CanRock Renaissance - 1985-1995
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junodog4 
A chart of albums released that contributed to or resulted from Canadian rock's glory days - the blessings of Canadian content laws, Muchmusic, and forward thinking record labels gave birth to an explosion of creative music, outside of the commercial artists who had hit it big in the USA. There is no Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette or Rush on here. (Not a statement of their talent, just that they didn't come from or contribute to this movement.) Artists like Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Broken Social Scene owe much to this era.
Any fan of Canadian music - go read Have Not Been The Same by Michael Barclay.
- Chart updated: 04/21/2014 20:30
- (Created: 11/23/2012 09:35).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1992
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1988
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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CanRock Renaissance - 1985-1995 composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 27 | 27% | |
| 1990s | 73 | 73% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Tragically Hip | 4 | 4% | |
| Blue Rodeo | 4 | 4% | |
| Sloan | 3 | 3% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 2% | |
| Change Of Heart | 2 | 2% | |
| k.d. lang | 2 | 2% | |
| Sarah McLachlan | 2 | 2% | |
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CanRock Renaissance - 1985-1995 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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Up 75 from 86th to 11th |
Up 46 from 96th to 50th |
Up 37 from 97th to 60th |
| Biggest fallers |
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Down 69 from 17th to 86th |
Down 55 from 45th to 100th |
Down 40 from 29th to 69th |
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jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/22/2012 18:42 | #58599
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/22/2012 18:42 | #58599
Could easily be expanded to 100 I think. There's another Pure album in there, more 54-40 and more Pikes possible. I'd drop in Matt Good's first album (1995), too. Red Earth by Crash Vegas - another very nice album worth including.
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/23/2012 19:19 | #55734
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/23/2012 19:19 | #55734
I just realized - this chart has one album in the top 1000, and another two in the top 2000... I guess it means that this renaissance was really only in Canada...?
and Canadian hip-hop grew a little later.
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latenighttv 04/21/2014 18:16 | #109673
latenighttv 04/21/2014 18:16 | #109673
Cool, this is brill - already kinda familiar with a couple of these bands (Inbreds, Jale) so plenty more to explore - hope to make a dent in this over time.
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