The Nature Of The Beast
by April Wine
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The Nature Of The Beast is ranked as the best album by April Wine.
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The Nature Of The Beast track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 15,335 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 22:29 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2024 04:44 | Proto | 4,229 | 33/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2023 03:22 |  teague | 4,366 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2022 13:17 | TonySayers61 | 25,157 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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llibnanoon 08/13/2020 17:30 | #256992
Loved this! Rating (80.00)
I can remember Sign of the Gypsy Queen being aired on the Saturday Afternoon Rock Show back when this album was released. I already owned Harder Faster and went out and bought Nature of the Beast. I would say that NOTB is more radio friendly. Personally I prefer Harder Faster. Some of the album has a cheesy feel about it. SOTGQ and Future Tense are favourites for me.
earlysparker 11/16/2017 01:46 | #201408
found the vinyl in a local thrift shop for 2 bucks it took me back to high school
Fischman 01/11/2017 18:47 | #182252
Mainstream rock band April Wine went full on radio friendly with this one, but somehow held it together overall--sure, there's some serious cheez whiz, but there's also some very good songs as well. It's a testament that this group was able to sell out without fully going down the drain here.
jhuik 01/02/2012 18:44 | #34218
Big dumb Classic Rock as good as any of the era. Some songs still hold up just fine, thanks. Myles Goodwyn is an underrated vocalist. This was the third album of their peak, before they started to fade.
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