Akimbo Alogo

Akimbo Alogo
Studio album by
Kim Mitchell
Released28 June 1984[1]
StudioMcClear Place, Toronto, Canada
GenreRock
Length41:42
LabelAlert (Canada)
Bronze (International)
ProducerKim Mitchell, Nick Blagona
Kim Mitchell chronology
Kim Mitchell
(1982) 		Akimbo Alogo
(1984) 		Shakin' Like a Human Being
(1986)
Singles from Akimbo Alogo
  1. "Go for Soda"
    Released: 1984
  2. "All We Are"
    Released: 1984
  3. "Feel It Burn"
    Released: 1985
  4. "Lager & Ale"
    Released: 1985
Alternative cover
Second cover art
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[3]

Akimbo Alogo is the first full-length solo album from Canadian singer and guitarist Kim Mitchell, released on Alert Records in Canada, and on Bronze Records in other territories, including the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan. The album includes Mitchell's only significant solo hit in the United States, "Go for Soda", a song which has been adopted as an anthem against drunk driving.[4] "All We Are", "Feel it Burn" and "Lager & Ale" also received significant airplay in Canada at the time of the album's release and receive airplay on classic rock radio to this day.

  1. ^ "Alert label continues with busy schedule". RPM Weekly. 7 July 1984. Volume 40, No. 18. p. 13.
  2. ^ Stone, Doug. "Kim Mitchell - Akimbo Alogo review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 226. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ "Story Behind Go For Soda Message". The Peterborough Examiner. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2023.