Neil Young’s 1972 classic “Harvest” is tops in a newly released survey of the top 100 Canadian albums.

Nearly 600 music fans and critics, artists, retailers and other members of the music industry cast their votes for “The Top 100 Canadian Albums,” a book from author and journalist Bob Mersereau that hit stores Thursday.

Right behind Young on the list is “Blue” by Joni Mitchell. Young makes another appearance at No. 3 with “After the Gold Rush,” followed by The Band’s “Music From Big Pink” and The Tragically Hip’s “Fully Completely” at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.

Several artists make multiple apperances on the list. Young takes a total of eight spots. Mitchell, The Guess Who and Gordon Lightfoot each show up five times. Close behind are the Tragically Hip with four albums on the list, while Sloan have three.

Newer acts to make the list include The Arcade Fire with “Funeral” at No. 8, Broken Social Scene with “You Forgot It in People” at No. 28 and Feist with “Let It Die” at No. 43.

The book also includes album artwork and new interviews with many of the musicians.

Mersereau will travel across Canada over the next week for a series of book launches. The author promised that a special musical guest from the list will make an appearance at a stop in Halifax this weekend.

The top 20 albums are:
1. “Harvest,” Neil Young (1972)
2. “Blue,” Joni Mitchell (1970)
3. “After the Gold Rush,” Neil Young (1970)
4. “Music From Big Pink,” The Band (1968)
5. “Fully Completely,” The Tragically Hip (1992)
6. “Jagged Little Pill,” Alanis Morissette (1995)
7. “The Band,” The Band (1969)
8. “Funeral,” Arcade Fire (2004)
9. “Moving Pictures,” Rush (1981)
10. “American Woman,” The Guess Who (1970)
11. “Songs of Leonard Cohen,” Leonard Cohen (1967)
12. “Reckless,” Bryan Adams (1984)
13. “Five Days in July,” Blue Rodeo (1993)
14. “Twice Removed,” Sloan (1994)
15. “Up To Here,” The Tragically Hip (1989)
16. “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere,” Neil Young with Crazy Horse (1969)
17. “2112,” Rush (1976)
18. “Court and Spark,” Joni Mitchell (1974)
19. “Whale Music,” Rheostatics (1992)
20. “Acadie,” Daniel Lanois (1989)






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