The Whole World's Goin' Crazy Explained

The Whole World's Goin' Crazy
Type:	studio
Artist:	April Wine
Cover:	April Wine - The Whole World's Goin' Crazy.jpg
Studio:	at Tempo Studios, Montreal
Genre:	Hard rock
Length:	39:13
Label:	Aquarius, London
Producer:	Myles Goodwyn
Prev Title:	Stand Back
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Forever for Now
Next Year:	1977

The Whole World's Goin' Crazy is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in September 1976.^[1] With the release of this album Steve Lang had replaced Jim Clench on bass. It reached No. 1 in Canada on the RPM national album chart on May 8, 1976,^[2] and remained there for two weeks.^[3] The album was the first in Canadian history to have platinum advanced sales orders.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

Canadian release

1. "Gimme Love" (M. Goodwyn, Hovaness "Johnny" Hagopian)  - 4:00
2. "So Bad"  - 3:26
3. "Wings of Love"  - 4:51
4. "We Can be More than We Are" (M. Goodwyn, J. Henman) - 3:29
5. "Rock n' Roll Woman"  - 3:44
6. "Shotdown"  - 3:39
7. "Like a Lover, Like a Song"  - 6:29 (original release only - subsequent reissues edited out the extended guitar solo reducing the time to 5:12)
8. "Kick Willy Road"  - 3:22
9. "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy"  - 2:40

U.S. release

1. "Gimme Love" (M. Goodwyn, Hovaness "Johnny" Hagopian)
2. "Child's Garden"
3. "Rock n' Roll Woman"
4. "Wings of Love"
5. "Marjorie"
6. "So Bad"
7. "Shotdown"
8. "Like a Lover, Like a Song"
9. "Kick Willy Road"
10. "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy"

Personnel

April Wine

• Myles Goodwyn  - lead vocals, guitars, piano, Moog synthesizer
• Gary Moffet  - guitars, backing vocals
• Jerry Mercer  - drums, backing vocals
• Steve Lang  - bass, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Frank Marino  - guitar on "So Bad"
• Marie Bernard  - Ondes Martenot on "Wings Of Love"
• Marie-Lou Gauthier  - Background Vocals on "Wings Of Love"
• Serge Locas  - Mellotron, Piano
• Dwayne Ford  - Piano (A 3)
• Frank Ludwig  - Piano (B 4)

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 19.
2. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - May 8, 1976 . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2012-01-15.
3. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - May 15, 1976 . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2012-01-15.
4. Web site: Quintessential Canadian rockers April Wine to be inducted to Canadian Music Hall of Fame. 2010-05-27. JunoAwards.ca. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100926110058/http://junoawards.ca/2010/02/08/quintessential-canadian-rockers-april-wine-to-be-inducted-to-canadian-music-hall-of-fame/. 2010-09-26.
5. Web site: Canadian Music Week 2009 . 2009-10-09 . CMW.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090211011236/http://cmw.net/cmw2009/media_details.asp?media_ID=143 . February 11, 2009 .
6. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3568|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic - April Wine - Biography]. 2009-10-09. AllMusic.com.
7. News: CBC News - Nova Scotia - April Wine added to Canadian Hall of Fame. 2010-05-27. CBC.ca . 2010-02-09.