Champions of Rock

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Champions of Rock
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Compilation album by
April Wine
ReleasedNovember 21, 1996 (1996-11-21)
Genre Rock, hard rock
Length56:32
Label Disky
Producer Myles Goodwyn, Mike Stone, Nick Blagona, Lance Quinn
April Wine chronology
Frigate
(1994)		Champions of Rock
(1996)		 Greatest Hits Live 1997
(1997)
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Champions of Rock is a compilation album by the Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1996 on Disky Records. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Just Between You and Me" – 3:54
  2. "I Like to Rock" – 4:22
  3. "Roller" – 4:15
  4. "This Could be the Right One" – 4:15
  5. "All Over Town" – 2:59
  6. "Say Hello" – 2:59
  7. "Tellin' Me Lies" – 2:59
  8. "Big City Girls" – 3:40
  9. "Caught in the Crossfire" – 3:34
  10. "Crash and Burn" – 2:31
  11. "One More Time" – 3:55
  12. "Rock Myself to Sleep" (Kimberley Rew, Vince de la Cruz) – 3:12
  13. "Bad Boys" – 3:08
  14. "Money Talks" – 3:27
  15. "Too Hot to Handle" – 5:05
  16. "Wanna Rock" – 2:04

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "AllMusic – Champions of Rock – Overview". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  2. ↑ "April Wine Discography - Champions of Rock, 1996". AprilWine.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  3. ↑ "the Buerster Collection – CDs Holland – Champions of Rock, 1996". AprilWine.ws. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Champions of Rock: April Wine: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-01-25.


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