MOCM TOP 100 CDN ALBUMS
This room features the top 100 Canadian albums of all time as compiled by Robert Williston.
By the end of the year we will have the top 100 Canadian albums complete and sorted. I will try to select at least 1 or 2 from each year, starting with the first Canadian LP, which was released in 1949. I will also hit as many genres as possible. Please email me with your lists/ any thoughts at ryder@robertwilliston.com
Contributing factors for placement:
1. cultural significance;
2. recognized and proven amongst the music record collector community;
3. page hits to this website;
4. stands the test of time
Non-contributing factors for placement:
1. widespread (commercial) appreciation
Let's start pre-Juno's, in the heyday of Canadian music (note that there has hardly been a better year for Cdn albums than 1970).
currently under consideration:
1967: Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
1968: Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck - Home Grown Stuff
1968: Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland
1969: The Band - The Brown Album
1970: Christmas - Heritage
1970: Guess Who - American Woman
1970: Judy Singh - A Time For Love
1970: Reign Ghost - Reighn Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
1971: Joni Mitchell - Blue
1972: Neil Young - Harvest
Marie Toulinguet (Nightingale of the North)
Frank Speck
Richard Squires
Perth County Conspiracy - ST on CBC
Ugly Ducklings - ST
Diane Dufresne - À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben
Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited
Frankie
Plastic Cloud - ST
Plastic Cloud original insert
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dufresne, Diane | a part de d'ca | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 03:54 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | rock pour un gars d'bicyc | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 03:30 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | le tour du bloc | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 04:14 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | on tourne en rond | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 04:46 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | j'me sens ben | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 04:33 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | la fin de la monde est pour aujourd'hui | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 03:24 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | attention la terre | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 00:34 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | le dernier show | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 03:18 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | le signal final | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 01:08 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | la joute des etoiles | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 01:37 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | carrousel | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 00:32 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | on n'a pas l'temps | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 02:22 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | le cirque est fini | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 01:22 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | comme des chiens | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 02:09 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | valse triste | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 02:19 | |
| Dufresne, Diane | la marche nuptiale des condamnes a mort | Opèra Cirque à part de d'ça j'me sens ben | 04:18 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Riel | ST | 02:45 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Half Breed Blues | ST | 02:35 | |
| Dunn, Willie | I Pity the Country | ST | 02:58 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Peruvian Dream (Part 1) | ST | 02:47 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Peruvian Dream (Part 2) solo by Jerry Saddleback | ST | 05:36 | |
| Dunn, Willie | The Ballad of Crowfoot | ST | 07:57 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Charlie | ST | 03:10 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Broker | ST | 02:53 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Schooldays | ST | 02:02 | |
| Haunted | 1-2-5 | ST | 02:30 | |
| Haunted | Shake | ST | 02:22 | |
| Haunted | Horror Show | ST | 05:30 | |
| Haunted | Untie Me | ST | 04:44 | |
| Haunted | Out of Time | ST | 03:41 | |
| Haunted | Searching For My Baby | ST | 03:03 | |
| Haunted | A Message to Pretty | ST | 03:07 | |
| Haunted | Twist | ST | 02:34 | |
| Haunted | Montreal Blues | ST | 04:04 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Pommes de route | Pommes de Route | 01:16 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | La 20 | Pommes de Route | 03:52 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Les bobettes a bede | Pommes de Route | 00:30 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Jonquiere | Pommes de Route | 03:21 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | La bienseance | Pommes de Route | 02:10 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Y a rien la | Pommes de Route | 02:27 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Ma porte de shed | Pommes de Route | 05:44 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Anecdote U.F.O. | Pommes de Route | 02:46 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Sapolin #148 | Pommes de Route | 04:56 | |
| Miserables, Les | Miserablement votre | ST | 02:39 | |
| Miserables, Les | Elle me dit | ST | 04:03 | |
| Miserables, Les | Trop fort | ST | 02:34 | |
| Miserables, Les | Rhythm & Blues | ST | 02:14 | |
| Miserables, Les | Le chameau | ST | 02:11 | |
| Miserables, Les | Chemises a pois cravates a fleurs | ST | 02:50 | |
| Miserables, Les | Vivre avec toi | ST | 02:09 | |
| Miserables, Les | Toi qui es jeune | ST | 02:43 | |
| Miserables, Les | Ecoute-moi | ST | 02:05 | |
| Miserables, Les | Tu peux partir | ST | 02:39 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Welcome Surprise | ST | 03:12 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Take Your Time | ST | 03:21 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | If You Can Want | ST | 04:29 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Woman for All Seasons | ST | 04:13 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Hurdy-Gurdy Man | ST | 04:38 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Mr. Truthful Licks | ST | 02:48 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | So Many Things | ST | 02:51 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Hindsight | ST | 03:39 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Lace and Cobwebs | ST | 02:41 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | I Shall be Released | ST | 06:32 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Epistle to Paradise | ST | 03:35 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Shadows of Your Mind | ST | 04:18 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Art's a Happy Man | ST | 03:13 | |
| Plastic Cloud | You Don't Care | ST | 10:35 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Bridge Under the Sky | ST | 04:35 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Face Behind the Sun | ST | 04:52 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Dainty General Rides | ST | 04:14 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Civilization Machine | ST | 08:51 | |
| Reign Ghost | Long Day Journey No. 2 | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 03:03 | |
| Reign Ghost | More Than I | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 03:38 | |
| Reign Ghost | Mother's Got Troubles | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 03:34 | |
| Reign Ghost | Parable | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 02:15 | |
| Reign Ghost | Ain't it Great (How I Love You) | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 03:57 | |
| Reign Ghost | Breast Stroke Blues | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 04:26 | |
| Reign Ghost | Solar Nice | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 02:35 | |
| Reign Ghost | Breadbox | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 02:07 | |
| Reign Ghost | Enola Gay | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 08:27 | |
| Riverson | Clear Night | ST | 03:06 | |
| Riverson | Winter Garden | ST | 03:17 | |
| Riverson | Eleanor Rigby | ST | 04:14 | |
| Riverson | Empty Sky | ST | 04:34 | |
| Riverson | Stoney Day | ST | 04:31 | |
| Riverson | Between the Lines | ST | 04:14 | |
| Riverson | Can't Live Without You | ST | 03:06 | |
| Riverson | Medallion Castle | ST | 04:30 | |
| Riverson | Hermit Glen | ST | 03:11 | |
| Riverson | I'll be There | ST | 03:17 | |
| Riverson | Take Me | ST | 02:57 | |
| Scammel, Arthur R. | Confederation Song | My Newfoundland | 02:52 | |
| Scammel, Arthur R. | Bake Apple Jam | My Newfoundland | 03:53 | |
| Scammel, Arthur R. | The Six Horsepower Coker | My Newfoundland | 03:50 | |
| Scammel, Arthur R. | Long May You Big Jib Draw | My Newfoundland | 02:54 | |
| Scammel, Arthur R. | Teachers "If" Summer School 1938 | My Newfoundland | 01:52 | |
| Scammel, Arthur R. | Sea Pictures | My Newfoundland | 03:26 | |
| Scammel, Arthur R. | Squid Jiggin' Ground | My Newfoundland | 03:12 | |
| Scammel, Arthur R. | Tommy Decker's Venture | My Newfoundland | 05:20 | |
| Scammel, Arthur R. | That Joe Batt's Arm Bully | My Newfoundland | 03:48 | |
| Singh, Judy | So I'm Wrong Again | A Time For Love | 02:56 | |
| Singh, Judy | Raggedy Anne And Raggedy Andy | A Time For Love | 04:17 | |
| Singh, Judy | Look Around | A Time For Love | 02:40 | |
| Singh, Judy | Up And Down | A Time For Love | 03:38 | |
| Singh, Judy | Yesterday I Heard the Rain | A Time For Love | 03:08 | |
| Singh, Judy | Samba Del Sol | A Time For Love | 03:08 | |
| Singh, Judy | Song Under the Sun | A Time For Love | 04:57 | |
| Singh, Judy | Another Woman | A Time For Love | 03:24 | |
| Singh, Judy | Forever Waits Beyond | A Time For Love | 03:17 | |
| Singh, Judy | Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon | A Time For Love | 03:09 | |
| Singh, Judy | Their Hearts Were Full of Spring | A Time For Love | 02:36 | |
| Singh, Judy | A Time for Love | A Time For Love | 04:14 | |
| Tessier, Peter | I Cannot Know | By Turning a Knob | 03:20 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Try With Your Heart | By Turning a Knob | 03:56 | |
| Tessier, Peter | The Rain on the Brain | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| Tessier, Peter | I Still Don't Know | By Turning a Knob | 02:58 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Raver's Inn | By Turning a Knob | 04:52 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Hey Mister Engineer | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| Tessier, Peter | A Little More Rain | By Turning a Knob | 01:01 | |
| Tessier, Peter | And On the Eighth Day He Said… | By Turning a Knob | 04:07 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Why are Old Folks Always Left Alone? | By Turning a Knob | 03:56 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Bottle of Time | By Turning a Knob | 03:27 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Pastorale | By Turning a Knob | 03:34 | |
| Tessier, Peter | I'll Never Know | By Turning a Knob | 01:41 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Someday | By Turning a Knob | 03:36 | |
| Ugly Ducklings | Do What You Want | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 02:46 | |
| Ugly Ducklings | Just in Case You Wonder | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 02:28 | |
| Ugly Ducklings | I Aint Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 02:51 | |
| Ugly Ducklings | Windy City (Noise at the North End) | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 06:02 | |
| Ugly Ducklings | Nothin' | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 02:28 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Don't Despair | ST | 02:59 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Untitled (Make the Answer "Yes") | ST | 04:31 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Song From Beads | ST | 02:17 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Nothing Beautiful | ST | 05:27 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Good Morning Blues | ST | 04:37 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Durocher | ST | 04:36 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Northwind | ST | 03:21 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Swords of Gold | ST | 02:51 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Interval | ST | 04:41 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Reflections | ST | 08:05 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Don't Despair (Jazz Version) | ST | 02:59 | |
| Warpig | U.X.I.B. | ST | 07:38 | |
| Warpig | Advance A Minor | ST | 07:26 | |
| Warpig | Rock Star | ST | 04:08 | |
| Warpig | The Moth | ST | 05:12 | |
| Warpig | Sunflight | ST | 04:28 | |
| Warpig | Melody With Balls | ST | 07:14 | |
| Warpig | Tough Nuts | ST | 08:20 | |
| Warpig | Flaggit | ST | 03:08 | |
| Simply Saucer | Here Come the Cyborgs (excerpt) (live) | Cyborgs Revisited | 06:45 | |
| Simply Saucer | Instant Pleasure | Cyborgs Revisited | 01:42 | |
| Simply Saucer | Dance the Mutation | Cyborgs Revisited | 04:27 | |
| Simply Saucer | Illegal Bodies | Cyborgs Revisited | 10:12 | |
| Simply Saucer | Mole Machine | Cyborgs Revisited | 04:24 | |
| Simply Saucer | Here Come the Cyborgs | Cyborgs Revisited | 03:45 | |
| Simply Saucer | Bullet Proof Nothing | Cyborgs Revisited | 02:59 | |
| Simply Saucer | Nazi Apocalypse | Cyborgs Revisited | 03:09 | |
| Simply Saucer | Electro-Rock | Cyborgs Revisited | 04:12 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Sad Eyes (McAulley) | Sad Eyes | 03:05 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Big City Guy (Gary Paxton) | Sad Eyes | 02:29 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Losing Control (Gary Paxton) | Sad Eyes | 02:04 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Wait Until Mourning (Campbell) | Sad Eyes | 02:22 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Wander By (McAulley) | Sad Eyes | 02:37 | |
| Saxton, Mary | I Gotta Go Now (McAulley) | Sad Eyes | 02:07 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Don't Go (McAulley) | Sad Eyes | 02:49 | |
| Saxton, Mary | I Don't Know (McAulley) | Sad Eyes | 02:38 | |
| Saxton, Mary | A Tear (Gary Paxton) | Sad Eyes | 02:12 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Lonely World (McAulley) | Sad Eyes | 02:24 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Is it Better to Live or to Die (Johnson) | Sad Eyes | 02:55 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Silent Thoughts (McAulley-Theuson) | Sad Eyes | 02:45 | |
| Saxton, Mary | Take My Heart (Schwartz-Murray) | Sad Eyes | 02:04 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | You Will be Loved Again | Miss America | 03:35 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | Help Me Lift You Up | Miss America | 04:37 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | Dear Darling | Miss America | 03:51 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | When You Know Why You're Happy | Miss America | 04:37 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | To Cry About | Miss America | 03:23 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | Year in Song | Miss America | 03:35 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | Body’s in Trouble | Miss America | 05:01 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | A New Day | Miss America | 03:13 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | My Friends Have | Miss America | 03:12 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | Keeping You in Mind | Miss America | 04:40 | |
| O’Hara, Mary Margaret | Not Be Allright | Miss America | 05:13 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Riel | ST | 02:45 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Half Breed Blues | ST | 02:35 | |
| Dunn, Willie | I Pity the Country | ST | 02:58 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Peruvian Dream (Part 1) | ST | 02:47 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Peruvian Dream (Part 2) solo by Jerry Saddleback | ST | 05:36 | |
| Dunn, Willie | The Ballad of Crowfoot | ST | 07:57 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Charlie | ST | 03:10 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Broker | ST | 02:53 | |
| Dunn, Willie | Schooldays | ST | 02:02 | |
| Nomeansno | Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue | Wrong | 01:46 | |
| Nomeansno | Brainless Wonder | Wrong | 01:34 | |
| Nomeansno | It's Catching Up | Wrong | 03:29 | |
| Nomeansno | The Tower | Wrong | 05:10 | |
| Nomeansno | Tired of Waiting | Wrong | 01:47 | |
| Nomeansno | Stocktaking | Wrong | 03:05 | |
| Nomeansno | The End Of All Things | Wrong | 05:10 | |
| Nomeansno | Big Dick | Wrong | 03:15 | |
| Nomeansno | Rags and Bones | Wrong | 05:05 | |
| Nomeansno | Oh No! Bruno! | Wrong | 03:06 | |
| Nomeansno | All Lies | Wrong | 06:27 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | Ce qu'on dit quand on tient une femme dans ses bras | Jaune | 03:52 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | Y'a des jours | Jaune | 05:23 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | Quand on aime on a toujours 20 ans | Jaune | 04:03 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | Le petit roi | Jaune | 03:47 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | It Ain't Fair | Jaune | 02:52 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | Épilogue | Jaune | 04:00 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | ... | Jaune | 01:22 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | Le chat du café des artistes | Jaune | 04:29 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | God Is An Americain | Jaune | 06:02 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | Sing Sing | Jaune | 05:47 | |
| Ferland, Jean-Pierre | Prologue | Jaune | 02:25 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | What'cha Gonna Do (When the Creek Runs Dry) | ST | 01:58 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | Need Your Lovin' (Oh So Bad) | ST | 02:22 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | Wild Little Willy | ST | 02:16 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | Odessa | ST | 02:16 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | Horace | ST | 02:33 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | Dizzy Miss Lizzy | ST | 01:56 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | One of These Days | ST | 02:37 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | Oh Sugar | ST | 02:15 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | My Gal is Red Hot | ST | 01:51 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | Forty Days | ST | 02:17 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | Ruby Baby | ST | 02:15 | |
| Hawkins, Ronnie | Mary Lou | ST | 02:10 | |
| Teenage Head | Little Boxes | ST | 03:24 | |
| Teenage Head | Lucy Potato | ST | 03:36 | |
| Teenage Head | Top Down | ST | 02:00 | |
| Teenage Head | Ain't Got No Sense | ST | 04:10 | |
| Teenage Head | Bonerack | ST | 03:36 | |
| Teenage Head | Picture My Face | ST | 02:59 | |
| Teenage Head | Curtain Jumper | ST | 04:07 | |
| Teenage Head | You're Tearin' Me Apart | ST | 02:43 | |
| Teenage Head | Get Off My Back | ST | 03:58 | |
| Teenage Head | Kissin the Carpet | ST | 04:50 | |
| Arcade Fire | Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) | Funeral | 04:48 | |
| Arcade Fire | Neighborhood #2 (Laika) | Funeral | 03:31 | |
| Arcade Fire | Une anee sans lumiere | Funeral | 03:40 | |
| Arcade Fire | Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) | Funeral | 05:12 | |
| Arcade Fire | Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) | Funeral | 04:49 | |
| Arcade Fire | Crown of Love | Funeral | 04:42 | |
| Arcade Fire | Haiti | Funeral | 04:07 | |
| Arcade Fire | Rebellion (Lies) | Funeral | 05:10 | |
| Arcade Fire | In the Backseat | Funeral | 06:19 | |
| Arcade Fire | Wake Up | Funeral | 05:35 | |
| Sloan | Before I Do | Twice Removed | 07:05 | |
| Sloan | Shame Shame | Twice Removed | 03:04 | |
| Sloan | Loosens | Twice Removed | 05:27 | |
| Sloan | I Hate My Generation | Twice Removed | 02:26 | |
| Sloan | Penpals | Twice Removed | 03:08 | |
| Sloan | People of the Sky | Twice Removed | 03:37 | |
| Sloan | Coax Me | Twice Removed | 03:26 | |
| Sloan | Bells On | Twice Removed | 03:55 | |
| Sloan | Worried Now | Twice Removed | 02:40 | |
| Sloan | Deeper Than Beauty | Twice Removed | 02:41 | |
| Sloan | Snowsuit Sound | Twice Removed | 03:48 | |
| Sloan | I Can Feel It | Twice Removed | 03:29 |
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