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The Whole World's Goin' Crazy
Studio album by
April Wine
ReleasedSeptember 1976 (September 1976)
GenreHard rock
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.[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" – 6:29 (original release only - subsequent reissues edited out the extended guitar solo reducing the time to 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

April Wine

Additional personnel

  • 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

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[12] Platinum 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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.
  10. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4113a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  11. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5175". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  12. ^ "Canadian album certifications – April Wine – The Whole World's Goin' Crazy". Music Canada. Retrieved 2021-10-12.



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