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Welcome to the Club is the second studio album by Canadian heavy metal band, Kick Axe. The album was released at the end of 1985 on Pasha Records/CBS Records in the format of vinyl and cassette album.

Welcome to the Club
Studio album by Kick Axe
Released	29 November 1985 [1]
Recorded	Metal Works Studios, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Pasha Music House, Hollywood, California, USA, 1985
Genre	Heavy metal, Glam metal
Length	40:05
Label	Pasha Records/CBS Records
Producer	Randy Bishop, Spencer Proffer
Kick Axe chronology
Vices (1984) Welcome to the Club (1985) Rock the World (1986)
Singles from Welcome to the Club
"With a Little Help from My Friends" / "Can't Take It With You" Released: 1985 "Comin' After You" / "Feel The Power" Released: 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Kerrang!	[3]

In 2000 was the album remastered and reissued, for the first time on CD, as part of the "Sony Rewind" series.

In 2016, a UK label Rock Candy remastered and reissued the album on CD in a "De Luxe" version comprising a comprehensive booklet loaded with vintage photos and a very detailed band history by Malcolm Dome.

Recorded in the Metal Works Studios, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (owned by a Canadian band Triumph), mixed in the Pasha Music House, Hollywood, California, USA and produced by Randy Bishop with a final touch of Spencer Proffer. Welcome to the Club sees Kick Axe veer into more commercial area with a smoother, more melodic and sophisticated collection of songs. Still an anthemic/arena metal, brash and bold, but more polished, with a more radio friendly production and smoother commercial touch that makes this album attractive to a wider audience.

The cover of Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" has been released not only as a single but also as a video with an ensemble chorus featuring Lee Aaron & John Albani (Lee Aaron Band), Rik Emmett (Triumph), Brian Allen & Sheron Alton (Toronto), Bob Segarini, Alfie Zappacosta, Cameron Hawkins (FM), Cindy Valentine, Paris, Ava Cherry, Andy Curran (Coney Hatch). It reached #79 on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles.[4]

In Canada the album reached #93, February 8, 1986 at the RPM Top 100 Albums.[5]

This album has never made it into Billboard 200 album chart.

Track listing

1. "Welcome to the Club" (Kick Axe) - 4:47
2. "Feels Good - Don't Stop" (Kick Axe/R.Bishop) - 3:22
3. "Comin' After You" (Kick Axe/R.Bishop) - 4:56
4. "Make Your Move" (Kick Axe/R.Bishop) - 3:51
5. "Never Let Go" (Kick Axe) - 5:13
6. "Hellraisers" (Kick Axe) - 4:17
7. "Can't Take It with You" (Kick Axe/R.Bishop) - 3:42
8. "Too Loud... Too Old" (Kick Axe) - 2:51
9. "Feel the Power" (Kick Axe/R.Bishop) - 3:47
10. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (J.Lennon/P.McCartney) - 4:19

Personnel

Band members

• George Criston - lead vocals
• Larry Gillstrom - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Raymond Harvey - guitars, backing vocals
• Victor Langen - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Brian Gillstrom - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Randy Bishop - percussion, keyboards
• Spencer Proffer - percussion, keyboards
• Rik Emmett, Alfie Zappacosta, Lee Aaron, John Albani, Andy Curran, Sharon Alton, Cindy Valentine, Brian Allen, Ava Cherry, Paris, Bob Segarini, Cameron Hawkins - vocals on track 10

Production

• Randy Bishop, Spencer Proffer - producer
• Suzanne DuBarry - producer assistant
• Hanspeter Huber, Ed Stone - engineers
• Alex Woltman, Kevin Arst, Noel Golden - engineering assistants
• Steve Hall - mastering
• Carol Peters, Karen Chamberlain, Gail Lee - coordination
• Dimo Safari - photographs
• Hugh Syme - art direction and design
• Garry M. Stratychuk - manager
• Joe Cardosi, Dean Zurowski, Mike Martin, Dwayne Fynn - tour personnel

References

External links

• Official website
• Official Fan website

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