History
Rutherford opted to do the lead vocals on the album himself, simply because, in his words, "It does feel odd when someone does... a solo album and they don't sing, because the voice is so much the character of a song. So I thought, 'What the hell? I'm gonna give it a shot.'" This proved more easily said than done; he recounted that recording the backing tracks for the album was very easy and enjoyable, but that the vocals were "hard work".
Stewart Copeland became involved in the recording because he and Rutherford were on the same polo team. Copeland did session work very rarely during the time he was in The Police. Recording his drums at The Farm gives them a sound they do not have on any other recordings.
Looking back on Acting Very Strange in later years, Rutherford was not proud of the album, saying he felt that the songs were very good but poorly executed. He singled out "Hideaway" as the only track which he felt worked. Dissatisfaction with his solo work in general, and particularly with his vocals, prompted Rutherford to form Mike + The Mechanics.
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