Frigate (album)

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Frigate
Frigate (April Wine album cover).png
Studio album by
April Wine
ReleasedAugust 8, 1994 (1994-08-08)
Genre Rock
Length49:30
Label FRE, MCA
Producer Myles Goodwyn
April Wine chronology
Attitude
(1993)		Frigate
(1994)		 Champions of Rock
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Frigate is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1994. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The album was re-released in 2007. The version of "Tonight Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love" featured on the album is a re-recording of the single from the band's 1975 album Stand Back . Frigate also features two cover songs: Willie Dixon's "I Just Want to Make Love to You", and Steve Winwood's "I'm a Man".

The ship featured on the album cover is Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Antigonish.

Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Look into the Sun" – 4:50
  2. "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon) – 4:49
  3. "If I Was a Stranger" (Walter Rathie, Edward Stevens, Tom Rathie) – 4:24
  4. "Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love" – 4:02
  5. "Nothin' but a Kiss" – 4:25
  6. "I'm a Man" (Steve Winwood, Jimmy Miller) – 4:11
  7. "Whatever It Takes" (Brian Greenway, Myles Goodwyn) – 4:27
  8. "Drivin' with My Eyes Closed" – 4:23
  9. "Hard to Believe" – 5:20
  10. "Keep On Rockin'" – 3:58
  11. "Mind Over Matter" – 4:41

Personnel

April Wine
Additional personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "AllMusic – April Wine – Frigate – Overview". AllMusic.com. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "CANOE -- JAM! Music – Pop Encyclopedia – April Wine". Jam.Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "April Wine – Discography – Frigate – 1994". AprilWine.ca. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
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