Animal Grace

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Animal Grace
Animal Grace (April Wine album cover).png
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1984 (February 1984)
Studio Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Québec, Canada
Genre Hard rock
Length42:03
Label Aquarius, Capitol
Producer Myles Goodwyn, Mike Stone [1]
April Wine chronology
Power Play
(1982)
Animal Grace
(1984)
One for the Road
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Kerrang! (favorable) [3]

Animal Grace is the eleventh studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1984.

Contents

The first single off the album, "This Could Be the Right One", peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. It continues to be played on radios across Canada. The band also released "Sons of the Pioneers". Both singles included music videos.

Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

  1. "This Could Be the Right One" – 4:16
  2. "Sons of the Pioneers" – 5:35
  3. "Without Your Love" – 4:52
  4. "Rock Tonite" – 4:59
  5. "Hard Rock Kid" (Tom Lang) – 3:57
  6. "Money Talks" – 3:28
  7. "Gimme that Thing Called Love" – 5:03
  8. "Too Hot to Handle" – 5:04
  9. "Last Time I'll Ever Sing the Blues" – 4:49

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 34
US Billboard 200 [5] 62

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