The Whole World's Goin' Crazy

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The Whole World's Goin' Crazy
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Studio album by
April Wine
ReleasedSeptember 1976 (September 1976)
Studioat Tempo Studios, Montreal
Genre Hard rock
Length39:13
Label Aquarius, London
Producer Myles Goodwyn
April Wine chronology
Stand Back
(1975)		The Whole World's Goin' Crazy
(1976)		 Forever for Now
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Whole World's Goin' Crazy is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in September 1976. [1] [3] 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, [4] and remained there for two weeks. [5] The album was the first in Canadian history to have platinum advanced sales orders. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Contents

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

Additional personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Platinum100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  2. ↑ The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 10.
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  4. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - May 8, 1976". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
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  12. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – April Wine – The Whole World's Goin' Crazy". Music Canada . Retrieved 2021-10-12.


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