I am not a fan of "best" lists because they are subjective...each person has their own favorites and they change frequently. Also "best" lists are usually incomplete in that they almost always omit very good albums for some reason or another ?
We can all benefit from each other's recommendations... a major purpose of MD !
This list is a good reference for Canadian albums that have gained some notoreity in the music world and may spark the interest of our MD members to revisit or initially visit the album.
..or say I didn't know they were from Canada ?
:canada:
1.Harvest, Neil Young (1972)
2.Blue, Joni Mitchell (1971)
3.After the Gold Rush, Neil Young (1970)
4.Music From Big Pink, The Band (1968)
5.Fully Completely, The Tragically Hip (1992)
6.Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (1995)
7.The Band, The Band (1969)
8.Funeral, Arcade Fire (2004)
9.Moving Pictures, Rush (1981)
10.American Woman, The Guess Who (1970)
11.Songs of Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen (1967)
12.Reckless, Bryan Adams (1984)
13.Five Days in July, Blue Rodeo (1993)
14.Twice Removed, Sloan (1994)
15.Up to Here, The Tragically Hip (1989)
16.Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Neil Young with Crazy Horse (1969)
17.2112, Rush (1976)
18.Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell (1974)
19.Whale Music, Rheostatics (1992)
20.Acadie, Daniel Lanois (1989)
21.Day for Night, The Tragically Hip (1994)
22.Rust Never Sleeps, Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)
23.Gord's Gold, Gordon Lightfoot (1975)
24.You Were Here, Sarah Harmer (2000)
25.Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Sarah McLachlan (1993)
26.Road Apples, The Tragically Hip (1991)
27.Gordon, Barenaked Ladies (1992)
28.You Forgot it in People, Broken Social Scene (2002)
29.I'm Your Man, Leonard Cohen (1988)
30.Tonight's the Night, Neil Young (1975)
31.Decade, Neil Young (1977)
32.Miss America, Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
33.Surfacing, Sarah McLachlan (1997)
34.One Chord to Another, Sloan (1996)
35.Songs of Love and Hate, Leonard Cohen (1971)
36.Cyborgs Revisited, Simply Saucer (1989)
37.Ingenue, k.d. lang (1992)
38.Melville, Rheostatics (1991)
39.Love Tara, Eric's Trip (1993)
40.On the Beach, Neil Young (1974)
41.Not Fragile, Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974)
42.The Best of the Guess Who, The Guess Who (1971)
43.Let it Die, Feist (2004)
44.The Last Waltz, The Band (1978)
45.Night Train, Oscar Peterson Trio (1963)
46.Down at the Khyber, Joel Plaskett Emergency (2001)
47.Harvest Moon, Neil Young (1992)
48.Cuts Like a Knife, Bryan Adams (1983)
49.L'Heptade, Harmonium (1976)
50.Teenage Head, Teenage Head (1979)
51.High Class in Borrowed Shoes, Max Webster (1977)
52.Hejira, Joni Mitchell (1976)
53.Bach: The Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould (1955 and 1982)
54.Fogarty's Cove, Stan Rogers (1977)
55.Wheatfield Soul, The Guess Who (1968)
56.Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison, Harmonium (1974)
57.Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, Bruce Cockburn (1979)
58.Frantic City, Teenage Head (1980)
59.Hymns of the 49th Parallel, k.d. lang (2004)
60.Hot Shots, Trooper (1979)
61.Robbie Robertson, Robbie Robertson (1987)
62.The Trinity Session, Cowboy Junkies (1988)
63.Ron Sexsmith, Ron Sexsmith (1995)
64.Nothingface, Voivod (1989)
65.Come on Over, Shania Twain (1997)
66.Everything I Long For, Hayden (1995)
67.Outskirts, Blue Rodeo (1987)
68.Joyful Rebellion, k-os (2004)
69.Sit Down Young Stranger/If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
70.Love Junk, Pursuit of Happiness (1988)
71.Jaune, Jean-Pierre Ferland (1970)
72.Somewhere Outside, The Ugly Ducklings (1966)
73.Electric Jewels, April Wine (1973)
74.Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot (1973)
75.Left and Leaving, The Weakerthans (2000)
76.Clumsy, Our Lady Peace (1997)
77.Harmonium, Harmonium (1974)
78.Share the Land, The Guess Who (1970)
79.Greatest Hits, Ian & Sylvia (1970)
80.Steppenwolf, Steppenwolf (1968)
81.Ladies of the Canyon, Joni Mitchell (1970)
82.Bud the Spud and Other Favourites, Stompin' Tom Connors (1969)
83.Shine a Light, The Constantines (2003)
84.Shakespeare My Butt, The Lowest of the Low (1991)
85.Clayton Park, Thrush Hermit (1999)
86.Smeared, Sloan (1992)
87.Living Under June, Jann Arden (1994)
88.The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Joni Mitchell (1975)
89.Bad Manors, Crowbar (1971)
90.Official Music, King Biscuit Boy with Crowbar (1970)
91.Lightfoot!, Gordon Lightfoot (1966)
92.Mad Mad World, Tom Cochrane (1991)
93.Rufus Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright (1998)
94.Face to the Gale, Ron Hynes (1997)
95.Hobo's Taunt, Willie P. Bennett (1977)
96.Cowboyography, Ian Tyson (1986)
97.Favourite Colours, The Sadies (2004)
98.The Way I Feel, Gordon Lightfoot (1967)
99.A Farewell to Kings, Rush (1977)
100.We Were Born in a Flame, Sam Roberts (2004)
from the book - The Top 100 Canadian Albums ..author Bob Mersereau...list compiled from 600 music industry members across Canada.
We can all benefit from each other's recommendations... a major purpose of MD !
This list is a good reference for Canadian albums that have gained some notoreity in the music world and may spark the interest of our MD members to revisit or initially visit the album.
..or say I didn't know they were from Canada ?
:canada:
1.Harvest, Neil Young (1972)
2.Blue, Joni Mitchell (1971)
3.After the Gold Rush, Neil Young (1970)
4.Music From Big Pink, The Band (1968)
5.Fully Completely, The Tragically Hip (1992)
6.Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (1995)
7.The Band, The Band (1969)
8.Funeral, Arcade Fire (2004)
9.Moving Pictures, Rush (1981)
10.American Woman, The Guess Who (1970)
11.Songs of Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen (1967)
12.Reckless, Bryan Adams (1984)
13.Five Days in July, Blue Rodeo (1993)
14.Twice Removed, Sloan (1994)
15.Up to Here, The Tragically Hip (1989)
16.Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Neil Young with Crazy Horse (1969)
17.2112, Rush (1976)
18.Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell (1974)
19.Whale Music, Rheostatics (1992)
20.Acadie, Daniel Lanois (1989)
21.Day for Night, The Tragically Hip (1994)
22.Rust Never Sleeps, Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)
23.Gord's Gold, Gordon Lightfoot (1975)
24.You Were Here, Sarah Harmer (2000)
25.Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Sarah McLachlan (1993)
26.Road Apples, The Tragically Hip (1991)
27.Gordon, Barenaked Ladies (1992)
28.You Forgot it in People, Broken Social Scene (2002)
29.I'm Your Man, Leonard Cohen (1988)
30.Tonight's the Night, Neil Young (1975)
31.Decade, Neil Young (1977)
32.Miss America, Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
33.Surfacing, Sarah McLachlan (1997)
34.One Chord to Another, Sloan (1996)
35.Songs of Love and Hate, Leonard Cohen (1971)
36.Cyborgs Revisited, Simply Saucer (1989)
37.Ingenue, k.d. lang (1992)
38.Melville, Rheostatics (1991)
39.Love Tara, Eric's Trip (1993)
40.On the Beach, Neil Young (1974)
41.Not Fragile, Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974)
42.The Best of the Guess Who, The Guess Who (1971)
43.Let it Die, Feist (2004)
44.The Last Waltz, The Band (1978)
45.Night Train, Oscar Peterson Trio (1963)
46.Down at the Khyber, Joel Plaskett Emergency (2001)
47.Harvest Moon, Neil Young (1992)
48.Cuts Like a Knife, Bryan Adams (1983)
49.L'Heptade, Harmonium (1976)
50.Teenage Head, Teenage Head (1979)
51.High Class in Borrowed Shoes, Max Webster (1977)
52.Hejira, Joni Mitchell (1976)
53.Bach: The Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould (1955 and 1982)
54.Fogarty's Cove, Stan Rogers (1977)
55.Wheatfield Soul, The Guess Who (1968)
56.Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison, Harmonium (1974)
57.Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, Bruce Cockburn (1979)
58.Frantic City, Teenage Head (1980)
59.Hymns of the 49th Parallel, k.d. lang (2004)
60.Hot Shots, Trooper (1979)
61.Robbie Robertson, Robbie Robertson (1987)
62.The Trinity Session, Cowboy Junkies (1988)
63.Ron Sexsmith, Ron Sexsmith (1995)
64.Nothingface, Voivod (1989)
65.Come on Over, Shania Twain (1997)
66.Everything I Long For, Hayden (1995)
67.Outskirts, Blue Rodeo (1987)
68.Joyful Rebellion, k-os (2004)
69.Sit Down Young Stranger/If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
70.Love Junk, Pursuit of Happiness (1988)
71.Jaune, Jean-Pierre Ferland (1970)
72.Somewhere Outside, The Ugly Ducklings (1966)
73.Electric Jewels, April Wine (1973)
74.Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot (1973)
75.Left and Leaving, The Weakerthans (2000)
76.Clumsy, Our Lady Peace (1997)
77.Harmonium, Harmonium (1974)
78.Share the Land, The Guess Who (1970)
79.Greatest Hits, Ian & Sylvia (1970)
80.Steppenwolf, Steppenwolf (1968)
81.Ladies of the Canyon, Joni Mitchell (1970)
82.Bud the Spud and Other Favourites, Stompin' Tom Connors (1969)
83.Shine a Light, The Constantines (2003)
84.Shakespeare My Butt, The Lowest of the Low (1991)
85.Clayton Park, Thrush Hermit (1999)
86.Smeared, Sloan (1992)
87.Living Under June, Jann Arden (1994)
88.The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Joni Mitchell (1975)
89.Bad Manors, Crowbar (1971)
90.Official Music, King Biscuit Boy with Crowbar (1970)
91.Lightfoot!, Gordon Lightfoot (1966)
92.Mad Mad World, Tom Cochrane (1991)
93.Rufus Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright (1998)
94.Face to the Gale, Ron Hynes (1997)
95.Hobo's Taunt, Willie P. Bennett (1977)
96.Cowboyography, Ian Tyson (1986)
97.Favourite Colours, The Sadies (2004)
98.The Way I Feel, Gordon Lightfoot (1967)
99.A Farewell to Kings, Rush (1977)
100.We Were Born in a Flame, Sam Roberts (2004)
from the book - The Top 100 Canadian Albums ..author Bob Mersereau...list compiled from 600 music industry members across Canada.
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