The Top 100 Canadian Albums

by Bob Mersereau

Back by popular demand, here is the encore edition of the ultimate guide to Canadian music, featuring the best albums that Canadian musicians ever produced and some new interviews not included in the original hardcover edition. An unprecedented book, The Top 100 Canadian Albums includes the finest albums in Canadian music history chosen by a blue-ribbon panel. The results from 1 to 100 have sparked passionate debate among Canada's music aficionados. This book is jam-packed with incredible behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the albums and the history of Canadian music, as told by the musicians themselves. Find out how Gordon Lightfoot helped get Blue Rodeo back to Canada. Learn about the song that connects The Guess Who to The Tragically Hip. Meet Simply Saucer, the band who waited 30 years for its album to become a hit. Connect the dots between Don Messer and Music from Big Pink . Despite debate about what is and isn't on the list (or perhaps because of it), The Top 100 Canadian Albums is the essential book on Canadian music — not to be missed!

Genres: Music, Canada

214 pages, Paperback

First published October 18, 2007

Reviews

[Scott Kovatch]

Great coffee table book for Canuck music lovers.

[Kathleen]

It is a nice look-back (published several years ago) but I am at a loss for the selections/omissions from the panel of "experts". There are updates and information that some Canadian pop music enthusiasts may not know about already.

The grammar is an issue on some pages.

[Teena in Toronto]

I found Mersereau's Top 100 Canadian Singles interesting so was curious to see what were considered the Top 100 Canadian albums.

As expected, there were a lot of albums by Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Rush, Blue Rodeo and the Tragically Hip. Surprisingly there were some bands I've never heard of. As I said of the singles list, I'm surprised there are no Great Big Sea albums on this albums list.

Blog review: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2011/05...