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The Whole World's Goin' Crazy
The Whole World's Goin' Crazy
Studio album by April Wine
Released	September 1976
Studio	at Tempo Studios, Montreal
Genre	Hard rock
Length	39:13
Label	Aquarius, London
Producer	Myles Goodwyn
April Wine chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide	^[2]

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]

Track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

Canadian release

"Gimme Love" (M. Goodwyn, Hovaness "Johnny" Hagopian) – 4:00
"So Bad" – 3:26
"Wings of Love" – 4:51
"We Can be More than We Are" (M. Goodwyn, J. Henman) - 3:29
"Rock n' Roll Woman" – 3:44
"Shotdown" – 3:39
"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)
"Kick Willy Road" – 3:22
"The Whole World's Goin' Crazy" – 2:40

U.S. release

"Gimme Love" (M. Goodwyn, Hovaness "Johnny" Hagopian)
"Child's Garden"
"Rock n' Roll Woman"
"Wings of Love"
"Marjorie"
"So Bad"
"Shotdown"
"Like a Lover, Like a Song"
"Kick Willy Road"
"The Whole World's Goin' Crazy"

Personnel

April Wine

Myles Goodwyn – lead vocals, guitars, piano, Moog synthesizer
Gary Moffet – guitars, backing vocals
Jerry Mercer – drums, backing vocals
Steve Lang – bass, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Frank Marino – guitar on "So Bad"
Marie Bernard – Ondes Martenot on "Wings Of Love"
Marie-Lou Gauthier – Background Vocals on "Wings Of Love"
Serge Locas – Mellotron, Piano
Dwayne Ford – Piano ( A 3 )
Frank Ludwig – Piano ( B 4 )

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[10]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[11]	10

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[12]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy - April Wine". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
^ The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 10.
^ Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 19.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - May 8, 1976". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - May 15, 1976". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
^ "Quintessential Canadian rockers April Wine to be inducted to Canadian Music Hall of Fame". JunoAwards.ca. Archived from the original on 2010-09-26. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
^ "Canadian Music Week 2009". CMW.net. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
^ "AllMusic - April Wine - Biography". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
^ "CBC News - Nova Scotia - April Wine added to Canadian Hall of Fame". CBC.ca. 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4113a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5175". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
^ "Canadian album certifications – April Wine – The Whole World's Goin' Crazy". Music Canada. Retrieved 2021-10-12.

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[allmusic1-1] "The Whole World's Goin' Crazy - April Wine". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-05-27.

[2] The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 10.

[3] Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 19.

[4] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - May 8, 1976". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-15.

[5] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - May 15, 1976". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-15.

[6] "Quintessential Canadian rockers April Wine to be inducted to Canadian Music Hall of Fame". JunoAwards.ca. Archived from the original on 2010-09-26. Retrieved 2010-05-27.

[7] "Canadian Music Week 2009". CMW.net. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-09.

[8] "AllMusic - April Wine - Biography". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-09.

[9] "CBC News - Nova Scotia - April Wine added to Canadian Hall of Fame". CBC.ca. 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-05-27.

[CAN1-10] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4113a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2023.

[CAN2-11] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5175". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2023.

[CanadaApril_WineThe_Whole_World's_Goin'_CrazyalbumCertRef-12] "Canadian album certifications – April Wine – The Whole World's Goin' Crazy". Music Canada. Retrieved 2021-10-12.

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