CFBX Top 30 Charts to October 11, 2018

* indicates Canadian Content
** indicates a local artist

Artist – Album (Label)

1) Lex Plexus** – Gadget Babies (Ulusulu)
2) Rae Spoon* – bodiesofwater (Coax)
3) Mike Plume Band* – Born by the Radio (Independent)
4) Tiki Collective* – Muse (Independent)
5) Basement Revolver* – Heavy Eyes (Sonic Unyon)
6) Dizzy* – Baby Teeth (Royal Mountain)
7) The Lytics* – Float On (LHM)
8) Newport Electric* – Thin Wild Mercury (Independent)
9) Jory Nash* – Wilderness Years (Thin Man)
10) The Cluttetones* – Leeway (Snailbongbong)
11) Deb Rhymer* – Don’t Wait Up (Independent)
12) Birch Barks* – Red Thread (Independent)
13) Calpurnia* – Scout EP (Royal Mountain)
14) Joyfultalk* – Plurality Trip (Constellation)
15) Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach* – Naath (Gatwitch)
16) Winsome Kind* – We Call it Home (Independent)
17) Major Love* – Major Love (Latent)
18) Lawrence Lebo – Old School Girl (On the Air)
19) Hotel Mira* – Hotel Mira (Light Organ)
20) Gina Sicilia – Heard the Lie (Blue Elan)
21) Kellie Loder* – Benefit of the Doubt (Independent)
22) Dumb* – Seeing Green (Mint)
23) Les Stroud* – Bittern Lake (Independent)
24) vonReason** – Boughs and Eros (Independent)
25) Hekla Island* – Spinning Star Kick (Independent)
26) Cope* – EPs (Norwegian Blue)
27) Get Up Kids – Kicker EP (Dine Alone)
28) Bombino – Deran (Partisan)
29) Lie* – Hounds (Mint)
30) Pout* – Nylon Tears (Independent)

Specialty Charts for Early October 2018

Top 10 Jazz Albums
1) Kollage* – No Fuss No Muss (G-Three)
2) Joani Taylor* – In a Sentimental Mood (Cellar Live)
3) Sandro Dominelli* – Here and Now (Chronograph)
4) Tiki Collective* – Muse (Independent)
5) Ault Sisters* – Sisters in Song (Independent)
6) Jean Derome* – Resistances (Ambiences Magnetiques)
7) The Cluttertones* – Leeway (Snailbongbong)
8) John Coltrane – Both Directions at Once (Impulse)
9) Octobop – Live at Savanna Jazz (Independent)
10) Ben Paterson – Live at Van Gelder’s (Cellar Live)

Top 10 World/International Albums
1) Emmanuel Jal and Nyarauch* – Naath (Gatwitch)
2) Tri-Continental* – Dust Dance (Independent)
3) Camaro ’67* – Still Burning (Independent)
4) Fer Gonzalez – Mariachi: Mi Nombre es Mexico (ARC Music)
5) Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Skinnyfish)
6) Catarina Dos Santos – Radio Kriola (ARC Music)
7) Bombino – Deran (Partisan)
8) Bronninmann, Jan/Moussa Cissokho/Omri Hason – Al Nge Taa (CPL)
9) Los Ruphay – A Cry for Revolution (ARC Music)
10) Reggae Workers of the World – RWW II (Independent)

Top 10 Metal/Loud/Punk Albums
1) Lie* – Hounds (Mint)
2) Dead Girls Academy = Alchemy (Victory)
3) Final Trigger* – Triggernometry (Boonsdale)
4) Pre Nup* – Oh Well (Jigsaw)
5) Ooluu* – Antediluvian EP (Independent)
6) Awaken I Am – Blind Love (Victory)
7) Bison* – Earthbound (No List)
8) Territories* – Territories (Pirate’s Press)
9) Nof Of* – Hypocritic Oath (No List)
10) Chastity* – Death Lust (Royal Mountain)

Top 10 Electronic Albums
1) Joyfultalk* – Plurality Trip (Constellation)
2) Chvrches – Love is Dead (Glassnote)
3) Lex Plexus** – Gadget Babies (Ulusulu)
4) Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch (Capitol)
5) Plains Apparition* – Adrift (Independent)
6) Afro Sensei – Let the Beat Breathe (Independent)
7) Psychic Pollution* – Memoirs from a Flat Planet (Eat Glass)
8) Oneohtrix Point Never – Age Of (Warp)
9) Ryder Havdale* – Candy Haven (White Whale)
10) Waves That Stray* – Waves That Stray (Independent)

Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums
1) Black Lion* – Free Association (Independent)
2) Brom* – Malaise (Independent)
3) Buck n Nice* – Emag (Busy)
4) Various Artists* – The Eh! List Vol. 5 (Bring Ya Eh Game)
5) Primal Winds* – Cut You Down (Hand Solo)
6) Ricca Razor Sharp* – Bowness Kardashian (Independent)
7) Career Crooks* – Thieving as Long as I’m Breathing (Urbnet)
8) Rufus John* – Gone But Not Forgotten (Independent)
9) Moka Only* – Concert for One Instrumentals (Urbnet)
10) Ramengvrl – Cashmere (Independent)

Top 10 Roots Albums
1) Jory Nash* – Wilderness Years (Thin Man)
2) Linda Saslove* – Everything (Independent)
3) Old Man Flanagan’s Ghost* – Far from Shore (Independent)
4) Peter and the Wolves* – Howlin’ and Prowlin’ (VLV)
5) vonReason** – Boughs and Eros (Independent)
6) The Sturgeons* – Black and White (Independent)
7) Les Stroud* – Bittern Lake (Independent)
8) Winsome Kind* – We Call it Home (Independent)
9) Wave 21* – Wave 21 (Independent)
10) C.C. Trubiak* – McBain (Independent)

Top 10 Blues Albums
1) Kara Grainger – Living with Your Ghost (Station House)
2) Billy Hector – Some Day Baby (Independent)
3) Sons of Rhythm* – Sons of Rhythm (Independent)
4) Tri-Continental* – Dust Dance (Independent)
5) Tom Hambridge – The Nola Sessions (Superstar Factory)
6) Brigitte Purdy – Still I Rise (Independent)
7) Terry Blersh* – Play it All Day (Independent)
8) Little Red Rooster Blues Band – Lock Up the Liquor (Independent)
9) Duffy Bishop – Find Your Way Home (Lil Spinner)
10) Buddy Guy – The Blues is Alive and Well (Silvertone)

Top 5 Classical Albums
1) Bernard Falaise* – Lezards and Zebrures (Ambiances Magnetiques)
2) Ray Chen – The Golden Age (Decca)
3) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra – Symphonic Dances (SSO)
4) Ida Tominato/Jennifer Thiessen* – The Spaces Between Us (Ambiances Magnetiques)
5) Duo Gazzana – Ravel/Franck/Ligeti/Messiaen (ECM)

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