Mersereau surveyed 600 music journalists, retailers, musicians and disc jockeys of all ages, from all parts of Canada, who each submitted a list of 10 favourite Canadian albums released between 1957 and 2007.
Mersereau acknowledged that the list would cause debate among music fans across the country. "The important part is to talk about Canadian music and enjoy it," he said. "I'd be shocked if there wasn't complaints and arguments and debates."[citation needed]
Juan Rodriguez in the Montreal Gazette identifies a bias against Quebec artists, particularly francophone. He notes that only 8% of the artists on the list are from Quebec, a province with over 23% of the population of Canada, and that only 2% of the artists are francophone artists from Quebec, a group that comprises 80% of the population of Quebec and close to 19% of the population of Canada. Rodriquez examined Mersereau's list of contributing experts and found that only 10% of them were from Quebec, and 5% were francophones from Quebec. Rodriquez questioned the people excluded from Mersereau's list of experts: “Alain Brunet of La Presse — and dean of local French-language music critics — was not asked for his opinions. Indeed, La Presse, Le Journal de Montréal and The Gazette were shut out. Major observers of "la scène locale" like Patrick Baillargeon and Olivier Robillard Laveaux of Voir aren't there.” Rodriquez concludes that “Mersereau's inability to face all the music created in Canada in a cogent critical manner is disturbing.”[2]
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The Top 100 Canadian Albums is a book by journalist Bob Mersereau published in 2007 by Goose Lane Editions Mersereau surveyed 600 music journalists retailers musicians and disc jockeys of all ages from all parts of Canada who each submitted a list of 10 favourite Canadian albums released between 1957 and 2007 Contents 1 Criticism 2 The List 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCriticism editMersereau acknowledged that the list would cause debate among music fans across the country The important part is to talk about Canadian music and enjoy it he said I d be shocked if there wasn t complaints and arguments and debates citation needed A review from the National Post by Mark Medley identifies regional and genre biases in the book Saying While any list of Top 100 anything is sure to ignite some controversy there are definitely some glaring omissions Medley lists 10 albums four from British Columbia artists One of these was The New Pornographers Mass Romantic To completely leave off Carl Newman Neko Case et al is plain wrong I m grouping in Stars 2004 album Set Yourself on Fire in with this Medley also noted the omission of The Grapes of Wrath s album Now and Again This album cracked the top 50 in Chart Magazine s 1996 and 2000 top 50 Canadian albums polls As well Medley noted the underrepresentation of hip hop artists specifically Maestro Fresh Wes Symphony in Effect and Dream Warriors And Now the Legacy Begins 1 Juan Rodriguez in the Montreal Gazette identifies a bias against Quebec artists particularly francophone He notes that only 8 of the artists on the list are from Quebec a province with over 23 of the population of Canada and that only 2 of the artists are francophone artists from Quebec a group that comprises 80 of the population of Quebec and close to 19 of the population of Canada Rodriquez examined Mersereau s list of contributing experts and found that only 10 of them were from Quebec and 5 were francophones from Quebec Rodriquez questioned the people excluded from Mersereau s list of experts Alain Brunet of La Presse and dean of local French language music critics was not asked for his opinions Indeed La Presse Le Journal de Montreal and The Gazette were shut out Major observers of la scene locale like Patrick Baillargeon and Olivier Robillard Laveaux of Voir aren t there Rodriquez concludes that Mersereau s inability to face all the music created in Canada in a cogent critical manner is disturbing 2 The List editHarvest Neil Young 1972 Blue Joni Mitchell 1971 After the Gold Rush Neil Young 1970 Music From Big Pink The Band 1968 Fully Completely The Tragically Hip 1992 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 1995 The Band The Band 1969 Funeral Arcade Fire 2004 Moving Pictures Rush 1981 American Woman The Guess Who 1970 Songs of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen 1967 Reckless Bryan Adams 1984 Five Days in July Blue Rodeo 1993 Twice Removed Sloan 1994 Up to Here The Tragically Hip 1989 Everybody Knows This is Nowhere Neil Young with Crazy Horse 1969 2112 Rush 1976 Court and Spark Joni Mitchell 1974 Whale Music Rheostatics 1992 Acadie Daniel Lanois 1989 Day for Night The Tragically Hip 1994 Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young amp Crazy Horse 1979 Gord s Gold Gordon Lightfoot 1975 You Were Here Sarah Harmer 2000 Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Sarah McLachlan 1993 Road Apples The Tragically Hip 1991 Gordon Barenaked Ladies 1992 You Forgot it in People Broken Social Scene 2002 I m Your Man Leonard Cohen 1988 Tonight s the Night Neil Young 1975 Decade Neil Young 1977 Miss America Mary Margaret O Hara 1988 Surfacing Sarah McLachlan 1997 One Chord to Another Sloan 1996 Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen 1971 Cyborgs Revisited Simply Saucer 1989 Ingenue k d lang 1992 Melville Rheostatics 1991 Love Tara Eric s Trip 1993 On the Beach Neil Young 1974 Not Fragile Bachman Turner Overdrive 1974 The Best of The Guess Who The Guess Who 1971 Let It Die Feist 2004 The Last Waltz The Band 1978 Night Train Oscar Peterson Trio 1963 Down at the Khyber Joel Plaskett Emergency 2001 Harvest Moon Neil Young 1992 Cuts Like a Knife Bryan Adams 1983 L heptade Harmonium 1976 Teenage Head Teenage Head 1979 High Class in Borrowed Shoes Max Webster 1977 Hejira Joni Mitchell 1976 Bach The Goldberg Variations Glenn Gould 1955 and 1982 Fogarty s Cove Stan Rogers 1977 Wheatfield Soul The Guess Who 1968 Les cinq saisons Harmonium 1975 Dancing in the Dragon s Jaws Bruce Cockburn 1979 Frantic City Teenage Head 1980 Hymns of the 49th Parallel k d lang 2004 Hot Shots Trooper 1979 Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson 1987 The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies 1988 Ron Sexsmith Ron Sexsmith 1995 Nothingface Voivod 1989 Come on Over Shania Twain 1997 Everything I Long For Hayden 1995 Outskirts Blue Rodeo 1987 Joyful Rebellion k os 2004 Sit Down Young Stranger If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot 1970 Love Junk The Pursuit of Happiness 1988 Jaune Jean Pierre Ferland 1970 Somewhere Outside The Ugly Ducklings 1966 Electric Jewels April Wine 1973 Sundown Gordon Lightfoot 1974 Left and Leaving The Weakerthans 2000 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 1997 Harmonium Harmonium 1974 Share the Land The Guess Who 1970 Greatest Hits Ian amp Sylvia 1970 Steppenwolf Steppenwolf 1968 Ladies of the Canyon Joni Mitchell 1970 Bud the Spud and Other Favourites Stompin Tom Connors 1969 Shine a Light The Constantines 2003 Shakespeare My Butt The Lowest of the Low 1991 Clayton Park Thrush Hermit 1999 Smeared Sloan 1992 Living Under June Jann Arden 1994 The Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell 1975 Bad Manors Crowbar 1971 Official Music King Biscuit Boy with Crowbar 1970 Lightfoot Gordon Lightfoot 1966 Mad Mad World Tom Cochrane 1991 Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright 1998 Face to the Gale Ron Hynes 1997 Hobo s Taunt Willie P Bennett 1977 Cowboyography Ian Tyson 1986 Favourite Colours The Sadies 2004 The Way I Feel Gordon Lightfoot 1967 A Farewell to Kings Rush 1977 We Were Born in a Flame Sam Roberts 2004 See also edit nbsp Record production portal nbsp Music portal nbsp Canada portal List of number one singles Canada List of diamond certified albums in CanadaReferences edit Top 10 overlooked Canadian albums The Ampersand Spot the francophonesExternal links editcanada com article canoe com article usurped CBC ca article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Top 100 Canadian Albums amp oldid 1217150353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
