CFBX Top 30 Charts to May 17, 2018
* indicates Canadian Content
** indicates a local artist
Artist – Album (Label)
1) Manitoba Hal* – Blues is in the Water (Independent)
2) Eric Cheneaux* – Slowly Paradise (Constellation)
3) Yess Woah* – Believe (Independent)
4) Bahamas* – Earthtones (Brushfire)
5) Versa* – Versa (Independent)
6) Rich Aucoin* – Hold EP (Independent)
7) Oh Geronimo* – Oh Geronimo (Independent)
8) Jaunt* – Cue (Independent)
9) Papermaps* – Confessions: To Each Their Own Rapture (Sparks)
10) Nick Moss Band – The High Cost of Low Living (Alligator)
11) Braggarts – Exploring New Stars (Ambulance)
12) Nap Eyes* – I’m Bad Now (You’ve Changed)
13) Sue Foley* – The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
14) Oral Fuentes* – Rise Up (Independent)
15) From Waves to Shore* – Subliminal Communications (Synicalist)
16) Map 71 – Gloriosa (Fourth Dimension)
17) The Young Novelists* – In City and Country (Independent)
18) Dear Rouge* – Phases (Universal)
19) Marcia Ball – Shine Bright (Alligator)
20) Son of Dave* – Music for Cop Shows (Goddamn)
21) Various Artists – African Cafe (Putumayo)
22) \\livingfossil//* – Never Die! (Independent)
23) Sharon Musgrave* – Sha’s Archive (Zosar)
24) Chris Thile – Thanks for Listening (Nonesuch)
25) Fanny Bloom* – Liqueur (Grosse Boite)
26) Dilemma Season* – Epidemic Suggestion (Independent)
27) Dylan Pratt – Limbo (Independent)
28) Acid Test* – Jus’ Rite (Independent)
29) Wolf Willow* – Caribou Howl (Independent)
30) Saltwater Hank* – Stories from the Northwest (Independent)
Specialty Charts for Mid May 2018
Top 10 Jazz Albums
1) Avi Granite 6* – Orbit (Pet Mantis)
2) \\livingfossil//* – Never Die! (Independent)
3) Sharon Musgrave* m- Sha’s Archives (Zosar)
4) Al Di Meola – Opus (Ear Music)
5) Tricia Edwards* – Intaglios (Independent)
6) Gogo Penguin – A Humdrum Star (Blue Note)
7) Melody Gardot – Live in Europe (Verve)
8) Ellen Doty* – Come Fall (Alma)
9) Buster Brown and the New Resolutions* – Buster Brown and the New Resolutions (Brouhaha)
10) Robi Botos* – Old Soul (A440)
Top 10 World/International Albums
1) Oral Fuentes* – Rise Up (Independent)
2) Various Artists – African Cafe (Putumayo)
3) Deborah Swiney – I Remember Rio (Independent)
4) Bellegarde* – Anba Tonel (Independent)
5) Sly and Robbie Meet Dubmatix* – Overdubbed (Independent)
6) Al Di Meola – Opus (Ear Music)
7) Beautiful Nubia* – Amunudum (EniObanke)
8) The Vibronics – Woman on a Mission (Independent)
9) Near East* – Near East (Independent)
10) Maz* – ID (Independent)
Top 10 Metal/Loud/Punk Albums
1) Never Betters/Grievance* – Guns and Roses’ Roses (Grooves)
2) Hivetower – Lunacy (Independent)
3) Cheap Tissue – Cheap Tissue (Lolipop)
4) Clarissa Johnson and the Cure-Alls – Talk Talk Talk (Fuel Heart)
5) Chain Whip* – Christmas Demo (Slow Death)
6) Fred Cracklin* – Looming Spook (Cuchubata)
7) Teenage Head* – Fun Comes Fast (Warner)
8) Various Artists* – Burned in the Oven Vol. 2 (Independent)
9) Forever Dead* – 2017 Demo (Independent)
10) The Stanfields* – Limboland (Ground Swell)
Top 10 Electronic Albums
1) Texture and Light* – Eat Magic (Independent)
2) Adrian Underhill* – CU Again (Indica)
3) Kutch* – Notionside (Independent)
4) Icicle* – Silence (Herd)
5) Moby – Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt (Arts and Crafts)
6) Kellarissa* – Ocean Electro (Mint)
7) Makeness – Loud Patterns (Secretly Canadian)
8) Humans* – The Feels (Haven Sound)
9) Amy Guess – 10 Times Out of 10 (Independent)
10) Tora – Take a Rest (Indica)
Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums
1) Factor Chandelier* – Wisdom Teeth (Fake Four)
2) Cadence Weapon* – Cadence Weapon (E1)
3) Elaquent* – Celebrate Life (Urbnet)
4) Joshay* – 37C (Independent)
5) Chessclub* – These Flowers Are for You (Urbnet)
6) Tachichi* – Chico’s 90’s Project (Hand Solo)
7) Fraction and Finsta* – Thoughtwork (Independent)
8) 5.1.nine.0.2* – When a Name is Just a Number (Hand Solo)
9) Jamel Thomas* – One on the House (National Defense)
10) Attikus x Vago* – Uproars and Downpours (Move Right)
Top 10 Roots Albums
1) Wolf Willow* – Caribou Howl (Independent)
2) Rose-Erin Stokes* – Wherever I Go (Independent)
3) The Young Novelists* – In City and Country (Independent)
4) Rebecca Lappa* – Spirit EP (Independent)
5) Chris Thile – Thanks for Listening (Nonesuch)
6) The Fugitives* – The Promise of Strangers (Borealis)
7) Anne Janelle* – I Didn’t Want to Break It (Independent)
8) Graham Nicholas* – Dial Tones and Pretty Notes (Independent)
9) Erin Kay* – Silver and Gold (Independent)
10) David Leask* – Six in 6/8 (Independent)
Top 10 Blues Albums
1) Manitoba Hal* – Blues is in the Water (Independent)
2) Sue Foley* – The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
3) Steven Troch Band – Rhythms for Mellow Minds (Independent)
4) Nick Moss Band – The High Cost of Low Living (Alligator)
5) Marcia Ball – Shine Bright (Alligator)
6) Son of Dave* – Music for Cop Shows (Goddamn)
7) Breezy Rodio – Sometimes the Blues Got Me (Delmark)
8) Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps – Here in Babylon (Independent)
9) Tommy Dardar – Big Daddy Gumbo (Independent)
10) Vanja Sky – Bad Penny (Ruf)
Top 5 Classical Albums
1) Marie-Pier* – Cello Lounge (Boghei)
2) Joseph Sumner – No Enemy But Winter and Rough Weather (Navona)
3) Lara Downes – For Lenny (Sony Masterworks)
4) McCormick Percussion Group – Kid Stuff (Ravello)
5) Michelle Batty Stanley/Margaret MacDonald – Nouvelle Vie (Navona)
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