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April Wine: The Hits

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Album Review

About the only thing April Wine's inaugural has going for it is young leader Myles Goodwyn's "Fast Train." Right off, Goodwyn begins the trend of saving the band's Canadian bacon, as the remaining members (all Henmans) wade in stream-of-consciousness nonsense. ("Wench" actually follows hot on the heels of "Song for Mary.") Naturally, the resultant tracks on this old wax don't snap, crackle, and pop like impending breakthrough "You Could Have Been a Lady" (and its long bygone B-side "Teacher") or the powerful platters dropped later in the decade when Goodwyn perfected his harder and faster version of April Wine. Thus, these early works only contain shades of greatness, until Goodwyn escapes the forest of '70s pomp and fluff by deciding all he wants to do is rock and rock some more.

Customer Reviews

The Best Canadian Band

I have been listening to this album through every medium since it came out. Record, 8 Track, Cassette, CD and now iPod. I know every lyric to every song on it and I must say that April Wine is the best band to come out of Canada to Date. Keep on Rock'n

This is Awesome.

The nearly entire April Wine catalog is available on itunes. This is good stuff. Canadian rock rocks!!! Oowattanite, Weeping Widow, Before the Dawn and Caught in the Crossfire would have made this Greatest Hits compilation complete. Enjoy.

Great collection, but wrong date

This is a terrific collection of songs from one of the best 70s/80s Canadian rock groups. It's a great deal for ten bucks, too. However, the listed date of 1971 must be incorrect since this includes songs from their 1981 top selling album The Nature of the Beast.

Biography

Formed: 1969 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

April Wine formed in late 1969 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but vocalist/guitarist Myles Goodwyn, guitarist David Henman, drummer Ritchie Henman, and bassist Jimmy Henman soon moved to Montreal. "Fast Train," their first hit, appeared in 1971, the same year as the self-titled debut album. Jimmy Henman left soon after and was replaced by Jimmy Clench. The next year brought the band's first Canadian number one single, "You Could Have Been a Lady," from On Record. David and Ritchie Henman left before the...
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