April Wine: Artist Essentials

First released: 1981 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1981 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: The Nature of the Beast

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1978 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1978 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: First Glance

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1979 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1979 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Harder Faster

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1981 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1981 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: The Nature of the Beast

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1972 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1972 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: On Record

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1975 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1975 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Stand Back

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1975 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1975 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Stand Back

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1979 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1979 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Harder Faster

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1972 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1972 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: On Record

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1976 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1976 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: The Whole World's Goin' Crazy

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1971 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1971 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: April Wine

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1972 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1972 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: On Record

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1973 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1973 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Electric Jewels

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1973 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1973 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Electric Jewels

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1974 (year verified)

Both official-site single catalogs identify the original commercial studio single in 1974 and mark it as non-LP. The separate live performance is not used as its original album.

Recording: Original 1974 non-album studio single; not the 1974 live album performance
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: I'm on Fire for You Baby / Come On Along

April Wine - artist-hosted Canadian singles archive
The Buerster physical-record collection hosted on the official artist site identifies original Canadian singles by catalog number and year, distinguishes non-LP and live tracks, and notes single versus album lengths. It dates You Won't Dance with Me to 1976 and Rock Myself to Sleep to 1985. Its unresolved 1974-75 date for I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love is not forced to a single year. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

April Wine - artist-hosted US singles archive
The artist-hosted physical-record catalog distinguishes commercial singles, promos, acetates and reissues. It identifies the 1974 non-album I'm on Fire for You Baby studio single and the 1977 London Rock N' Roll Is a Vicious Game single before First Glance. The collection selects original commercial studio releases, not later live performances or acetate dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1976 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1976 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: The Whole World's Goin' Crazy

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1976 (year verified)

The artist-hosted Canadian, US and UK single catalogs identify the commercial single in 1976. The 1977 Forever for Now album year and later chart success do not replace that earlier single year.

Recording: Original 1976 studio single; not the later live recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: You Won't Dance with Me
Later included on Forever for Now (1977).

April Wine - artist-hosted Canadian singles archive
The Buerster physical-record collection hosted on the official artist site identifies original Canadian singles by catalog number and year, distinguishes non-LP and live tracks, and notes single versus album lengths. It dates You Won't Dance with Me to 1976 and Rock Myself to Sleep to 1985. Its unresolved 1974-75 date for I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love is not forced to a single year. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

April Wine - artist-hosted US singles archive
The artist-hosted physical-record catalog distinguishes commercial singles, promos, acetates and reissues. It identifies the 1974 non-album I'm on Fire for You Baby studio single and the 1977 London Rock N' Roll Is a Vicious Game single before First Glance. The collection selects original commercial studio releases, not later live performances or acetate dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

April Wine - artist-hosted UK singles archive
The official-site record archive identifies London HLU 10549, You Won't Dance with Me, as a 1976 UK commercial single. It lists This Could Be the Right One in 1984; the latter remains under review because earlier foreign-release reports have not been resolved. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

Forever for Now

1977 (year verified)

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1977 (year verified)

The artist-hosted US archive dates London 5N-265 to 1977 and explicitly places that single before the Capitol First Glance album. Only year precision is asserted; the later Canadian single and album are 1978.

Recording: Original 1977 London US studio single
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Rock N' Roll Is a Vicious Game / I'm Alive

April Wine - artist-hosted US singles archive
The artist-hosted physical-record catalog distinguishes commercial singles, promos, acetates and reissues. It identifies the 1974 non-album I'm on Fire for You Baby studio single and the 1977 London Rock N' Roll Is a Vicious Game single before First Glance. The collection selects original commercial studio releases, not later live performances or acetate dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First Glance

1978 (year verified)

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1979 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1979 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Harder Faster

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1981 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1981 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: The Nature of the Beast

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1982 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1982 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Power Play

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1982 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1982 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Power Play

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1982 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1982 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Power Play

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1984 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1984 studio album version (4:27); not the 3:50 single version
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Animal Grace

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

April Wine - artist-hosted Canadian singles archive
The Buerster physical-record collection hosted on the official artist site identifies original Canadian singles by catalog number and year, distinguishes non-LP and live tracks, and notes single versus album lengths. It dates You Won't Dance with Me to 1976 and Rock Myself to Sleep to 1985. Its unresolved 1974-75 date for I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love is not forced to a single year. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1985 (year verified)

Both official-site single catalogs date the commercial single to 1985. The history page's later 1986 Walking Through Fire heading is not used to reset this earlier public single year.

Recording: Original 1985 studio single
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Rock Myself to Sleep / All It Will Ever Be

April Wine - artist-hosted Canadian singles archive
The Buerster physical-record collection hosted on the official artist site identifies original Canadian singles by catalog number and year, distinguishes non-LP and live tracks, and notes single versus album lengths. It dates You Won't Dance with Me to 1976 and Rock Myself to Sleep to 1985. Its unresolved 1974-75 date for I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love is not forced to a single year. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

April Wine - artist-hosted US singles archive
The artist-hosted physical-record catalog distinguishes commercial singles, promos, acetates and reissues. It identifies the 1974 non-album I'm on Fire for You Baby studio single and the 1977 London Rock N' Roll Is a Vicious Game single before First Glance. The collection selects original commercial studio releases, not later live performances or acetate dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1993 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1993 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Attitude

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 1993 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 1993 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Attitude

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 2001 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 2001 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Back to the Mansion

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

First released: 2006 (year verified)

Year precision identifies the original recording release. It does not assert a globally earliest day, and later single campaigns, remasters or live performances do not reset this year.

Recording: Original 2006 studio album recording
Credit: April Wine
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Roughly Speaking

April Wine - official history and original album programs
The original studio album sections supply the selected track programs and album years from 1971 to 2006. Canadian and US programs, live albums and later compilations are separately identified. Earlier singles are dated from the artist-hosted single catalog, not from subsequent albums; narrative chart success is not a release date. | Reviewed 2026-10-19