Stand Back [Original recording remastered]

April Wine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B000GPIFII
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,453 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oowatanite

2. Don't Push Me Around

3. Cum Hear the Band

4. Slow Poke

5. Victim of Your Love

6. Baby Done Got Some Soul

7. I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love

8. Highway Hard Run

9. Not for You, Not for Rock & Roll

10. Wouldn't Want Your Love (Any Other Way)

11. Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars much different compared to Electric Jewels, November 6, 2010

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B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stand Back (Audio CD)

... and worse.

Some of the material on Stand Back just feels somewhat generic and uninteresting compared to the first three *brilliant* April Wine albums. I'm only disappointed some of the time though.

"Slow Poke" is definitely not one of the more appealing songs. The sleazy, plodding style of the vocal melody and lyrics doesn't interest me a whole lot to be quite honest, but hey -to shine the track in a different light- at least some of the bluesy guitar playing is pretty good.

"Victim for Your Love" is another disappointment. It has a guitar riff, and it has a nice beat but... it's missing that special distinctive quality to really elevate it to new heights. It's too ordinary for my tastes. We already had artists like Bad Company and Foreigner giving us typical rock music back in the mid 70's, so the ordinary songwriting on an album like Stand Back very well might explain April Wine's lack of commercial success outside of Canada.

This is why I love the first three April Wine albums so much- those three albums offer consistently pleasing songwriting, diverse styles, unpredictability and just better guitar playing.

Elsewhere songs like "Tonight is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love" just continues with the generic commercial approach April Wine was going for at the time. The guitar riff just plods along so predictably and it's sooooo uninteresting... ugh. What happened? "I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love" is a piano-based ballad, but the piano playing has no charm or interesting quality to it whatsoever. The vocal melody is really mediocre as well. This song actually reminds me of Air Supply. We went from UFO and Montrose to... Air Supply and sappy ballads. What?

"Oowatanite" is a really good party rocker. Such a great way to open an album. I really like the verse melody and the chorus equally.

Other tracks like "Highway Hard Run" begins with a REALLY good guitar riff. Definitely reminiscent of Bachman Turner Overdrive. Then, to my COMPLETE surprise, about a minute later the lead singers vocals morph into Brian Wilson (from the Beach Boys). That's definitely a pleasant and unpredictable surprise! I actually like this entire song quite a bit. It's like BTO, the Beach Boys and Sweet all combined. Really good guitar playing at the end, too. This song really takes advantage of the reason I fell in love with April Wine to begin with- a combination of creativity and excellent songwriting.

I have to warn everyone- this is probably not the best album to start out your collection of April Wine's discography because I honestly don't feel it's on the same level as the first three albums they made. However, Stand Back still gets a pretty high rating of 4 out of 5 because it's not horrible by any means- the songwriting is good enough. It's just that the lack of true creativity and a desire to go commercial is VERY evident, but hey, if that's what the band wanted all along they did get what they wanted at least.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of thoughs albums I pick up again and again., February 28, 2002

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Kevin John Wheeler "srnity" (Northeast Kingdom Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stand Back (Audio CD)

I owned the album almost 25 years ago,lent it to a friend,and never got it back.Found the tape in a 99cent bin 15 years ago,a roomate wore it out.Just got the CD.Had to have it after trying to play the tape again.I own about 3000 pieces of music and have found myself going back to a few of the old pieces more these days.This is my favorite by the band.Ive heard them all and Its sticky sweet I know.No King Crimson thats for sure but for some reason I always loved this album.Buy it and fall in love>

5.0 out of 5 stars Oowatanalbum, November 21, 2006

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D. Bowles (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stand Back (Audio CD)

There remains a debate amongst April Wine fans as to which of their albums is " the best". Certainly `Stand Back' isn't their most commercial success, but there is no doubt that this is the album that lifted the band out of of the muddle of casual popularity in Canada and saw their popularity explode worldwide.

This is a great album, and is a must-have not just for April Wine fans, but for all fans of classic rock. From the opening bells and thundering riffs of Oowatanite to the final echoes of "Tonight Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love", this album offers straight ahead rock'n'roll, beautifully written ballads, and even some R&B for everyone's listening pleasure. And I do mean pleasure. Almost every song is a standout - particular highlights for me are "Cum Hear The Band", Don't Push Me Around", and "Victim Of Your Love", but it was the fact that "Tonight Is a Wonderful Time to Fall In Love" topped AM and FM charts for months that drove this album to multi-platinum status. "New" April Wine members Gary Moffet and Jerry Mercer (they joined the band during the recording of "Electic Jewels") really find their stride on this album, and the album represents the culmination (and regrettably, the demise) of the Myles Goodwyn/Jim Clench songwriting partnership.