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The Whole World's Goin' Crazy
Studio album by
April Wine
ReleasedSeptember 1976 (September 1976)
GenreRock
Length39:13
LabelAquarius, London
ProducerMyles Goodwyn
April Wine chronology
Stand Back
(1975) 		The Whole World's Goin' Crazy
(1976) 		Forever for Now
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

The Whole World's Goin' Crazy is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in September 1976 (See 1976 in music).[1][2] With the release of this album Steve Lang had replaced Jim Clench on bass. It reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national album chart on May 8, 1976,[3] and remained there for two weeks.[4] The album was the first in Canadian history to have platinum advanced sales orders.[5][6][7][8][9]

Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

Canadian release

  1. "Gimme Love" (M. Goodwyn, Hovaness "Johnny" Hagopian) – 4:00
  2. "So Bad" – 3:26
  3. "Wings of Love" – 4:51
  4. "We Can be More than We Are" (M. Goodwyn, J. Henman) - 3:29
  5. "Rock n' Roll Woman" – 3:44
  6. "Shotdown" – 3:39
  7. "Like a Lover, Like a Song" – 5:12
  8. "Kick Willy Road" – 3:22
  9. "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy" – 2:40

U.S. release

  1. "Gimme Love" (M. Goodwyn, Hovaness "Johnny" Hagopian)
  2. "Child's Garden"
  3. "Rock n' Roll Woman"
  4. "Wings of Love"
  5. "Marjorie"
  6. "So Bad"
  7. "Shotdown"
  8. "Like a Lover, Like a Song"
  9. "Kick Willy Road"
  10. "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy"

Personnel

Guest musician
  • Frank Marino – guitar on "So Bad"
  • Marie Bernard – Ondes Martenot on "Wings Of Love"
  • Marie-Lou Gauthier – Background Vocals on "Wings Of Love"
  • Serge Locas – Mellotron, Piano
  • Dwayne Ford – Piano
  • Frank Ludwig – Piano

Allusions

The reference to "everybody's nose" in the title track echoes the "everybody's nose" lyric in the 1973 hit song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce.

References

  1. ^ a b "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy - April Wine". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 19.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - May 8, 1976". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  4. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - May 15, 1976". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  5. ^ "Quintessential Canadian rockers April Wine to be inducted to Canadian Music Hall of Fame". JunoAwards.ca. Archived from the original on 2010-09-26. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  6. ^ "Canadian Music Week 2009". CMW.net. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  7. ^ "AllMusic - April Wine - Biography". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  8. ^ "CBC News - Nova Scotia - April Wine added to Canadian Hall of Fame". CBC.ca. 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  9. ^ "Live in London - April Wine - Amazon.ca, Music". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 2009-10-09.



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