Harder Faster

April Wine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 25, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000008CXS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,409 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars April Wine At Their Best, November 23, 2004

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Christopher Fryer (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harder Faster (Audio CD)

I have several April Wine albums and compilations and I think this is their most consistent studio album. The songwriting is very good and you won't find any filler. The big hit was I Like To Rock which still gets played on some stations. 21st Century Schizoid Man is a well done cover of King Crimson. My personal favorites are Babes In Arms (classic riff!), Ladies Man (a smooth rocker), and the moving Before The Dawn. Better Do It Well is probably the only song I have never put on an AW compilation but it aint bad. The only knock against this cd is that it is short. But how many albums these days are solid from start to finish. I also suggest First Glance, All The Rockers, and The Hits!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent hard rock from an underrated band, July 23, 2005

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Christopher Hivner (Dallastown, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a great hard rock record from a band that never got popular in the states for some reason. Harder Faster is filled with excellent guitar riffs and even better solos. I think this is April Wine's best overall work, not a bad song on the CD. The pace of the songs generally matches the CD's title also. "I Like to Rock" is the one song everyone remembers from Harder Faster and it ends with a great amped up cover of King Crimson's complex "21st Century Schizoid Man". If your a fan of 70s hard rock and aren't familiar with April Wine this is the one to start with.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great example of pre-hair band rocking, January 26, 2006

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Kevin Stevens "Still rockin after all these y... (Dubuque, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harder Faster (Audio CD)

Late 70's early 80's was a great time in rock music. Punk had come along with bands like the Ramones and the Clash, Metal had taken hold with bands like Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Judas Priest. This was the first I had heard of April Wine, and I think I bought it for the cover, as the car looks like the 75 Dodge Duster I used to drive. I was very pleasantly surprised when I put this on the turntable and it rocked!! I Like To Rock, Tonight, 21st Century Schizoid Man, all made this a great album that we played over and over during the summer of 1980. I recently thought about this band again after seeing Frank Marino play in October of 2005, (he is still rocking out like nobody's business), and picked up this CD. It sounded as great as the first time I remember hearing it at age 17, fresh, slightly raw, great guitar work, catchy hooks. Album is somewhat short, as was common at the time, a little over 30 minutes, but not a dull one.