The Whole World's Goin' Crazy

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Whole World's Goin' Crazy is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in September 1976 (See 1976 in music).^[1][2] With the release of this album Steve Lang had replaced Jim Clench on bass. It reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national album chart on May 8, 1976,^[3] and remained there for two weeks.^[4] The album was the first in Canadian history to have platinum advanced sales orders.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

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" – 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

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

Guest musician

• 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
• Frank Ludwig – Piano

Allusions

The reference to "everybody's nose" in the title track echoes the "everybody's nose" lyric in the 1973 hit song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce.

References