The Nature of the Beast (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Nature Of The Beast
Type = Studio Album
Artist = April Wine


Released = Start date|1981
Recorded = Le Manoir Studios, Shipton-on-Cherwell, England
Genre = Rock, hard rock
Length = 37:13
Label = Aquarius, Capitol, EMI
Producer = Myles Goodwyn, Mike Stone
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0ifpxq95ldfe link]
Last album = "Review and Preview"
(1981)
This album = "Nature Of The Beast"
(1981)
Next album = "Power Play"
(1982)

"Nature of the Beast" is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1981. The album was recorded in at Le Manoir Studios, [http://aprilwine.ca/April%20Wine%20-%20Discography%20-%20The%20Nature%20Of%20The%20Beast.htm aprilwine.ca - April Wine Discography - The Nature of the Beast, 1981 (Information section)] ] in the village of Shipton-on-Cherwell, in Oxfordshire, England following the band's 1981 European tour. [http://canadianbands.com/April%20Wine.html canadianbands.com - April Wine Biography (eleventh paragraph) - quote: "April Wine traveled to England to record..."] ] This album was April Wine's commercial peak, selling over one million copies in the US and reaching #24 on the Billboard Album Charts.

"Just Between You and Me" became April Wine's most successful single, reaching #21 on the Billboard Singles Chart and #11 on Rock Tracks chart.

April Wine's version of the Lorence Hud song "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" also became a moderate hit, reaching #57 on the Billboard Singles Chart and #19 on Billboard's Rock Tracks chart. Hud's original version of the song had also been a hit single in Canada in 1972 (#16 RPM charts).

The first track on the album, "All Over Town" also received airplay on AOR radio stations, charting at #29 on Billboard's Rock Tracks chart.

Track listing

All Tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.
# "All Over Town"
# "Tellin' Me Lies"
# "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" (Lorence Hud)
# "Just Between You and Me"
# "Wanna Rock"
# "Caught in the Crossfire"
# "Future Tense"
# "Big City Girls"
# "Crash and Burn"
# "Bad Boys"
# "One More Time"

Personnel

* Myles Goodwyn – vocals, guitars, keyboards
* Brian Greenway – vocals, guitars
* Gary Moffet – guitars, background vocals
* Steve Lang – bass, background vocals
* Jerry Mercer – drums

References