Having just released two blockbuster albums in a row (the second of which contained the highest charting single of their career,
"Just between You and Me"
),
April Wine
was riding high in the early '80s. So it was quite surprising when their hot streak came to a screeching halt with the release of 1983's terribly humdrum
Power Play
. If only this mediocrity could have been blamed on a change of musical direction, new personnel, or another mysterious force of nature, but the album simply lacks good songs and perhaps musical mastermind
Myles Goodwyn
had simply run out of creative steam. Not that the album is a complete wash-out, as the band manages to pull it together on a few mid-paced rockers like
"Anything You want, You got It"
and
"Enough Is Enough."
But even these are performed with muted enthusiasm and most fans will want to give this record a miss. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia