Canadian Album Ranking

The best albums in Canada’s history. Click on those that have links to find their respective reviews. Hit control-f to search for any specific year or album. If you are interested in reviewing an album, or feel like one or more should be added, let us know via email, songforawintersnight@gmail.com

2013

  1. Classified – Classified

2012

  1. Mechanics Of Emotion – Elsiane
  2. Cabin Fever – Corb Lund & The Hurtin’ Albertans
  3. Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! – Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  4. Bag of Waters – Expwy
  5. Seismic – Sons Of Otis
  6. Freak Heat Waves -Freak Heat Waves
  7. Provincial – John K. Samson
  8. Adam – EmAy
  9. Gate and Glitch – Starpilot
  10. Barchords – Bahamas
  11. Jiaolong – Daphni
  12. Secret Rituals – Terror Bird
  13. Boarding Gate – Ines Talbi
  14. Celebration Rock – Japandroids
  15. The Great Alton Fire – Ryan Master
  16. Epicloud – Devin Townsend Project
  17. Bring Me The Head Of… – Kyle Bobby Dunn
  18. III – Crystal Castles
  19. Dark Days – Cygnets
  20. Affectionate EP – Venetian Snares
  21. Shrines – Purity Ring
  22. Small Fame – Bend Sinister
  23. Visions – Grimes
  24. esp.beat – Cybernetic Orchestra
  25. I Had A Dream – White Poppy
  26. Tiger Talk – Yukon Blonde
  27. Death Dreams – PS I Love You
  28. Ma vie banale avant-garde – AIDS Wolf
  29. All Of Us, Together – Teen Daze

2011

  1. House of Balloons – The Weeknd
  2. Azari & III – Azari & III
  3. Venerable – KEN Mode
  4. Vision EP – Huckleberry Friends
  5. Rien n’est Moins Grave – Les Nitrates de Madame Mimieux
  6. Omma Cobba – Omma Cobba
  7. It’s All True – Junior Boys
  8. New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges – Colin Stetson
  9. Impossible Spaces – Sandro Perri
  10. Feral Children – Feral Children
  11. Choke Hits – Krang
  12. Feel It Break – Austra
  13. Kaputt – Destroyer
  14. Namers – Matthew A. Wilkinson
  15. Human Culture – Terror Bird
  16. Living With The Ancients – Blood Ceremony
  17. David Comes To Life – Fucked Up
  18. Creep On Creepin’ On – Timber Timbre
  19. Take Care – Drake
  20. Lamps Not Amps – Microdot
  21. The Place I Left Behind – The Deep Dark Woods
  22. Days Into Years – Elliott Brood
  23. Ways Of Meaning – Kyle Bobby Dunn
  24. Diaper Island – Chad VanGaalen
  25. Keep Away the Dead – Siskiyou
  26. Heteropias – Chevalier Avant Garde
  27. Echoes of Silence – The Weeknd
  28. The Double Cross – Sloan
  29. Fry Cook on Venus – Noah23
  30. Jive With The Killer Instinct – Brazilian Money
  31. Sing In My Meadow – Cowboy Junkies
  32. Metals – Feist
  33. Long Player Late Bloomer – Ron Sexsmith
  34. Thursday – The Weeknd
  35. Dance Dance Rebellion – DJ Finish Him
  36. Demons – Cowboy Junkies
  37. Dagger Mouth – Swollen Members
  38. Juggernaut of Justice – Anvil

2010

  1. The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
  2. Thank Me Later – Drake
  3. Co-Op Mode – Royal Canoe
  4. What The F (The Mixtape) – The 6th Letter
  5. Tidal – Battle Lava
  6. A Young Person’s Guide To… – Kyle Bobby Dunn
  7. Crystal Castles II – Crystal Castles
  8. Annihilator – Annihilator
  9. Special Affections – Diamond Rings
  10. Public Strain – Women
  11. All Out Little Bones – Jenny Omnichord
  12. Heartland – Owen Pallett
  13. March To The Sea – AIDS Wolf
  14. All Red – Winter Gloves
  15. Together – The New Pornographers
  16. Expo 86 – Wolf Parade
  17. Business Casual – Chromeo
  18. Siskiyou – Siskiyou
  19. Forgiveness Rock Record – Broken Social Scene
  20. Meat – Hawksley Workman
  21. Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph – Frog Eyes
  22. The Golden Age of Daredevils – Sheavy
  23. All Days Are Night: Songs for Lulu – Rufus Wainwright
  24. Renmin Park – Cowboy Junkies
  25. Milk – Hawksley Workman
  26. Disfigurine – Sheavy
  27. All In Good Time – Barenaked Ladies

2009

  1. Pink Noise – Sean MacDonald
  2. The Green Wood Symphony – Courtney Lynn
  3. Poler Bear – Poler Bear
  4. Losin’ Lately Gambler – Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans
  5. For Lack of a Better Name – Deadmau5
  6. Outside In – Julie Fader
  7. Cast Out of Heaven – Blasphemy Reborn
  8. Self Explanatory – Classified
  9. Winter Hours – The Deep Dark Woods
  10. Brave – Melissa Bel
  11. Runners In The Night – Chad Kichula
  12. Spiritual Angel – Kälter
  13. Supporting Caste – Propagandhi
  14. A Quiet Evil – LeE HARVeY OsMOND
  15. Exiled – Sons of Otis
  16. Other Truths – Do Make Say Think
  17. Infini – Voivod
  18. Timber Timbre – Timber Timbre
  19. From The Water – Colin Linden
  20. The Things We Left Behind – Blue Rodeo
  21. Armed to the Teeth – Swollen Members
  22. Mi Plan – Nelly Furtado
  23. Milwaukee at Last!!! – Rufus Wainwright
  24. Enemy Mine – Swan Lake
  25. The Black Book – Jully Black
  26. Billy Talent III – Billy Talent

2008

  1. The Chemistry of Common Life – Fucked Up
  2. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
  3. Women – Women
  4. Guilty Victims – Dialog
  5. About A Girl – Winter Gloves
  6. Resilience – Annabelle Chvostek
  7. Bedroom Madness – Hexes & Ohs
  8. Mennonite – KEN Mode
  9. Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers – Bend Sinister
  10. Avalanche To Wandering Bear – Valery Gore
  11. Mountain Meadows – Elliott Brood
  12. Not For Sale – Kardinal Offishall
  13. Kensington Heights – Constantines
  14. At Mount Zoomer – Wolf Parade
  15. Rock Paper Scissors – Noah23
  16. Something for All of Us – Brenda Canning
  17. Same Ole Moon – The Buicks
  18. Travelling In Curves – Robert McFadden
  19. Between the Beautifuls – Hawksley Workman
  20. Raincoast – The Four Coast Project: Vol. 2 – Ian Tamblyn
  21. Upside Down Bluejay – Noah23
  22. Soft Airplane – Chad VanGaalen
  23. Trouble In Dreams – Destroyer
  24. Cities of Glass – AIDS Wolf
  25. Los Manlicious – Hawksley Workman
  26. Parallel Play – Sloan
  27. Extra Strategy of the Soul – Ron Sexsmith
  28. Snacktime! – Barenaked Ladies

2007

  1. Plague Park – Handsome Furs
  2. Plays – Secret Mommy
  3. Tiny Mirrors – Sandro Perri
  4. Hybrid – Elsiane
  5. You, You’re A History In Rust – Do Make Say Think
  6. Revival – Jully Black
  7. Tears of the Valedictorian – Frog Eyes
  8. Neon Bible – Arcade Fire
  9. The Reminder – Feist
  10. Clash of the Life Force Warriors – AIDS Wolf vs. Athletic Automaton
  11. Spirit If… – Kevin Drew
  12. Hang Me, Oh Hang Me – The Deep Dark Woods
  13. Standing On A Hummingbird – Mark Templeton
  14. Challengers – The New Pornographers
  15. Fancy Footwork – Chromeo
  16. In Our Bedroom after the War – Stars
  17. Reunion Tour – The Weakerthans
  18. A Pretty Decent Cape In My Closet – Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long
  19. Small Miracles – Blue Rodeo
  20. Superior: Spirit and Light – The Four Coast Project: Vol. 1 – Ian Tamblyn
  21. Liquidate Paris! – Blood Meridian
  22. Situation – Buck 65
  23. Barenaked Ladies Are Men – Barenaked Ladies
  24. Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! – Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans
  25. Metal – Annihilator
  26. Shine – Joni Mitchell
  27. At The End of Paths Taken – Cowboy Junkies
  28. This is Thirteen – Anvil
  29. The Machine That Won The War – Sheavy
  30. Snakes & Arrows -Rush
  31. Release The Stars – Rufus Wainwright

2006

  1. Chemical City – Sam Roberts
  2. Ol’ Sparky’s Revenge EP – Muffler Crunch
  3. Loose – Nelly Furtado
  4. Reprisal – KEN Mode
  5. Knives Don’t Have Your Back – Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
  6. He Poos Clouds – Final Fantasy
  7. So This Is Goodbye – Junior Boys
  8. The Red Tree – Moneen
  9. Destroyers Rubies – Destroyer
  10. Skellicollection – Chad VanGaalen
  11. Barenaked Ladies Are Me – Barenaked Ladies
  12. The Lovvers – AIDS Wolf
  13. Rebekah Higgs – Rebekah Higgs
  14. Kick Up the Dust – Blood Meridian
  15. The Deep Dark Woods – The Deep Dark Woods
  16. Clout – Noah23
  17. Wintersong – Sarah McLachlan
  18. Shoebomb Hurricane – Fanny
  19. Hidden World – Fucked Up
  20. These Are The Days – Gino Vannelli
  21. Hello Love – The Be Good Tanyas
  22. Treeful of Starling – Hawksley Workman
  23. New Dark Age Parade – The Subhumans
  24. The Buicks – The Buicks
  25. Easin’ Back to Tennessee – Colin Linden
  26. Black Magic – Swollen Members
  27. Katorz – Voivod
  28. Strong Arm – Buck 65
  29. Never Hear The End Of It – Sloan
  30. The New Black – Strapping Young Lad
  31. The Future is Inter-Disciplinary or Not At All – Frog Eyes
  32. Beast Moans – Swan Lake
  33. Billy Talent II – Billy Talent
  34. Kerheb – John Akpata
  35. Time Being – Ron Sexsmith

2005

  1. Porcella – The Deadly Snakes
  2. Apologies To The Queen Mary – Wolf Parade
  3. The Ambient Void – Iszoloscope
  4. Set Yourself On Fire – Stars
  5. Machine Works – Ian Tamblyn
  6. Secret House Against The World – Buck 65
  7. I’m A Mountain – Sarah Harmer
  8. Twin Cinema – The New Pornographers
  9. Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer – Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans
  10. Ambassador – Elliott Brood
  11. Lotus – Jordi Rosen
  12. Sinaa – Tagaq
  13. Arson Followed Me Home – Eleven Minutes Away
  14. Recording A Tape The Colour Of The Light – Bell Orchestre
  15. Through The Broken City – Bend Sinister
  16. Fire and Glory – Kardinal Offishall
  17. Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett – Venetian Snares
  18. Tournament of Hearts – Constantines
  19. Kerheb – John Akpata
  20. X – Sons of Otis
  21. Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
  22. Southern Jumbo – Colin Linden
  23. The Burnt Rubber Lung – Flipkuma
  24. Cruel Cruel World – Prozzäk
  25. Alien – Strapping Young Lad
  26. Schizo Deluxe – Annihilator
  27. Are You Ready – Blue Rodeo
  28. Potemkin City Limits – Propagandhi
  29. Has A Good Home – Final Fantasy
  30. Destination Unknown – Ron Sexsmith
  31. This Is Me – Jully Black
  32. Republic? – Sheavy
  33. Early 21st Century Blues – Cowboy Junkies
  34. The Diary of the Madmen – Len

2004

  1. Funeral – Arcade Fire
  2. Last Exit – Junior Boys
  3. Let It Die – Feist
  4. Strange Planes Spray Cancers On Winnipeg – Fanny
  5. Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou – Les Georges Leningrad
  6. Infiniheart – Chad VanGaalen
  7. Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding – Venetian Snares
  8. You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine – Death From Above 1979
  9. Favourite Colours – The Sadies
  10. Jupiter Sajitarius – Noah23
  11. N’écoutez pas – Fly Pan Am
  12. We Were Born In A Flame – Sam Roberts
  13. We Almost Made It Home – Blood Meridian
  14. 2067 – Rheostatics
  15. Your Blues – Destroyer
  16. The Folded Palm – Frog Eyes
  17. The Train Rawbers – The Train Rawbers
  18. Joyful Rebellion – k-os
  19. Poorfolk – Poorfolk
  20. What It Is – Ray Robinson
  21. She’s In Control – Chromeo
  22. Angel’s Share – Ian Tamblyn
  23. Hymns of the 49th Parallel – k.d. lang
  24. Mitochondrial Blues – Noah23
  25. Retriever – Ron Sexsmith
  26. Before We Were Security Guards – Hawksley Workman
  27. Martyrs for Monuments – Che: Chapter 127
  28. Want Two – Rufus Wainwright
  29. All for You – Annihilator
  30. Dear Heather – Leonard Cohen
  31. Egg Scriptor – Frog Eyes
  32. Sigma Octantis – Noah23
  33. Holy Shiite – Dayglo Abortions
  34. Back to Basics – Anvil
  35. One Soul Now – Cowboy Junkies
  36. If Liberty Isn’t Given, It Should Be Taken – GFK
  37. Destroy All Codes – King Cobb Steelie

2003

  1. Shine A Light – The Constantines
  2. Like Hearts Swelling – Polmo Polpo
  3. Accelerated Evolution – Devin Townsend
  4. Music For Inclement Weather – Jeremy Latta
  5. Strapping Young Lad – Strapping Young Lad
  6. Oh Susanna – Oh Susanna
  7. Winter Hymn County Hymn Secret Hymn – Do Make Say Think
  8. Ode To Joy – The Deadly Snakes
  9. Talkin’ Honkey Blues – Buck 65
  10. Mongrel – KEN Mode
  11. Voivod – Voivod
  12. Heart – Stars
  13. Lover/Fighter – Hawksley Workman
  14. The Golden River – Frog Eyes
  15. Water – Annabelle Chvostek
  16. Bright Occasion – The Special Interest Group
  17. Reconstruction Site – The Weakerthans
  18. Fefe Dobson – Fefe Dobson
  19. Electric Version – The New Pornographers
  20. Emboldened Navigator – Frog Eyes
  21. Folklore – Nelly Furtado
  22. Chinatown – The Be Good Tanyas
  23. Love Energy – The Superfriendz
  24. Want One – Rufus Wainwright
  25. Heavy – Swollen Members
  26. The Bridge – Shaye
  27. Action Pact – Sloan
  28. Hanging Songs – Grievous Angels
  29. Billy Talent – Billy Talent
  30. Canto – Gino Vannelli
  31. Everything to Everyone – Barenaked Ladies

2002

  1. Quicksand – Noah23
  2. You Forgot It In People – Broken Social Scene
  3. Five Dollar Bill – Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans
  4. This Night – Destroyer
  5. Terrible Hostess – Carolyn Mark
  6. Square – Buck 65
  7. Hanging The Battle Scarred Pinata – NQ Arbuckle
  8. No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls – Simple Plan
  9. The Science of Breathe – Polmo Polpo
  10. Music For Medication – Kyle Bobby Dunn
  11. Under Rug Swept – Alanis Morissettee
  12. Yanqui U.X.O – Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  13. Sea Of No Cares – Great Big Sea
  14. Cobblestone Runway – Ron Sexsmith
  15. In Defense of Politics – GFK
  16. Impressionistic – Ferron
  17. Synchronized – Sheavy
  18. The Bloody Hand – Frog Eyes
  19. Ceux qui inventent n’ont jamais vécu (?) – Fly Pan Am
  20. Waking the Fury – Annihilator
  21. The Coastaline Fire – Chore
  22. Tau Ceti – Noah 23
  23. & Yet & Yet – Do Make Say Think
  24. Palace of Gold – Blue Rodeo
  25. Still Going Strong – Anvil
  26. Profit Prophet – Che: Chapter 127
  27. Vapour Trails – Rush

2001

  1. Hangedup – Hangedup
  2. Songs About My Cats – Venetian Snares
  3. Down at the Khyber – Joel Plaskett Emergency
  4. I’m Not Your Soldier Anymore – The Deadly Snakes
  5. Constantines – Constantines
  6. Bad Dreams – Swollen Members
  7. All Killer, No Filler – Sum 41
  8. Start Breaking My Heart – Manitoba
  9. Good Morning Beautiful – By Divine Right
  10. Voice In The Wilderness – Ian Tamblyn
  11. (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves – Hawksley Workman
  12. Neophyte Phenotype – Noah23
  13. Madame Xavier – Jordi Rosen
  14. The Occasionals – Jim Bryson & The Occasionals
  15. Feel Good Lost – Broken Social Scene
  16. Poses – Rufus Wainwright
  17. Synesthesia – Buck 65
  18. Streethawk: A Seduction – Destroyer
  19. The Sound of the Colour of the Sun – SIANspheric
  20. Pretty Together – Sloan
  21. Quest for Fire: Firestarter Vol. 1 – Kardinal Offishall
  22. Carnival Diablos – Annihilator
  23. This Is It Here We Go – Local Rabbits
  24. Ten New Songs – Leonard Cohen
  25. Big Mouth – Colin Linden
  26. Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes – Propagandhi
  27. Ray Charles Kind of Party – The Dinner Is Ruined
  28. Songs for Worship – Sons of Otis
  29. Blue Boy – Ron Sexsmith
  30. Fight to Win! – Bakunin’s Bum
  31. Open – Cowboy Junkies
  32. Plenty of Power – Anvil

2000

  1. List Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven – Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  2. Celestial Hi-Fi – Sheavy
  3. Mass Romantic – The New Pornographers
  4. Left and Leaving – The Weakerthans
  5. Full Stop – Annabelle Chvostek
  6. The Teaches Of Peaches – Peaches
  7. You Were Here – Sarah Harmer
  8. Bellaclava – Limblifter
  9. Thief – Destroyer
  10. Physicist – Devin Townsend
  11. Chrome Reflection – Bird
  12. …And Then You’ll Beg – Cryptopsy
  13. Dear Hip Hop – Dan-e-o
  14. Shalabi Effect – Shalabi Effect
  15. Black Toy – Flangers
  16. Blue Horse – The Be Good Tanyas
  17. Whoa, Nelly! – Nelly Furtado
  18. Motel Capri – Les Cowboys Fringants
  19. Sustainer – Starling
  20. Maroon – Barenaked Ladies
  21. Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord is Dead – Do Make Say Think
  22. Anthems for the Could’ve Bin Pills – KC Accidental
  23. Vancouver Nights – Vancouver Nights
  24. Space and Time – Orange Alabaster Mushroom
  25. Constance – southpacific
  26. Effector – Download
  27. Saturday People – Prozzäk
  28. Mayday – King Cobb Steelie
  29. The Days in Between – Blue Rodeo
  30. The Social Responsibility Theory – GFK

1999

  1. Templeball – Sons Of Otis
  2. For Him and the Girls – Hawksley Workman
  3. Clayton Park – Thrush Hermit
  4. Man Overboard – Buck 65
  5. Adventures in the Kingdom of Blurtonia – Blurtonia
  6. Fighting Pig Learns Judo Tricks – Knifehandchop
  7. Passage Through Time – Da Grassroots
  8. Greg Hates Car Culture EP – Venetian Snares
  9. To The Goddess Electricity – Rational Youth
  10. Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada EP – Godspeed You Black Emperor!
  11. Johnstown – Oh Susanna
  12. Take My Mask and Breathe – Chore
  13. Love Undone – The Deadly Snakes
  14. Fly Pan Am – Fly Pan Am
  15. Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down) – Feist
  16. Every Monday Night – Nihilist Spasm Band
  17. Time To Fly – Dunk
  18. My Dear Little Angle – The Smalls
  19. Bless This Mess – By Divine Right
  20. A Maggot In Their Heads – The Dinner Is Ruined
  21. The Underground Tapes – Saukrates
  22. Balance – Swollen Members
  23. Death Race 2000 – Dayglo Abortions
  24. You Can’t Stop the Bum Rush – Len
  25. Between The Bridges – Sloan
  26. Unforgiving Mistress – Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans
  27. 22 Trailer Park – Grievous Angels
  28. Whereabouts – Ron Sexsmith
  29. The Christmas Album – The Barra MacNeils
  30. Criteria for a Black Widow – Annihilator
  31. Cytoplasm Pixel – Noah23
  32. Colour Moving and Still – Chantal Kreviazuk
  33. Speed of Sound – Anvil
  34. Turn – Great Big Sea

1998

  1. Subversive Paradigm – Officer Down
  2. Ghetto Concept – Ghetto Concept
  3. The Psyche Intangible – Sixtoo
  4. UV – Frankenstein
  5. Rufus Wainwright – Rufus Wainwright
  6. Hot Shot – Prozzäk
  7. Navy Blues – Sloan
  8. Do Make Say Think – Do Make Say Think
  9. Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub – KC Accidental
  10. Basic Concept – Local Rabbits
  11. Wood – Moxy Früvous
  12. There’s Always Some Place You’d Rather Be – SIANspheric
  13. City of Daughters – Destroyer
  14. Whisper Supremacy – Cryptopsy
  15. Stupid World, Stupid Songs – Dayglo Abortions
  16. Clear – Danny Michel
  17. Slow Love – Gino Vannelli
  18. Miles From Our Home – Cowboy Junkies
  19. Taming The Tiger – Joni Mitchell
  20. Stunt – Barenaked Ladies
  21. The Electric Sleep – Sheavy

1997

  1. III – Download
  2. City – Strapping Young Lad
  3. All Hammed Up – Five Knuckle Chuckle
  4. In Loving Memory Of… – Big Wreck
  5. Stress – Anonymus
  6. La Nuit Où J’ai Dit Non – Martin Tétreault
  7. Desmond’s Hip City – Skydiggers
  8. Fallow – The Weakerthans
  9. Surfacing – Sarah McLachlan
  10. Sold For A Smile – The Gandharvas
  11. 1am To 5am – Annabelle Chvostek
  12. Vertex – Buck 65
  13. Raised By Wolves – Colin Linden
  14. Sweet Homewrecker – Thrush Hermit
  15. All Hail Discordia – By Divine Right
  16. F♯ A♯ ∞ – Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  17. Ocean Machine: Biomech – Devin Townsend
  18. Before The World Was Round – Danny Michel
  19. Eye & I – Kardinal Offishall
  20. Come On Over – Shania Twain
  21. Another Plebeian – Chore
  22. Heartstrings – Willie P. Bennett
  23. Play – Great Big Sea
  24. Fuzz – Junkhouse
  25. Clumsy – Our Lady Peace
  26. Junior Relaxer – King Cobb Steelie
  27. Other Songs – Ron Sexsmith
  28. Glee – Bran Van 3000
  29. Underdogs – Matthew Good Band
  30. Elevator Music for Non-Claustrophobic People
  31. Remains – Annihilator
  32. Tremolo – Blue Rodeo
  33. Face To The Gale – Ron Hynes
  34. Absolutely No Alternative – Anvil
  35. Phobos – Voivod
  36. Come On Over – Shania Twain

1996

  1. Mental Reverse / Spiritual Rebirth – Supreme Being Unit
  2. None So Vile – Cryptopsy
  3. Parts 1-3 – Elevator To Hell
  4. One Eyed God Prophecy – One Eyed God Prophecy
  5. Dan Bryk, Asshole – Dan Bryk
  6. Beach Music – Starkicker
  7. Waiting for the Cage – Grievous Angels
  8. Cold Snap – Weeping Tile
  9. Purple Blue – Eric’s Trip
  10. Essential Mental Nutrients – Social Deviantz
  11. The Blue Hysteria – Rheostatics
  12. Nest – The Odds
  13. So Wound – Jale
  14. Forever… – Quo Vadis
  15. Ice Cream, Drugs, Rubber Gods – The Dinner Is Ruined
  16. Generation Six-Pack – Pure
  17. Blue Sky Mind – Sheavy
  18. The Eyes of Stanley Pain – Download
  19. Language Arts – Buck 65
  20. Slide Show – The Superfriendz
  21. Refresh the Demon – Annihilator
  22. One Chord To Another – Sloan
  23. Rock Spectacle – Barenaked Ladies
  24. Spacejumbofudge – Sons of Otis
  25. Redeemer – The Wheat Chiefs
  26. Land of the Lost – Hip Club Groove
  27. Charlie’s Family – Download
  28. We’ll Build Them A Golden Bridge – Destroyer
  29. The Wonderful World of The Pursuit of Happiness – The Pursuit of Happiness
  30. Get Your Legs Broke – Len
  31. Turn Me On – Doughboys
  32. Corporate Whores – Dayglo Abortions
  33. Lay It Down – Cowboy Junkies
  34. Plugged In Permanent – Anvil
  35. Less Talk, More Rock – Propagandhi
  36. Test for Echo – Rush
  37. Born on a Pirate Ship – Barenaked Ladies

1995

  1. The Code – The Code
  2. Waste and Tragedy – The Smalls
  3. East Of Edson – Captain Tractor
  4. Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
  5. Everything I Long For – Hayden
  6. Mock Up, Scale Down – The Superfriendz
  7. Charliee Horse – Five Knuckle Chuckle
  8. Birthday Boy – Junkhouse
  9. Somebody Spoke – Hardship Post
  10. Somnium – SIANspheric
  11. Ron Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith
  12. The Woman In Me – Shania Twain
  13. Deborah Cox – Deborah Cox
  14. Road Radio – Skydiggers
  15. Modern Pain – Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans
  16. Cool Way to Feel – Pluto
  17. Superstar – Len
  18. Up – Great Big Sea
  19. You Can’t Touch This – Local Rabbits
  20. Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing – Strapping Young Lad
  21. Through The Storm, Through The Night – Colin Linden
  22. Bonavista – Kim Stockwood
  23. Simple Little Wish – Jr. Gone Wild
  24. Nowhere to Here – Blue Rodeo
  25. Little Man in the Canoe – Dayglo Abortions
  26. What The Fresh Hell Is This? – Art Bergmann
  27. Look What The Rookie Did – Zumpano
  28. Where’s The Bone? – The Pursuit of Happiness
  29. Negatron – Voivod
  30. Yonder Tree – Gino Vannelli
  31. Furnace – Download

1994

  1. Twice Removed – Sloan
  2. L’ivresse De La Vitesse – Paul Dolden
  3. Forever Again – Eric’s Trip
  4. A Taste Of Honey – Viletones
  5. Project Twinkle – King Cobb Steelie
  6. Auto Body Crusher – Shallow North Dakota
  7. Kombinator – The Inbreds
  8. Arhoolie – Al Tuck
  9. Day For Night – The Tragically Hip
  10. Blasphemy Made Flesh – Cryptopsy
  11. Every Little Girl’s Dream – Lisa Brokop
  12. Ni vu, ni connu – Anonymus
  13. Introducing Happiness – Rheostatics
  14. Dreamcake – Jale
  15. Breaking Point – Lori Yates
  16. Trailer Park Hip Hop EP – Hip Club Groove
  17. King of the Kill – Annihilator
  18. Antarctica – Ian Tamblyn
  19. Naveed – Our Lady Peace
  20. Sticktoitiveness – The Superfriendz
  21. Brave Last Days – Al Tuck
  22. Paid to Suffer – Sons of Otis
  23. Worm Pickers Brawl – The Dinner Is Ruined
  24. Silver – Moist
  25. Living Under June – Jann Arden
  26. Maybe You Should Drive – Barenaked Ladies
  27. Music for the Motion Picture Whale Music – Rheostatics
  28. Turbulent Indigo – Joni Mitchell

1993

  1. Five Days In July – Blue Rodeo
  2. Shakespeare My Butt – Lowest Of The Low
  3. Bedbugs – The Odds
  4. Fumbling Towards Ecstacy – Sarah McLachlan
  5. Watershed – Grevious Angels
  6. How To Clean Everything – Propagandhi
  7. Apocalypse Inside – Sacrifice
  8. Crush – Doughboys
  9. South at Eight, North at Nine – Colin Linden
  10. Pale Sun, Crescent Moon – Cowboy Junkies
  11. Perpetual Motion Machine – 13 Engines
  12. Strays – Junkhouse
  13. Love Tara – Eric`s Trip
  14. Just Over This Mountain – Skydiggers
  15. Cool Beans – Hip Club Groove
  16. Pictures of Health – The Headstones
  17. For The Beauty Of Wynona – Daniel Lanois
  18. Love Songs from the Lubritorium – The Dinner Is Ruined
  19. The Outer Limits – Voivod
  20. King Cobb Steelie – King Cobb Steelie
  21. Neon Bible – 39 Steps
  22. Great Big Sea – Great Big Sea
  23. Dig – I Mother Earth
  24. The Downward Road – The Pursuit of Happiness
  25. Take My Own Advice – Willie P. Bennett
  26. Set the World on Fire – Annihilator
  27. Counterparts – Rush
  28. Edge of Excess – Triumph

1992

  1. Whale Music – Rheostatics
  2. Smile – Change Of Heart
  3. Fully Completely – The Tragically Hip
  4. What About Me? – Nihilist Spasm Band
  5. Harvest Moon – Neil Young
  6. Purefunalia – Pure
  7. Gordon – Barenaked Ladies
  8. To Each A Zone – The Smalls
  9. Restless – Skydiggers
  10. Lost Together – Blue Rodeo
  11. Pull The Goalie – Jr. Gone Wild
  12. Ingénue – k.d. lang
  13. Rust Never Sleeps – Neil Young
  14. Smeared – Sloan
  15. Worth the Weight – Anvil
  16. Black Eyed Man – Cowboy Junkies
  17. The Future – Leonard Cohen

1991

  1. Melville – Rheostatics
  2. Solace – Sarah McLachlan
  3. Angel Rat – Voivod
  4. Automat Hi-Life – Fat
  5. And Now, The Legacy Begins – Dream Warriors
  6. My Love – Lisa Brokop
  7. Burn Your Dashiki – The Dinner Is Ruined
  8. Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham – Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
  9. Road Apples – The Tragically Hip
  10. Art Bergmann – Art Bergmann
  11. Angel Food For Though – Meryn Cadell
  12. The Ghosts That Haunt Me – Crash Test Dummies
  13. Two Dogs Fucking – Deux Chiens Fourrent – Dayglo Abortions
  14. Soldiers of Misfortune – Sacrifice
  15. Skydiggers – Skydiggers
  16. Grand Opera Lane – Ron Sexsmith
  17. Mad Mad World – Tom Cochrane
  18. Night Ride Home – Joni Mitchell
  19. Roll The Bones – Rush

1990

  1. Magnetic North – Ian Tamblyn
  2. Too Dumb To Quit – Jr. Gone Wild
  3. © – Copyright
  4. Casino – Blue Rodeo
  5. Never, Neverland – Annihilator
  6. Save This House – Spirit Of The West
  7. Blue Angel – Patricia Conroy
  8. One Job Town – Grievous Angels
  9. Courage – National Velvet
  10. The Smalls – The Smalls
  11. Ragged Glory – Neil Young
  12. Sexual Roulette – Art Bergmann
  13. Happy Accidents! – Doughboys
  14. One Sided Story – The Pursuit of Happiness
  15. The Caution Horses – Cowboy Junkies
  16. Inconsolable Man – Gino Vannelli

1989

  1. Wrong – NoMeansNo
  2. Up To Here – The Tragically Hip
  3. Cyborgs Revisted – Simply Saucer
  4. Nothingface – Voivod
  5. Symphony In Effect – Maestro Fresh Wes
  6. Now And Again – The Grapes Of Wrath
  7. Acadie – Daniel Lanois
  8. Bound By Beauty – Jane Siberry
  9. Plunderphonics – John Oswald
  10. Diamond Mine – Blue Rodeo
  11. Toute la Gang – Grievous Angels
  12. Rabies – Skinny Puppy
  13. Soapbox – Change Of Heart
  14. Freedom – Neil Young
  15. Touch – Sarah McLachlan
  16. Plunderphonics – John Oswald
  17. Absolutely Torch and Twang – k.d. lang
  18. Boomtown – Andrew Cash
  19. Alice In Hell – Annihilator
  20. Presto – Rush
  21. In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle – Bob Wiseman
  22. Home Again – Doughboys

1988

  1. VIVISectVI – Skinny Puppy
  2. Savvy Show Stoppers – Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
  3. The Trinity Sessions – Cowboy Junkies
  4. Delusions – Corpusse
  5. I`m Your Man – Leonard Cohen
  6. Love Junk – The Pursuit Of Happiness
  7. Dimension Hatröss – Voivod
  8. Sons Of Freedom – Sons Of Freedom
  9. Miss America – Mary Margaret O`Hara
  10. National Velvet – National Velvet
  11. Gotta Go For It! – Carlyle Williams
  12. Surfin’ On Heroin – Forgotten Rebels
  13. Glow – The Plasterscene Replicas
  14. Better Than a Stick In the Eye – S.N.F.U.
  15. Crawl With Me – Art Bergmann
  16. The Spell – Images in Vogue
  17. Vertigo Tango – The Spoons
  18. The Promise – Matt Minglewood
  19. Time and Place – Andrew Cash
  20. Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed – NoMeansNo
  21. When The Spirit Comes – Colin Linden
  22. Exciter (O.T.T.) – Exciter
  23. This Note’s For You – Neil Young
  24. Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm – Joni Mitchell
  25. Pound for Pound – Anvil

1987

  1. The Ballad Of Handsome Ned – Handsome Ned
  2. The Walking – Jane Siberry
  3. Turn It On – Tapps
  4. Outskirts – Blue Rodeo
  5. Slip into the Crowd – 39 Steps
  6. Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate – Skinny Puppy
  7. Whatever – Doughboys
  8. Greatest Hits – Rheostatics
  9. The Nils – The Nils
  10. Killing Technology – Voivod
  11. Mending Wall – Chalk Circle
  12. Robbie Robertson – Robbie Robertson
  13. Strength of Steel – Anvil
  14. Battle Hymn of the Apartment – Jerry Jerry & The Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
  15. Here Today, Guano Tomorrow – Dayglo Abortions
  16. Forward To Termination – Sacrifice
  17. Life – Neil Young
  18. Surveillance – Triumph
  19. Rock the World – Kick Axe
  20. Hold Your Fire – Rush
  21. Big Dreamers Never Sleep – Gino Vannelli

1986

  1. Feed Us A Fetus – Dayglo Abortions
  2. Me And The Boys – Matt Minglewood
  3. Sex Mad – NoMeansNo
  4. The Immortals – Colin Linden
  5. Sticks and Stones – L’Etranger
  6. Cowboyography – Ian Tyson
  7. Dead In Love – Disappointed A Few People
  8. Streetniks – Shuffle Demons
  9. Unveiling The Wicked – Exciter
  10. Whites Off Earth Now!! – Cowboy Junkies
  11. If You Swear You’ll Catch No Fish – S.N.F.U.
  12. Bridgers Over Borders – The Spoons
  13. Less Art, More Pop – Jr. Gone Wild
  14. The Sport of Kings – Triumph
  15. World of Wonders – Bruce Cockburn
  16. Rrröööaaarrr – Voivod
  17. Landing On Water – Neil Young

1985

  1. Bites – Skinny Puppy
  2. Against The Glass EP – Slow
  3. 54-40 (The Green Album) – 54-40
  4. Long Live The Loud – Exciter
  5. In The House – Images In Vogue
  6. Sell Out Young – The Nils
  7. Contemporary World – Asexuals
  8. The Lucky Ones – Willie P. Bennett
  9. Torment In Fire – Sacrifice
  10. The World Is A Ball – Martha and the Muffins
  11. Welcome to the Club – Kick Axe
  12. Born Too Soon – S.C.U.M.
  13. Power Windows – Rush
  14. ¬x~x=x – Nihilist Spasm Band
  15. Be What You Want – Asexuals
  16. Mumbo Jumbo – Condition
  17. Heredity – Rational Youth
  18. Old Ways – Neil Young
  19. Black Cars – Gino Vannelli
  20. Dog Eat Dog – Joni Mitchell

1984

  1. …And No One Else Wanted To Play – S.N.F.U.
  2. Casse-Tete Musique Concrete – Bernard Bonnier
  3. Shattered Silence – The Unwanted
  4. Vices – Kick Axe
  5. Reckless – Bryan Adams
  6. Remember – Gino Soccio
  7. What D’Ya See – The Stretch Marks
  8. Remission – Skinny Puppy
  9. Violence & Force – Exciter
  10. No Borders Here – Jane Siberry
  11. Listen to the City – Gordon Deppe with Spoons
  12. O Tempora! O Mores! – Rough Trade
  13. Stealing Fire – Bruce Cockburn
  14. The Box – The Box
  15. Mystery Walk – Martha and the Muffins
  16. 1984 – Nihilist Spasm Band
  17. Honeymoon Suite – Honeymoon Suite
  18. War and Pain – Voivod
  19. Grace Under Pressure – Rush
  20. Thunder Seven – Triumph
  21. Various Positions – Leonard Cohen

1983

  1. Creatures For A While – Personality Crisis
  2. Falling – Blue Peter
  3. Danseparc – Martha and the Muffins
  4. Forged In Fire – Anvil
  5. Weapons – Rough Trade
  6. Heads or Tales – Saga
  7. Heavy Metal Maniac – Exciter
  8. Fast Emotion – Uzeb
  9. Living On Video – Trans-x
  10. Tears – Paul Bley
  11. Talkback – The Spoons
  12. Dance Me Outside – Ian Tamblyn
  13. Cuts Like A Knife – Bryan Adams
  14. The Trouble With Normal – Bruce Cockburn
  15. Never Surrender – Triumph
  16. Everybody’s Rockin’ – Neil Young

1982

  1. Heliograms – Jean Piché
  2. Cold War Night Life – Rational Youth
  3. Arias & Symphonies – The Spoons
  4. Metal on Metal – Anvil
  5. Worlds Away – Strange Advance
  6. War On 45 – D.O.A.
  7. Signals – Rush
  8. Shaking The Foundations – Rough Trade
  9. Mama – NoMeansNo
  10. Opus X – Chilliwack
  11. Face To Face – Gino Soccio
  12. Wild Things Run Fast – Joni Mitchell
  13. Streetheart – Streetheart
  14. Love Over and Over – Kate and Anna McGarrigle
  15. Boule Noire Reggae – Boule Noire
  16. Trans – Neil Young

1981

  1. This Is The Ice Age – Martha and the Muffins
  2. For Those Who Think Young – Rough Trade
  3. Stick Figure Neighbourhood – The Spoons
  4. Worlds Apart – Saga
  5. Hardcore ’81 – D.O.A.
  6. Inner City Front – Bruce Cockburn
  7. Moving Pictures – Rush
  8. Flights of Fantasy – Garfield
  9. Allied Forces – Triumph
  10. In A Place Like This – Payola$
  11. Magentalane – Klaatu
  12. Livraison par en arrière – Plume Latraverse
  13. Hard ‘n’ Heavy – Anvil
  14. Pretty Bad Boys – Goddo
  15. Out of the Womb – Dayglo Abortions
  16. Closer – Gino Soccio
  17. Nightwalker – Gino Vannelli
  18. Wanna Be A Star – Chilliwack
  19. Amazon Beach – The Kings
  20. Re-ac-tor – Neil Young

1980

  1. Frantic City – Teenage Head
  2. Perfect Youth – Pointed Sticks
  3. Voggue – Voggue
  4. En Fleche – Diane Tell
  5. Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse – Kate and Anna McGarrigle
  6. Avoid Freud – Rough Trade
  7. All Grown Up – Ranee Lee
  8. Radio Silence – Blue Peter
  9. The Demics – The Demics
  10. The Kings Are Here – The Kings
  11. Movin’ – The Minglewood Band
  12. Something Better Change – D.O.A.
  13. Humans – Bruce Cockburn
  14. Trance and Dance – Martha and the Muffins
  15. Wrap It! – Doug and the Slugs
  16. Progressions of Power – Triumph
  17. Incorrect Thoughts – The Subhumans
  18. S-Beat – Gino Soccio
  19. When Will I See You Again – Ian Tamblyn
  20. Permanent Waves – Rush
  21. Drugstore Dancer – Streetheart
  22. Lookin’ For Trouble – Toronto
  23. In Love With The System – Forgotten Rebels
  24. Endangered Species – Klaatu
  25. Dream Street Rose – Gordon Lightfoot
  26. Quicksand Shoes – Streetheart
  27. Hawks & Doves – Neil Young

1979

  1. Metro Music – Martha and the Muffins
  2. Chirurgie plastique – Plume Latraverse
  3. Dancing In The Dragons Jaws – Bruce Cockburn
  4. Outline – Gino Soccio
  5. Just a Game – Triumph
  6. Blackie and the Rodeo King – Willie P. Bennett
  7. Bob-A-Rela – Bob-A-Rela
  8. Rust Never Sleeps – Neil Young
  9. Good To Me – THP
  10. Teenage Head – Teenage Head
  11. Armageddon – Prism
  12. Reason to Be – Garfield
  13. Under Heaven Over Hell – Streetheart
  14. Cognac and Bologna – Doug and the Slugs
  15. An Act Of Goddo – Goddo
  16. Recent Songs – Leonard Cohen
  17. Vol. 2 – Nihilist Spasm Band
  18. Hot Shots – Trooper
  19. Mingus – Joni Mitchell
  20. Breakdown In Paradise – Chilliwack

1978

  1. Haackula – Bruce Haack
  2. The Last Waltz – The Band
  3. If Indeed It’s Lonely At The Top…WHO CARES… It’s Lonely At The Bottom Too! – Goddo
  4. Meanwhile Back In Paris – Streetheart
  5. Brother to Brother – Gino Vanelli
  6. Necropolis – Bob Bell
  7. Closer To Home – Ian Tamblyn
  8. Lights From The Valley – Chilliwack
  9. Comes A Time – Neil Young
  10. Alexander Zonjic – Alexander Zonjic
  11. All Dressed – Plume Latraverse
  12. #2 Tender Is The Night – The THP Orchestra
  13. Hemispheres – Rush
  14. Sir Army Suit – Klaatu
  15. Endless Wire – Gordon Lightfoot
  16. Pronto Monto – Kate and Anna McGarrigle
  17. Further Adventures Of – Bruce Cockburn

1977

  1. The Solitude Trilogy – Glenn Gould
  2. Mighty Pope – Mighty Pope
  3. Two Hot For Love – The THP Orchestra
  4. A Farewell to Kings -Rush
  5. High Class In Borrowed Shoes – Max Webster
  6. Hobo’s Taunt – Willie P. Bennett
  7. The Diodes – The Diodes
  8. Hope – Klaatu
  9. Dancer With Bruised Knees – Kate and Anna McGarrigle
  10. Ferron – Ferron
  11. Dreams, Dreams, Dreams – Chilliwack
  12. Les Annees Passent – Boule Noire
  13. Rock and Roll Machine – Triumph
  14. Goddo – Goddo
  15. Out There Tonight – Garfield
  16. Death of a Ladies’ Man – Leonard Cohen
  17. A Pauper In Paradies – Gino Vanelli
  18. Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter – Joni Mitchell
  19. American Stars ‘N Bars – Neil Young

1976

  1. L’Heptade – Harmonium
  2. Max Webster – Max Webster
  3. The Jazz Album – Rob McConnell’s Boss Brass
  4. Hejira – Joni Mitchell
  5. Live! – Rough Trade
  6. 3:47 EST – Klaatu
  7. Boule Noire – Boule Noire
  8. Blues & Sentimental – Jackie Washington
  9. In The Falling Dark – Bruce Cockburn
  10. Ian Tamblyn – Ian Tamblyn
  11. Summertime Dream – Gordon Lightfoot
  12. Triumph – Triumph
  13. 2112 – Rush
  14. Dionysos – Dionysos
  15. Fogarty’s Cove – Stan Rogers
  16. Early Riser – The THP Orchestra
  17. Fresh Tracks – Bob Ruzicka
  18. À Deux Faces – Plume Latraverse
  19. The Minglewood Band – The Minglewood Band
  20. Strange Streets – Garfield
  21. The Gist of the Gemini – Gino Vannelli

1975

  1. Pommes De Route – Plume Latraverse
  2. Kate and Anna McGarrigle – Kate and Anna McGarrigle
  3. Lewis Furey – Lewis Furey
  4. La marche des hommes – Morse Code
  5. Atlantic Suite – Phil Nimmons
  6. Tonight`s The Night – Neil Young
  7. Si on avait besoin d’une cinquième saison – Harmonium
  8. On The Track – Leon Redbone
  9. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell
  10. Cold On The Shoulder – Gordon Lightfoot
  11. Trying to Start Out Clean – Willie P. Bennett
  12. Fly By Night – Rush
  13. Rockerbox – Chilliwack
  14. Zuma – Neil Young
  15. Le Vieux Show Son Sale – Plume Latraverse
  16. Joy Will Find A Way – Bruce Cockburn
  17. Caress of Steel – Rush
  18. Storm At Sunup – Gino Vannelli

1974

  1. Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot
  2. The Youngest Son – Jeff Moore & Friends
  3. Court And Spark – Joni Mitchell
  4. La bourse ou la vie – Contraction
  5. All Around Us – A Foot In Coldwater
  6. Not Fragile – BTO
  7. Harmonium – Harmonium
  8. On The Beach – Neil Young
  9. Vol. 3333 – L’Infonie
  10. New Skin for the Old Ceremony – Leonard Cohen
  11. Salt, Sun and Time – Bruce Cockburn
  12. Plume Pou digne – Plume Latraverse
  13. Riding High – Chilliwack
  14. Solar Explorations – Moe Koffman
  15. Powerful People – Gino Vannelli
  16. Rush – Rush
  17. Dream – Susan Jacks

1973

  1. The Brazda Brothers – The Brazda Brothers
  2. The Trio – The Oscar Peterson Trio
  3. Svengali – Gil Evans
  4. En Route – Suzanne Stevens
  5. Cantata Canada – Privilege
  6. The Second Foot In Coldwater – A Foot In Coldwater
  7. Electric Jewels – April Wine
  8. I Thought Of You Again… – Susan Jacks
  9. Night Vision – Bruce Cockburn

1972

  1. Harvest – Neil Young
  2. Dimension “M” – Frank Devrieux
  3. Aaron Space – Aaron Space
  4. On The People’s Side – HORN
  5. Vol. 333 – L’Infonie
  6. Don Quixote – Gordon Lightfoot
  7. Open, to Love – Paul Bley
  8. Dr. Music – Dr. Music
  9. Moonstone – Moonstone
  10. Fraser & Debolt with Ian Guenther – Fraser & Debolt
  11. For The Roses – Joni Mitchell
  12. A Foot In Coldwater – A Foot In Coldwater
  13. Le Prince Croule – Dionysos
  14. Coming of Age – Five Man Electrical Band
  15. Dance To The Music – Bruce Haack
  16. What The World’s All About – Bob Ruzicka
  17. Heavy Duty – Crowbar
  18. Sweet Paradise – Five Man Electrical Band
  19. Old Dan’s Records – Gordon Lightfoot
  20. Sunwheel Dance – Bruce Cockburn
  21. Crazy Life – Gino Vannelli
  22. All Over You – Chilliwack

1971

  1. Blue – Joni Mitchell
  2. La Sainte Trinité – La Sainte Trinité
  3. Everyday People – Everyday People
  4. Moose Tracks – Ian Tamblyn
  5. Songs Of Love and Hate – Leonard Cohen
  6. Le Grand Jeu – Dionysos
  7. One Fine Morning – Lighthouse
  8. Bad Manors – Crowbar
  9. Edward Bear – Edward Bear
  10. Long Lost Relatives – Syrinx
  11. Stay Awhile – The Bells
  12. Poppy Seeds – The Poppy Family
  13. Summer Side of Life – Gordon Lightfoot
  14. You’re My People – Pepper Tree
  15. High Winds, White Sky – Bruce Cockburn

1970

  1. Heritage – Christmas
  2. After The Gold Rush – Neil Young
  3. Jaune – Jean-Pierre Ferland
  4. Wayne McGhie & The Sounds Of Joy – Wayne McGhie & The Sounds Of Joy
  5. Electric Lucifer – Bruce Haack
  6. It’s All Meat – It’s All Meat
  7. The Hitch-Hikers – The Hitch-Hikers
  8. Sit Down Young Stranger/If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
  9. Street Corner Preacher – Gene MacLellan
  10. Syrinx – Syrinx
  11. Bruce Cockburn – Bruce Cockburn
  12. Beautiful Second Hand Man – Ginetto Reno
  13. Reign Ghost Ft. Lynda Squires – Reign Ghost
  14. Official Music – King Biscuit Boy with Crowbar
  15. American Women – The Guess Who
  16. Eclipse – Edward Bear
  17. For You To Know Me – Allan J. Ryan
  18. Good-byes and Butterflies – Five Man Electrical Band
  19. The Perth County Conspiracy (Does Not Exist) – The Perth County Conspiracy (Does Not Exist)
  20. Vol. 33/Mantra – L’Infonie
  21. Chilliwack – Chilliwack
  22. Starting A New Day – Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck
  23. Ladies of the Canyon – Joni Mitchell
  24. It’s Countrytime – Myrna Lorrie
  25. Share The Land – The Guess Who

1969

  1. Illuminations – Buffy Sainte Marie
  2. Sussex – Bent Wind
  3. Oar – Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence
  4. When I Die – Motherlode
  5. In The Beginning… – The British North America Act
  6. The Band – The Band
  7. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young
  8. Great Speckled Bird – Great Speckled Bird
  9. 49th Parallel – 49th Parallel
  10. Reign Ghost – Reign Ghost
  11. Stink – McKenna Mendelson Mainline
  12. Blues In Orbit – Gil Evans
  13. Clouds – Joni Mitchell
  14. Aardvark – Kensington Market
  15. Mushroom Music – The Perth County Conspiracy (Does Not Exist)
  16. The Five Man Electrical Band – The Five Man Electrical Band
  17. Send Me No Flowers – The Churls
  18. Which Way You Goin’ Billy? – The Poppy Family
  19. Grass & Wild Strawberries – The Collectors
  20. Home Grown Stuff – Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck
  21. Songs from a Room – Leonard Cohen
  22. Lighthouse – Lighthouse
  23. Sings Bud The Spud and Other Favourites – Stompin` Tom Connors
  24. Nucleus – Nucleus
  25. L’Infonie – L’Infonie

1968

  1. Music From Big Pink – The Band
  2. David – David
  3. No Record – Nihilist Spasm Band
  4. Did She Mention My Name? – Gordon Lightfoot
  5. Le Quatuor de jazz libre du Québec – Le Quatuor de jazz libre du Québec
  6. The Plastic Cloud – The Plastic Cloud
  7. Free Psychedelic Poster Inside – Intersystems
  8. Wheatfield Soul – The Guess Who
  9. Ellis Island – The Paupers
  10. Avenue Road – Kensington Market
  11. Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf
  12. The Collectors – The Collectors
  13. Neil Young – Neil Young
  14. The Churls – The Churls
  15. Song To A Seagull – Joni Mitchell
  16. Christopher’s Movie Matinee – 3′s a Crowd
  17. Back Here On Earth – Gordon Lightfoot

1967

  1. Songs Of Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen
  2. Magic People – The Paupers
  3. Peachy – Intersystems
  4. A Passing Fancy – A Passing Fancy
  5. A Wild Pair – Staccatos
  6. The Way I Feel – Gordon Lightfoot

1966

  1. Somewhere Outside – The Ugly Ducklings
  2. Georges Dor – Georges Dor
  3. Number One – Intersystems
  4. Little Wheel Spin and Spin – Buffy Ste. Marie
  5. Lightfoot! – Gordon Lightfoot
  6. Ridin’ High – Maynard Ferguson

1965 and Earlier

  1. Night Train – The Oscar Peterson Trio
  2. Tabuh-Tabuhan – Colin McPhee
  3. Bach: The Goldberg Variations – Glenn Gould
  4. The Twin Pianos – Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
  5. Gil Evans & Ten – Gil Evans
  6. Canadiana Suite – Oscar Peterson
  7. Introducing The Esquires – The Esquires
  8. Maynard Ferguson and his Birdland Dream Band – Maynard Ferguson
  9. Closer – Paul Bley
  10. The Beau Marks – The Beau Marks
  11. Oscar Peterson Trio + One – The Oscar Peterson Trio
  12. Wilf Carter/Montana Slim – Wilf Carter
  13. Newport Suite – Maynard Ferguson
  14. High Flying Beau Marks – The Beau Marks

2 Responses to Canadian Album Ranking

  1. NorthernPike says:

    Great list! I am showing my age, but some of these really take me back (’92, ’93). “Shakespeare My Butt” – what a great album. I’ll have to dig that one out and have a listen again.

    How about an all-time greatest list?

    • Agreed, I hadn’t listened to Shakespeare My Butt in a while myself. Have you ever listened to Nothing Short of a Bullet? I hear it is excellent as well, but I haven’t gotten around to listening to it yet.

      I still need to listen to a bit more before I can give a legit all time list, but one day!

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