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Released
  
March 1978 (1978-03)

First Glance(1978)
  
Greatest Hits(1979)

Release date
  
1978

Label
  
Aquarius Records

Length
  
33:26

Artist
  
April Wine

Producer
  
Myles Goodwyn

Genre
  
Rock music

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Recorded
  
Studio Tempo, Le Studio

Similar
  
Harder Faster, Forever for Now, Stand Back, On Record, Electric Jewels

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. "Roller" was a hit in Flint, Michigan and radio listeners there made "Roller" a top requested song. 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.

Contents

Hot on the wheels of love april wine


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
  • The picture on the cover of the American version is also used on the album covers of Greatest Hits (1979), The Hits (1987), and Classic Masters (2002).

    • Personnel

  • Myles Goodwyn – lead & background vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Lang – bass, background vocals
  • Brian Greenway – lead & background vocals, guitar, slide guitar, harmonica
  • Jerry Mercer – drums & percussion
  • Gary Moffet – guitar, slide guitar

    • Production

  • Mastering by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC

    • Songs

    1Get Ready for Love4:25
    2Hot on the Wheels of Love3:14
    3Rock n’ Roll Is a Vicious Game3:10

    References

    First Glance Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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