Greatest Hits (April Wine album)

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Greatest Hits
April Wine - Greatest Hits.jpg
Greatest hits album by
April Wine
Released1979 (1979)
Genre Hard rock
Length47:25
Label Aquarius
Producer See Various producers
April Wine chronology
First Glance
(1978)		Greatest Hits
(1979)		 Harder ... Faster
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Canadian rock band April Wine released in 1979. [1] The picture on this album cover is also used on three other albums First Glance (1978) (American version only), The Hits (1987), and Classic Masters (2002).

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Fast Train" – 2:39
  2. "Drop Your Guns" (D. Henman)– 3:31
  3. "Weeping Widow" (Robert Wright, AKA. Art La King)– 3:53
  4. "Rock 'n' Roll Is a Vicious Game" – 3:22
  5. "Oowatanite" (J. Clench)– 3:35
  6. "You Could Have Been a Lady" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson)– 3:20
  7. "Roller" – 3:34
  8. "Like a Lover, Like a Song" – 3:46
  9. "I'm on Fire for You Baby" (David Elliott)– 3:29
  10. "Lady Run, Lady Hide" (J. Clench, M. Goodwyn)– 2:57
  11. "Bad Side of the Moon" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin)– 3:12
  12. "I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love" – 3:07
  13. "You Won't Dance with Me" – 3:42
  14. "Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love" – 3:18

Personnel

Various producers

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [3] 76

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [4] 2× Platinum200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. 1 2 "April Wine Greatest Hits overview at AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "April Wine Greatest Hits credits at AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4536b". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – April Wine – Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
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