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Akimbo Alogo

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It's a shame that the only Kim Mitchell song that was heard south of Buffalo, Detroit, or other states along the Canadian Border was "Go For Soda". This song is classic Kim, but there are so many other great songs and albums that he's done since the release of akimbo alogo in 1984. This album is Kim at his best, but I also recommend Rockland, his only US album, Aural Fixations, Itch and his new album Kimosabe. It's a shame that Amazon.com and other US record stores do not have more of his albums in stock.

I first heard him opening for Jethro Tull on the "A" tour, and then heard him, as most fans did, through the Max Webster collaboration with Rush on "Battlescar". A couple of years later I heard "Go for Soda" on the radio. Bought the thing on tape and immediately loved it. The songs run from the out and out rockers ("Go for Soda", "Lager and Ale" (he seems to have a thing for beverages), and "Rumour Has It") to the sweet power ballads (All We Are), and everywhere in between. Now I'm looking for it on CD and can't find the damned thing.
His band smokes on this, the drummer in particular. Kim's guit playing is as good, if not better than most, but not overbearing, like some. The lyrics are wry, funny, and somewhat articulate.
This is a fun disc for anyone who likes (Diamond Dave)Van Halen, Primus, Rush, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, or anyone who just wants to play it LOUD and have some fun.
PLEASE RELEASE THIS ON A DOMESTIC CD!!!!

Great album by a great artist. Kim Mitchell, in my book, is one of the best singer/song writer/musicians to lay it down. If you're looking for an artist who can set the mood, lay down the blues or rock the house, I highly recommend this album and suggest a look into his other works.

This band is very much a feel-good rock and roll band. Kim has worked with Rush and other prominent Canadian and American artists.

CHECK IT OUT!!

I heard this album on an episode of "Trailer Park Boys" and purchased it to discover the awesome 80's hair metal such as Kim Mitchell. If you're into bands such as Ratt or Scorpions, you would enjoy this Canadian rocker, although a few of the songs on this album are ballads, he does some other head banging hits such as the clean living "Go for soda".

I saw Kim in the paramount in seattle in 1986 or 1987 and he rocks live too! You can't help but to get up and move! I wish he would come up with something new in the states! Rock on Kim!

I have followed the Kim Mitchell band since the Akimbo Alogo album, and am amazed that the music never did get much airtime stateside. I saw them open at a Bryan Adams concert in Indiana in 1984, and they were as good live as on the album...and they blew Bryan Adams away. This is probably Kim Mitchell's best album, though I am partial to Rockland and Aural Fixations. Excellent songwriting...this album is a must for an 80s rock collection.

Kim Mitchell's "Akimbo Alogo" still sounds great at 27 years old.
"Go for a Soda" is a classic. "Rumor Has It" is still my favorite!
Not a bad track on the entire CD.

I have loved this album since I first heard it in 1985. One of the guys in my platoon was listening to it when I was visiting his roomie. I went out and bought it at the audio/video center the next day. I wore out the cassette so I got the digital download a couple of years ago. Kim Mitchell has a way with words, sometimes his stuff is funny, sometimes serious, but mostly it's great. My favorite songs are Lager And Ale, Diary For Rock & Roll Men, and Love Ties. But all the songs are good, not a bad one in the bunch. This is my favorite Kim album only because it's the first. Before the internet it was hard finding his other stuff but Amazon and other sites are getting better.

I've always liked KIM MITCHELL as a guitarist and a vocalist,
but as a songwriter he's been consistently inconsistent and that's still the case for this album. I've always liked his hard
rock and roll side and that's displayed on about half of the al-
bum, the half that I really like! GO FOR A SODA is terrific, of
course and displays that wild side of him. Then again, anyone
who chooses to write with PYE DUBOIS has to be at least slightly
nuts! LAGER AND ALE is another favorite song of mine. The first
time I heard this song was when I heard some local band, whose
name eludes me, play it at CORTLAND STATE COLLEGE. This band's
version of this song blew me away, so I bought this album for it.
LAGER is a very powerful and loud hard rocker, with some very
funny lyrics( about some drunk guy trying to pick up a girl in
a bar.) I particularly like the part when he wants to play a song
on the jukebox, but he has no change, so he starts humming IN A
GADDA DA VIDA! The other hard rockers on this are also quite en-
joyable, like THAT'S A MAN, DIARY FOR ROCK-N-ROLL MEN and RUMOUR
HAS IT. All of these feature more terrif guitar playing from
MITCHELL. Of the slower, more mellow songs, I like ALL WE ARE, but the rest of this doesn't grab me. I guess I never liked KIM
MITCHELL'S more mellow side( except for SUMMER TURNING BLUE, from
MAX WEBSTER's first album.)
Overall, this was a pretty neat debut solo album for K.M.