UPDATE - 10/18@3:59PM: Here's a review which includes the entire list of 100 albums. The only other Rush album to make it on (likely due to a lot of vote-splitting among their many studio albums) was A Farewell to Kings. Thanks to Kelly C for the link.

Music columnist and long-time arts reporter for CBC Television, Bob Mersereau, has authored a book titled The Top 100 Canadian Albums which releases today. The book includes cover reproductions and descriptions for each of the albums on the list, as well as documentary photographs, interviews, trivia, and musician-contributed sidebars. The rankings are based on a survey of 580 musicians, critics, DJs and retailers including Rush's own Neil Peart. Two of Rush's albums made it into the top 20; Moving Pictures came in at #9 and 2112 at #17. The top 20 are as follows:

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

Thanks to durga2112 for the heads up.

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