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First Glance is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in March, 1978. First Glance became April Wine's first gold record outside Canada.[2][3] "Roller" was a hit in Flint, Michigan and radio listeners there made "Roller" a top requested song.[4][5][6] It ended up as a top forty hit in the States. After the release of First Glance, bands such as Rush, Journey, and Styx all requested for April Wine to open their shows in the United States.[5]

Canadian track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Hot on the Wheels of Love" (M. Goodwyn, S. Lang) – 3:14
  2. "Get Ready for Love" – 4:25
  3. "Rock n' Roll is a Vicious Game" – 3:10
  4. "Right Down to It" (B. Greenway) – 3:03
  5. "Roller" – 4:19
  6. "Comin' Right Down on Top of Me" – 4:10
  7. "I'm Alive" – 2:55
  8. "Let Yourself Go" – 2:56
  9. "Silver Dollar" – 5:14
  • This version is only available in Canada.

Note: both versions of the CD have the first two tracks in the opposite order.

US/UK track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Get Ready for Love" – 4:25
  2. "Hot on the Wheels of Love" (M. Goodwyn, S. Lang) – 3:14
  3. "Rock n' Roll is a Vicious Game" – 3:10
  4. "Right Down to It" (B. Greenway) – 3:03
  5. "Roller" – 4:19
  6. "Comin' Right Down on Top of Me" – 4:10
  7. "I'm Alive" – 2:55
  8. "Let Yourself Go" – 2:56
  9. "Silver Dollar" – 5:14

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ "First Glance overview at AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  2. ^ "Quintessential Canadian rockers April Wine to be inducted to Canadian Music Hall of Fame". JunoAwards.ca. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  3. ^ "Canadian Music Week 2009". CMW.net. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Aquarius Records - other acts - April Wine". AquariusRecords.com. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  5. ^ a b "April Wine, the Buerster Collection - Boxed set, booklet 1". AprilWine.ws. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  6. ^ "April Wine - Discography - First Glance - 1978". AprilWine.ca. Retrieved 2009-10-09.