Aural Fixations is the fifth album from Canadian singer and guitarist Kim Mitchell. The album was released in 1992 and is certified gold in Canada. This is the first Kim Mitchell album (including the five Max Webster studio albums) that does not include songs co-written with Pye Dubois.
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| Released | April 7, 1992[1] | |||
| Studio | Cherry Beach Sound, His Master's Workshop, The Millbrook Mudroom | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 55:56 | |||
| Label | Alert (Canada) Fresh Fruit/SPV (Europe) | |||
| Producer | Kim Mitchell, John Webster | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[3] |
Track listing edit
All songs written by Kim Mitchell and Jim Chevalier, except where indicated
- "World's Such a Wonder" – 4:57
- "Pure as Gold" (Mitchell, Moe Berg) – 5:13
- "Big Smoke" (Mitchell, Andy Curran) – 6:08
- "America" – 4:27
- "Some Folks" – 4:40
- "Find the Will" – 4:53
- "There's a Story" – 4:37
- "Dreamer" – 4:11
- "Dog and a Bone" (Mitchell, Curran) – 4:44
- "Flames" – 5:13
- "Hullabaloo" – 4:06
- "Honey Forget Those Blues" (Mitchell) – 2:28
Personnel edit
- Musicians
- Kim Mitchell – rhythm and lead guitar, vocals, producer
- Bobby Edwards, Jim Taite, Mike Francis, Rob Pilch, Bernie LaBarge – guitars (track 12)
- Orest Sushco – dulcimer
- John Webster – keyboards, producer
- Spider Sinnaeve – bass
- Greg Critchley – drums
- Peter Fredette, Rob Bertola – background vocals
- Production
- Arrangements by Kim Mitchell, Todd Booth and John Webster, except track 12 arranged by Bobby Edwards
- Recorded by Mark Wright
- Recording assisted by Eric Abrahams (Cherry Beach), Bob Shindle (Cherry Beach "Big Room"), Orest Sushco and Eric Lambi (His Master's Workshop)
- Mixed by Joe Hardy at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk
- W. Tom Berry – executive producer, management
References edit
- ^ "Alert readies release of new Kim Mitchell album". RPM Weekly. March 14, 1992. Volume 55, No. 12. p. 2.
- ^ Parisien, Roch. Aural Fixations at AllMusic
- ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
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