| Welcome to the Club | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Kick Axe |
| Cover: | Kick_Axe_Club.jpg |
| 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 |
| Prev Title: | Vices |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Rock the World |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
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.
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.[2]
In Canada the album reached #93, February 8, 1986 at the RPM Top 100 Albums.[3]
This album has never made it into Billboard 200 album chart.