The Hits [IMPORT]

April Wine

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Original Release Date: May 26, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Aquarius Music
• ASIN: B000006SI9
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #233,521 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
70 minute long retrospective featuring 19 of the Canadian hard rocker's best, 1971-1985, including 'Roller', 'Sign Of The Gypsy Queen' & 'Just Between You And Me'. 1988 Aquarius release.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost All the Best from One of Canada's Greatest Bands, August 13, 2002

By	JamesNYC "JamesNYC" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

I first saw April Wine live at the Montreal Forum about twenty years ago. I just saw them again last Saturday night (08/10/02) at the Franklin County Fair in Upstate New York. I was expecting to see a bunch of old men going through the motions, but, while the bass player and drummer have added quite a few pounds, April Wine put on a great show, playing about half of the songs on this compilation.
April Wine has many compilations out there, and, except for their boxed set, none has all of their essential tracks. This one comes close, but I'm only giving it four stars instead of five because of the absence of "Bad Side of the Moon," "Oowatanite," "I Like to Rock," and "All Over Town." Those four tracks should have taken the place of the less essential tracks on this compilation: "Love Has Remembered Me"; "Tell Me Why"; "What If We Fall in Love"; and "You Won't Dance With Me."
But, all in all, a great compact disc with great music.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If You've Never Hear April Wine's Music..., March 10, 2000

By	James Choma - See all my reviews

Then this is your album. That is if you're curious, of course. This collection spans the band's career from it's beginnings in 1970 to 1985's "Every Night I Rock Myself to Sleep" from the "Fright Night" soundtrack. Favorites off this release are "Say Hello," "Enough Is Enough," "Just Between You And Me," "Roller," "Love Has Remembered Me," "What If We Fall In Love," "Rock Myself To Sleep," "Tell Me Why," "Tonite Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love," "I'm On Fire For You Baby," "You Could Have Been A Lady". If you're interested in a good sampler of the band's music - this is a good CD to order.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Hits AND The Misses from April Wine, March 4, 2001

By	J. Wright (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I don't know what Myles and the boys were thinkin' on this one. Maybe I am not the typical April Wine fan. With 19 songs, there should be more than 5 really good tracks, don't you think? Well, there's not. You get Say Hello, Enough Is Enough, Just Between You And Me, Roller (great tune) and Sign Of The Gypsy Queen.

What happened to all the other good stuff from First Glance and Nature Of The Beast? Or even from Harder...Faster? Make your own mix from these three albums and Power Play. This release is too light on the hard stuff and good stuff from the boys from Canada.