First Glance

1978 studio album by April Wine

First Glance

Studio album by

April Wine

Released

March 1978 (1978-03)

Studio

Studio Tempo, Montreal, Canada & Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Québec.

Genre

Hard rock

Length

33:26

Label

Aquarius, Capitol

Producer

Myles Goodwyn

April Wine chronology

Live at the El Mocambo
(1977)

First Glance
(1978)

Greatest Hits
(1979)

Alternate cover

1978 American sleeve

Singles from First Glance

"Roller"
Released: May 1979

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

First Glance is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in March 1978. First Glance became April Wine's first significant record internationally.^[2]^[3] The album spawned the hit single "Roller", which remains one of their most popular songs and a classic rock staple.^[4]^[5]^[6] It peaked in the top forty hit in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

After the success of First Glance, bands such as Rush, Journey and Styx requested for April Wine to open their shows in the United States.^[5]

Track listing

Canadian track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

"Hot on the Wheels of Love" (M. Goodwyn, S. Lang) – 3:14
"Get Ready for Love" – 4:25
"Rock n' Roll is a Vicious Game" – 3:10
"Right Down to It" (B. Greenway) – 3:03
"Roller" – 4:19
"Comin' Right Down on Top of Me" – 4:10
"I'm Alive" – 2:55
"Let Yourself Go" – 2:56
"Silver Dollar" – 5:14

This version is only available in Canada.

Note: both versions of the CD have the first two tracks in the opposite order.

US/UK track listing

All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.

"Get Ready for Love" – 4:25
"Hot on the Wheels of Love" (M. Goodwyn, S. Lang) – 3:14
"Rock n' Roll is a Vicious Game" – 3:10
"Right Down to It" (B. Greenway) – 3:03
"Roller" – 4:19
"Comin' Right Down on Top of Me" – 4:10
"I'm Alive" – 2:55
"Let Yourself Go" – 2:56
"Silver Dollar" – 5:14

The picture on the cover of the American version is also used on the album covers of Greatest Hits (1979), The Hits (1987), and Classic Masters (2002).

Personnel

April Wine

Myles Goodwyn – lead & background vocals, guitar, keyboards
Steve Lang – bass, background vocals
Brian Greenway – lead & background vocals, guitar, slide guitar, harmonica
Jerry Mercer – drums & percussion
Gary Moffet – guitar, slide guitar

Production

Mastering by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[7]	62
US Billboard 200^[8]	114

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[9]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "First Glance overview at AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
^ "Quintessential Canadian rockers April Wine to be inducted to Canadian Music Hall of Fame". JunoAwards.ca. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
^ "Canadian Music Week 2009". CMW.net. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
^ "Aquarius Records – other acts – April Wine". AquariusRecords.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b "April Wine, the Buerster Collection – Boxed set, booklet 1". AprilWine.ws. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
^ "April Wine – Discography – First Glance – 1978". AprilWine.ca. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4671b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
^ "April Wine Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
^ "Canadian album certifications – April Wine – First Glance". Music Canada.