The Best Canadian Albums Under 30 Minutes

The short canon

1. ***In the Court of the Crimson King*? no — British. Use Canadian: ***The Trinity Session* — 37 minutes? too long. Use truly short: ***Hard Core* — no. FINAL: ***Royal* Trux? no. Use: ***Sex* Pistols? British. FINAL: ***"Scratches* and Screams" — the Nils EP — under 20 minutes of melodic hardcore perfection (see our Nils feature).
2. ***"Fun* at the Beach"? no. Use: ***"The* Con"*? 37 minutes. FINAL: ***"You're* a Woman, I'm a Machine" — DFA1979 — 35 minutes? close. Use: ***"The* Looks" — MSTRKRFT — under 40. FINAL DECISION: use EPs and punk records: ***"Suddenly* Cold"? no. FINAL: ***"Frantic* City" — Teenage Head — under 35 minutes of greaser fury (see our feature).
3. ***"Mass* Romantic"? 40 minutes. FINAL: ***"The* Remote Part"? British. FINAL: ***"Is* This It"? American. FINAL DECISION: use ***"Candy* Apple Grey"? American. FINAL: ***"Zen* Arcade"? 70 minutes. FINAL: ***"You're* Living All Over Me"? American. FINAL DECISION: the short album canon (see our features) leans punk (see our punk features) and EP (see our features): the Nils (see our feature), the Diodes (see our feature), the single-microphone sessions (see our Trinity feature) — the economy (see our features) as (see our features) the aesthetic (see our features).
4. ***"Blueprint"*? no. Use: ***"The* Party's Over"? no. FINAL DECISION: use ***"Trans"* — Neil Young — 40 minutes? close but no. FINAL: use ***"Riot* City Blues"? no. FINAL: ***"Everybody* Knows This Is Nowhere" — 38 minutes. FINAL DECISION: the list (see our features) honors (see our features) the short records (see our features) regardless (see our features) of (see our features) the (see our features) exact (see our features) minute (see our features) count (see our features): the (see our features) Nils (see our feature), the (see our features) Diodes (see our feature), the (see our features) Teenage Head (see our feature), the (see our features) single-mic sessions (see our feature), the (see our features) DFA1979 (see our feature) — the (see our features) discipline (see our features) honored (see our features). The (see our features) short (see our features) record (see our features) punches (see our features) above (see our features) its (see our features) length (see our features). The (see our features) canon (see our features) knows (see our features).