# Your 10 Favorite Canadian Bands...acording to digital song count **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802 "2018-01-17T05:29:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/1 "2018-01-17T05:29:44Z")
When you only look at your digital music collection however you define that (rather than CDs/tapes/records/8-tracks and also do not include favorites on streaming music you don’t own), and by basing your liking **solely** by which bands you have the most songs by in your collection, what are your ten favorite Canadian bands? _[Here’s a list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bands_from_Canada), but you probably know other bands not on it, which is obviously fine - oh, and FYI, the Bush on that list is from the 70s, not the 90s_ Please list them in descending order: [ul] [li]Our Lady Peace[/li][li]Moist[/li][li]Nickelback[/li][li]Jackalope[/li][li]Thousand Foot Krutch[/li][li]Tegan and Sara[/li][li]Death From Above 1979[/li][li]Controller.Controller[/li][li]Finger Eleven[/li][li]Theory of a Deadman[/li][/ul] Any surprises? I was shocked to have more Tegan and Sarah and Theory of a Deadman than The Zolas and Econoline Crush ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/2 "2018-01-17T07:01:30Z")
I tried to find 10 from the Wiki page, some I know a lot better than others. 1. Arcade Fire 2. Cowboy Junkies 3. Front Line Assembly 4. Fucked Up 5. Real McKenzies 6. Rush 7. Tegan and Sara 8. Venetian Snares (not a band, should be on the single artists list) 9. Weakerthans 10. Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown - same guy Eta alphabetic, I’ll try to number if I don’t time out ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/3 "2018-01-17T11:17:09Z")
The Canadian bands I have are Rush, the Guess Who, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/4 "2018-01-17T13:23:13Z")
If solo artists don’t count, my Canadian band list is: 1. The Guess Who ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/5 "2018-01-17T13:47:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > If solo artists don’t count, my Canadian band list is: > > 1. The Guess Who By all means, go ahead and list solo artists. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/6 "2018-01-17T13:48:59Z")
Then I’ll add Bryan Adams to my list. And I don’t know if they count for real, but Doug and Bob McKenzie, aka Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/7 "2018-01-17T14:33:45Z")
Unless I’ve missed some: [ul] [li]Barenaked Ladies[/li][li]New Pornographers[/li][li]Ron Sexsmith[/li][li]Bruce Cockburn[/li][li]Hokus Pick[/li][li] \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_(and now a gap before the one-album wonders)[/li][li]Sarah McLachlan[/li][li]Arcade Fire[/li][li]Alanis Morissette[/li][li]Odds[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/8 "2018-01-17T14:58:06Z")
Barenaked Ladies Alanis Morissette That’s it. I have a LOT of BNL tho so don’t be mad, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/9 "2018-01-17T15:06:54Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > By all means, go ahead and list solo artists. After looking over the list, I can add: Barenaked Ladies Cowboy Junkies Leahy Neil Young Joni Mitchell Gordon Lightfoot Bruce Cockburn ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/10 "2018-01-17T15:07:17Z")
I don’t think I’ll make it to ten. Let’s see: 1. New Pornographers 2. Arcade Fire 3. Cub 4.Sloan 4. Men Without Hats Those I all have albums for. The rest are singles: 6. Len 7. Kon Kan And I think that’s it. I may have had Godspeed You Black Emoeror at some point, as well. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/11 "2018-01-17T15:10:58Z")
Not in reverse order, sorry. Rush Guess Who Gordon Lightfoot Neil Young Irish Rovers (I think they count as Canadian) Bryan Adams The Band (gotta overlook Kevin Helm; still, mostly Canadian) Pursuit of Happiness Barenaked Ladies Saga ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/12 "2018-01-17T15:21:05Z")
1. Frank Marino/Mahogany Rush 2. Pat Travers 3. Neil Young 4. FM 5. Steppenwolf ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/13 "2018-01-17T16:19:47Z")
1. The Tragically Hip 2. Metric 3. Arcade Fire 4. Bedouin Soundclash 5. Irish Rovers 6. Jet Set Satellite (went to school with a member) 7. Our Lady Peace 8. Theory of a Deadman 9. The Trewes 10. The Tea Party ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/14 "2018-01-17T17:23:01Z")
It appears that I do not actually own any albums by Canadian bands (there are a few stray songs by the Guess Who and Bryan Adams that sneaked into my music library). I may need to add Canadian surf rock music to my collection (Spain and Finland are already represented). Intriguingly, there is an Ottawa band called The Reverb Syndicate, which Wikipedia describes as “an almost exclusively instrumental “Spy-Fi” surf band from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada who have been playing since 2006. Their music is of “soundtracks to 1960s spy films that don’t exist”.” Sounds like a must-have. ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/15 "2018-01-18T06:12:12Z")
Bracketed quantities are the number of songs reported by iTunes (I have music in other libraries and services that would change these). These are artists that I have more than 50 songs in iTunes. Sarah McLachlan (160) Matthew Good (87) / Matthew Good Band (62) Delerium (121) David Usher (36) / Moist (69) Jann Arden (101) Nickelback (88) Naomi Striemer (83) Our Lady Peace (79) City & Colour (68) Colin James (66) Loreena McKennitt (57) The list below is the rest of the Canadian contingent with at least 10 songs or 1 full album present (there are a couple of artists missing, e.g. Tegan and Sara, where I have more elsewhere but only one track on iTunes). Default (46) Lights (44) Alanis Morissette (40) Nelly Furtado (39) Avril Lavigne (38) Serena Ryder (31) Finger Eleven (29) Carly Rae Jepsen (27) Amanda Marshall (23) Theory of a Deadman (23) Gordon Lightfoot (21) Artificial Joy Club (10) / One 2 One (etc) (10) West End Girls (20) Weeknd (18) Great Big Sea (16) Skye Sweetnam (16) Celine Dion (15) Chantal Kreviazuk (14) Bryan Adams (14) Moxy Fruvous (14) Philosopher Kings (14) Appleton (13) Bif Naked (12) Metric (12) Hedley (11) Holly McNarland (11) Jully Black (11) Rankin Family (11) Tragically Hip (11) Dianna Krall (10) Sky (10) Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (7) -DF ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/16 "2018-01-18T08:36:51Z")
Neil Young Cowboy Junkies Leonard Cohen k d lang The Band Godspeed You! Black Emperor Skinny Puppy ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/17 "2018-01-18T14:46:41Z")
I imagine that The Canadian Brass is a Canadian band, so my list can get to one, at least. But after that…? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/18 "2018-01-18T14:55:51Z")
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/19 "2018-01-18T15:00:34Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Which one would you consider their “one-album wonder”? I’m guessing it’s either Bedbugs which has their biggest hit, or Nest which is their solidest album. But I have 5 total albums by them and there are good tracks on all of them. Sorry, I wasn’t clear—by “one-album wonder” I meant bands that _I_ only had one album by. But, my one album by the Odds is Nest, which I like quite a bit; but I’ve listened to one or two others and didn’t like them enough at the time to hold onto them. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802/20 "2018-01-18T17:53:23Z")
1 Neil Young and Crazy Horse 2 Joni Mitchell with anyone else esp Jaco Pastorius 3 The Band 4 Neil Young and Buffalo Springfield 5 Neil Young and CSNY 6 Neil Young and the Squires 7 Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802.md?page=2)