''Roughly Speaking'' is the sixteenth studio album by the

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April Wine April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Led by singer-guitarist-songwriter Myles Goodwin since its inception, April Wine's first success came with its second album, '' On Record'' (1972), which reac ...

, released in November 2006. The album was recorded without

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ized modern

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techniques. Instead, the group employed the same type of

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quality

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technology it had used during the 1980s, including a 2-inch, 24 track master

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and a state-of-the art half-inch 2-track

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recorder. Members of the band, along with some other music fans, believe that such equipment can provide a more musically pleasing, or "vintage" type of sound. The songs are all new material written by original frontman

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, with the exception of one track, "Night Life", written by

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. This album marks the final April Wine LP with Goodwyn before his death on December 3, 2023.

Track listing

# "Saw Someone (That Wasn't There)" – 3:59 # "I've Had Enough for Now (I Wanna Go Home)" – 2:46 # "Night Life" (

, Walter Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Myles Goodwyn) – 3:18 # "Sheila" – 3:35 # "You Don't Even Know (How I Love You So)" – 3:01 # "I Am, I Am" – 3:23 # "Life Goes On" – 3:26 # "If You're Comin' (I'm Outta Here)" – 1:20

Personnel

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Brian Greenway Brian Gilbert Greenway (born October 1, 1951) is a Canadian guitarist, vocalist and harmonicist, most notable for playing in the rock bands April Wine, Mashmakhan, and the Dudes. Greenway performed with April Wine from 1977 to 1986 when the ban ...

– guitars,

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, background vocals *

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, background vocals

References

{{Authority control April Wine albums 2006 albums Universal Records albums Albums produced by Myles Goodwyn