First Glance

April Wine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: American Beat
• ASIN: B00169LWDI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,344 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hot on the Wheels of Love

2. Get Ready for Love

3. Rock & Roll Is a Vicious Game

4. Right Down to It

5. Roller

6. Comin' Right Down on Top of Me

7. I'm Alive

8. Let Yourself Go

9. Silver Dollar

Editorial Reviews

Import edition of the Canadian hard rock act's 1978 album. Nine tracks including, 'Hot On The Wheels Of Love', 'Get Ready For Love' & 'Rock 'N' Roll Is A Vicious Game'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A snap shot in time....., March 24, 2006

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Slowstudy "Mach Shnell" (Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Glance (Audio CD)

Brining back memories of a fire bird, warm Busch Beer and Jensen 6X9's. If you can't attribute memories like that to this album then it really isn't that great. Like most music from the late 70's to late 80's: if you didn't grow up during those times the music isn't so great nor meaningful. I love this album along with Nature, Harder Faster and Power Play.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NOT THE FIRST!, January 26, 2002

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Michael Courtney "exiled01" (San Antonio, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Glance (Audio CD)

April Wine has been releasing records since 1971, so, this definitely wasn't their first album. This was April Wine with what would prove to be their most successful line-up, though! To me the major loss was Jim Clench to BTO, but this album proved they would be alright without him. With Myles Goodwyn at the controls they released the album that would break them into the U.S. market with a vengeance for a change, unlike their earlier releases with Big Tree Records and their Aquarius Imports.

This is a serious album aimed at the AOR market of the late 70's and early 80's when hard rock was taking the world by storm and outselling all other types of music. April Wine showed their stuff with my favorite "Silver Dollar", "Roller", "Hot on the Wheels of Love", "Rock and Roll Is A Vicious Game"(10 years to get to this point proved that) and "Get Ready for Love". I don't want to say they rode in on the coat tails of Rush, Triumph, Mahogany Rush and others, but their timing was impeckable with this exceptional release.

So, even though this is not April Wine's first U.S. release it is the first one into wide spread airplay. This is a definite plus to any collection. If you want to try some fine Wine this is a great place to start and if you'd like some vintage Wine I would say look for Electric Jewels. If you are completely new to April Wine try a Greatest Hits or live album to discover what you are missing to see if it is time to become a Wine connoisseur.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Glance, May 10, 2004

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Gitters (Allendale, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Glance (Audio CD)

April Wine's 1978 release First Glance is an excellent collection of rockin' tunes. All nine tracks are enjoyalble. Roller is the most memorable of the songs, of course with its killer riff. Also notable is Rock n Roll is a Vicious Game. If you enjoyed their biggest American hit 1981's "The Nature of the Beast" you'll enjoy this one as well. Worth tracking down on vinyl or old cassette.