Akimbo Alogo

by Kim Mitchell

Akimbo Alogo cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 June 1984
  • Label: Alert
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 41:32
  • Community rating: 2.77/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Akimbo Alogo' is the debut full-length from the Canadian rock guitarist after his departure from Max Webster. The record balances energetic hard rock riffs with polished, radio-friendly AOR melodies, spawning the enduring domestic hit 'Go for Soda'. It established Mitchell as a formidable solo artist in the Canadian mainstream rock landscape.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. Go For Soda (3:25)
  2. That's A Man (3:46)
  3. All We Are (4:44)
  4. Diary For Rock'N'Roll Men (4:13)
  5. Love Ties (4:18)
  6. Feel It Burn (4:13)
  7. Lager And Ale (4:05)
  8. Rumour Has It (4:09)
  9. Caroline (3:38)
  10. Called Off (4:56)

Credits

  • Todd Booth - arranged by [assistant], keyboards, synthesizer [lead]
  • Robert Sinclair Wilson - bass, keyboards, vocals
  • Paul Delong - drums
  • Greg Calbi - lacquer cut by [runout etching 鉁
  • Pye Dubois - lyrics by, written-by
  • Peter Fredette - rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Johnson - written by

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