''Itch'' is the sixth album from Canadian singer and guitarist
Kim Mitchell
Joseph Kim Mitchell (born July 10, 1952) is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to a solo career. His 1984 single, " Go for Soda", was his only charted song on the US ''Billbo ...
. The album was released in 1994. This would be the last album to date that Mitchell would collaborate with lyricist
Pye Dubois
Pye Dubois is a Canadian lyricist and poet. He has worked mainly with Kim Mitchell and Max Webster (with whom he was considered an unofficial fifth non-performing member), and occasionally Rush.
Career
Dubois accompanied Max Webster in the st ...
. Dubois didn't contribute any lyrics to Mitchell's previous album ''
Aural Fixations'', released two years before this album.
Track listing
All songs by
Kim Mitchell
Joseph Kim Mitchell (born July 10, 1952) is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to a solo career. His 1984 single, " Go for Soda", was his only charted song on the US ''Billbo ...
,
Pye Dubois
Pye Dubois is a Canadian lyricist and poet. He has worked mainly with Kim Mitchell and Max Webster (with whom he was considered an unofficial fifth non-performing member), and occasionally Rush.
Career
Dubois accompanied Max Webster in the st ...
, except "Karaoke Queen" by Mitchell, Dubois and Lou Pomanti
# "Wonder Where and Why" – 3:46
# "Acrimony" – 3:35
# "Lick Yer Finger" – 4:01
# "The U.S. of Ache" – 5:38
# "Lemon Wedge" – 5:33
# "Heartbreakbustop" – 4:57
# "Your Face or Mine" – 4:41
# "Human Condition" – 5:16
# "Stand" – 4:31
# "Karaoke Queen" – 4:22
# "Cheer Us On" – 4:27
# "Beachtown" – 4:49 (European version bonus track)
Personnel
;Musicians
*
Kim Mitchell
Joseph Kim Mitchell (born July 10, 1952) is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to a solo career. His 1984 single, " Go for Soda", was his only charted song on the US ''Billbo ...
– guitar, vocals, arrangements
*
Spider Sinnaeve – bass
*Greg Morrow – drums and percussion
*Lou Pomanti –
keyboards
*Peter Fredette, William C. Brown III, Bertram Brown – background vocals
*Scott Thompson – trumpet
*Jim Spake – saxophone
*
Pye Dubois
Pye Dubois is a Canadian lyricist and poet. He has worked mainly with Kim Mitchell and Max Webster (with whom he was considered an unofficial fifth non-performing member), and occasionally Rush.
Career
Dubois accompanied Max Webster in the st ...
– lyrics
;Production
*Joe Hardy – producer, engineer, mixing, arrangements
*Todd Booth – arrangements
*Tom Heron, Jeff Elliott, Erik Flettrich – assistant engineers
*Scott Murley – digital sequencing and editing
*
George Marino
George Marino (April 15, 1947June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He attended ...
– mastering at
Sterling Sound
George Marino (April 15, 1947June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He attended ...
, New York
*W. Tom Berry – executive producer, management
References
External links
*http://www.kimmitchell.ca
1994 albums
Kim Mitchell albums
Alert Records albums
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