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April Wine
First Glance/Harder..Faster
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Metal

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Get Ready for Love
2. Hot on the Wheels of Love
3. Rock N' Roll Is a Vicious Game
4. Right Down to It
5. Roller
6. Comin' Right Down on Top of Me - April Wine, Goodwyn, Myles
7. I'm Alive
8. Let Yourself Go
9. Silver Dollar
10. I Like to Rock
11. Say Hello
12. Tonite
13. Ladies Man
14. Before the Dawn
15. Babes in Arms
16. Better Do It Well
17. 21st Century Schizoid Man - April Wine, Fripp

CD Details

All Artists: April Wine
Title: First Glance/Harder..Faster
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bgo
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 7/23/2007
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Metal
Style: North America
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5017261207623

Synopsis

Album Description

Digitally remastered two-fer from the Canadian rockers featuring their first two albums for Capitol. Their reputation had been made with several albums for the independent Canadian label Aquarius, but the change of labels was the beginning of an international career First Glance was originally released in 1979 followed on year later by Harder...Faster. BGO. 2007.

CD Reviews

Remastered Wine . . .

trebe | 05/26/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"After having some success in their native Canada, April Wine broke through into the American airwaves with `First Glance'. Their music retained some of the pop elements that the band was known for, but had more of a hard rock edge, as the band featured for the first time a three guitar lineup. Songs like `Roller', `Hot on the Wheels of Love', and `Get Ready For Love', are catchy pop rockers with cool riffs, and tasteful guitar work. `Silver Dollar' is an underrated gem, with a spooky, bluesy, rainy night vibe.

`Harder . . . Faster' was April Wine's follow up to `First Glance', and lived up to its name. Their cover of King Crimson's `21st Century Schizoid Man', is one of the band's highlight achievements. `I Like to Rock' was a mainstay on FM rock radio, and `Ladies Man' and `Say Hello' were popular as well. All in all, very solid, melodic, hard rock, that only occasionally got a little too syrupy.

This remastered compilation features two of the bands best works. With quality songwriting and slick production, April Wine, led by singer/guitarist Myles Goodwyn, would reach their peak in popularity with their next release, `The Nature of the Beast'.

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