Kimosabe [Import]

Kim Mitchell (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Oasis
• ASIN: B00003WGF1
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #460,209 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Monkey Shine

2. Stickin My Heart

3. Cellophane

4. Two Steps Home

5. Kimosabe

6. Blow Me A Kiss

7. Cold Reality

8. Over Me

9. Get Back What's Gone

10. Skinny Buddah

Editorial Reviews

1999 solo album by the famous Canadian rock guitarist/ vocalist/ co-founder of Max Webster. 10 cuts ranging from hard rock to slow ballads to addictive pop. Standard jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grows on you quickly., April 16, 2005

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Lane French "Lane" (Edmonton, Alberta, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kimosabe (Audio CD)

I have been a Kim Mitchell fan since about 1989 so had all of his albums and was awaiting the next. When Kimosabe came out in 1999 I had been separated from my husband for a few months and it didn't take long for the lyrics from the album to strike a chord with me. The opening of Monkey Shine grabbed and impressed me immediately. I too am still wondering about the lyrics in some of the songs, but I assume that they are very personal to Kim. Kimosabe is now one of my favourite albums and I am now, in 2005, eagerly awaiting the next Kim Mitchell album!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the most pleasant surprises..., January 6, 2004

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T. LeBaron "Todd LeBaron" (NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kimosabe (Audio CD)

Like a lot of people, I was familiar with Kim's work through his work with Max Webster and his 80s party anthem "Go For Soda" (or as they seem to want to call it up North, "Go For A Soda")...so when I started to fill in the rest of the Mitchell collection, I was disappointed to see that there are limited quantities of this album still around (Oasis Entertainment is no more, and barring someone else picking this album up for distribution, once these copies are gone, that's it)...but I was also amazed at how this album grew on me with repeated plays. I have turned countless people on to this album. Some folks say it doesn't measure up to some of its predecessors for sheer party volume, but like Joe Walsh, some of Kim's best stuff ISN'T of the "I am a Wild Party" mentality (not to take anything away from some of his really fun stuff either). "Monkey Shine" grabs you by the neck and is a great start. "Stickin My Heart" and "Cellophane" are excellent musically and the lyrics, while we're not sure sometimes exactly what he's talking about, are vintage Kim. Likewise with the title track ...the more thoughtful tunes like "Over Me," "Two Steps Home" and "Cold Reality" are great for totally different reasons. "Blow Me a Kiss" is simply gorgeous and Walsh should cover this one! "Get Back What's Gone" is a fine blues number, and "Skinny Buddah" is up there with "Lemon Wedge" for sheer strangeness, but it's a fun kind of weird, and at the end of the day "Kimosabe" is one of the Mitchell discs I listen to more than most of the others -- indeed, get his Greatest Hits CD if you're not sure where to start, but by all means get THIS one while you still can!

5.0 out of 5 stars His Best, May 11, 2010

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W. Bittle "WB" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kimosabe (Audio CD)

I first heard the title track while listening to online streaming audio via Icebergradio. Thankfully they list what is playing and I was able to find this album on Amazon.com. Fast forward about 3 years and I loose the CD thanks to a house fire. Ok, I'm rebuilding my collection and look for this one and can not find it anywhere. Finally I end up paying an astonishing $24.95 for it. But the CD is so good that I was willing to shell out that much just to have it again. This is one of those rare CD's that I never get tired of listening to all the way through. I just don't understand why it is so hard to find. Every person I have played it for has wanted to buy their own copy. even my teenage son (13 years old) loves the CD and his friends like the music as well. If you like Kim Mitchell, you will really love this CD. If you find a copy for sale, snap it up because it is getting hard to find.