The Nature of the Beast (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Nature of the Beast

| type = studio

| artist = April Wine

| cover = The_Nature_of_the_Beast_(April_Wine_album_cover).png

| alt =

| released = January 12, 1981

| recorded = 1980

| venue =

| studio = The Manor (Oxfordshire)

| genre =

• Hard rock
• heavy metal

| length = 37:13

| label = Aquarius, Capitol, EMI

| producer = Myles Goodwyn, Mike Stone

| prev_title = Harder ... Faster

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = The Best of April Wine: Rock Ballads

| next_year = 1981

}}

{{Album reviews

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r807|pure_url=yes}}|title=Nature of the Beast overview at AllMusic|accessdate=2010-05-27|publisher=AllMusic.com}}

| rev2 = Music Week

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite news|author=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1981/Music-Week-1981-01-24.pdf|title=Review: Nature of the Beast – April Wine|work=Music Week|date=24 January 1981|access-date=3 May 2021|page=30|via=American Radio History|issn=0144-5804}}

| rev3 = Record Mirror

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|author=Malcolm Dome|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/81/Record-Mirror-1981-01-17-OCR.pdf|title=Review: Nature of the Beast – April Wine|work=Record Mirror|date=17 January 1981|access-date=1 May 2021|page=16|via=American Radio History|issn=0144-5804}}

}}

The Nature of the Beast is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1981. The album was recorded at Le Manoir Studios,{{cite web |url=http://aprilwine.ca/April%20Wine%20-%20Discography%20-%20The%20Nature%20Of%20The%20Beast.htm |title=April Wine Discography – The Nature of the Beast, 1981 (Information section) |publisher=aprilwine.ca |accessdate=2011-10-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211134403/http://aprilwine.ca/April%20Wine%20-%20Discography%20-%20The%20Nature%20Of%20The%20Beast.htm |archivedate=February 11, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} in the village of Shipton-on-Cherwell, in Oxfordshire, England following the band's 1980 European tour.{{cite web|url=http://canadianbands.com/April%20Wine.html |title=April Wine Biography (eleventh paragraph) – quote: "April Wine traveled to England to record..." |publisher=canadianbands.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-31}} This album was April Wine's commercial peak, certified Platinum in the US and reaching #24 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

"Just Between You and Me" became April Wine's most successful single, reaching #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart,{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-03-14/hot-100 |title=Billboard Hot 100, Chart Listing for the Week of Mar 14 1981 – Just Between You and Me |accessdate=2008-10-28 |publisher=BillBoard.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017064454/http://www.billboard.com/charts/1981-03-14/hot-100 |archivedate=October 17, 2014 }} #11 on Billboard's Top Tracks chart, and #22 on the Canadian RPM charts.

April Wine's version of the Lorence Hud song "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" also became a moderate hit, reaching #57 on the Billboard Hot 100, #19 on the Top Tracks chart, and #40 in Canada. Hud's original version of the song had also been a hit single in Canada in 1972 (#16 RPM charts).

The first track on the album, "All Over Town" also received airplay on album-oriented rock radio stations, charting at #29 on the Top Tracks chart.

The tenth track on the album "Bad Boys" was used in the First Episode of the twelve season of Supernatural, recapping the events of the previous season.