reached as a band.  All too rarely, however, a flash of the genius does crop up here and there.  Since the crushing disappointment of 1991’s Word of Mouth, I’ve tended to approach each subsequent M+M album with increasing trepidation.  2011’s The Road was as broadly pedestrian and disappointing as its predecessors, apart from this track.  I can’t work out what makes it so outstanding, but it is one perfectly formed gem of a song.

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