Music: Top Ten PUNK Albums (All-Time)

[Dolemite]

I'm sort of the opposite of a punk purist and I tend to dislike the traditional punk bands around the time of the Ramones/Sex Pistols, so I'm going to play it fast and loose and include any album that has even remote punk elements, regardless of whether or not it fully fits the genre.

Edit: did some binging because of this thread-- Punk's tricky for me

Punk (sort of):
1. White Light White Heat by The Velvet Underground - 5.0+ (Untouchable Masterpiece)
2. Black Monk Time by The Monks - 4.5 (Brilliant)
3. The Clash UK by The Clash - 4.5 (Brilliant)
4. Entertainment! by Gang of Four - 4.5 (Brilliant)
5. Neu!75 by Neu! - 4.5 (Brilliant)
6. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu - 4.0 (Flawless)
7. New Day Rising by Husker Du - 4.0 (Flawless)
8. Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall - 4.0 (Flawless)
9. Fun House by The Stooges - 4.0 (Flawless)
10. Radio Ethiopia by Patti Smith - 4.0 (Flawless)
11. Grotesque by The Fall - 4.0 (Flawless)
12. Zen Arcade by Husker Du - 3.5 (Great)
13. Bad Brains by Bad Brains - 3.5 (Great)
14. Solid Gold by Gang of Four - 3.5 (Great)
15. Live at the Witch Trials by The Fall - 3.5 (Great)
16. The Stooges by The Stooges - 3.5 (Great)
17. Pink Flag by Wire - 3.5 (Great)
18. Raw Power by The Stooges - 3.5 (Great)
19. Chairs Missing by Wire - 3.5 (Great)
20. Horses by Patti Smith - 3.5 (Great)
21. Walk Among Us by Misfits - 3.0 (Very Good)
22. Rock For Light by Bad Brains - 3.0 (Very Good)
23. For the Whole World to See by Death - 3.0 (Very Good)
24. Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids - 3.0 (Very Good)
25. Double Nickels on the Dime by Minutemen - 3.0 (Very Good)
26. Complete Discography by Minor Threat - 3.0 (Very Good)
27. Dragnet by The Fall - 3.0 (Very Good)

28. Half Machine Lip Moves by Chrome - 2.5 (Good)
29. Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics - 2.5 (Good)
30. Static Age by Misfits - 2.5 (Good) (Good)
31. Give'em Enough Rope by The Clash - 2.5 (Good)
32. The Day The Earth Met by Rocket From the Tombs - 2.5 (Good)
33. Singles Going Steady by The Buzzcocks - 2.5 (Good)
34. Album/Generic Flipper by Flipper - 2.5 (Good)
35. The New York Dolls by The New York Dolls - 2.0 (Positive)
36. Nevermind the Bullocks by The Sex Pistols - 2.0 (Positive)
37. Warsaw by Joy Division - 2.0 (Positive)
38. Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing by Discharge - 2.0 (Positive)
39. The Ramones by The Ramones - 2.0 (Positive)
40. Anthology by The Germs - 2.0 (Positive)
41. Rocket to Russia by The Ramones - 1.5 (Neutral)
42. Leave Home by The Ramones - 1.5 (Neutral)
43. Damned Damned Damned by The Damned - 1.5 (Neutral)
44. Energy by Operation Ivy - 1.5 (Neutral)
45. Repeater + 3 Songs by Fugazi - 1.5 (Neutral)
46. Nevermind by Nirvana - 1.5 (Neutral)
47. Damaged by Black Flag - 1.0 (Negative)
48. Against the Grain by Bad Religion - 1.0 (Negative)
49. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys - 1.0 (Negative)
50. Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues - 0.5 (Bad)
51. And Out Come the Wolves by Rancid - 0.5 (Bad)
52. Punk in Drublic by NOFX - 0.0 (Terrible)

The Sonics are f***ing epic. If you’ve never heard of them, check them out.

Add Fugazi, Circle Jerks, and Black Flag.

Any of you punk fans heard of this band of seen the documentary?

This is a must watch for any punk fan.

 

[sabremike]

Any album released by The Queers should be in this converation. Also how do we define "punk" because the second Bayside album (released shortly before the drummer was killed) is my all time favorite album but they are different from, say, the Dead Kennedys or Pennywise.

 

[sabremike]

I'll just mention a few I haven't seen here yet:

Dropkick Murphys- Do or Die
Face to Face- Big Choice
Swingin Utters- Five Lessons Learned
Screeching Weasel-Boogadaboogadaboogada!
Screeching Weasel- My Brain Hurts

Liked just for mentioning Screeching Weasel. Ben Weasel is awesome.

Another one I'd like to mention: Smoking Popes. They are freaking amazing.

 

[iamjs]

Let's not forget his best band, Embrace. (I realize I'm probably alone in thinking this.)

or two of his side projects that are often overlooked





(Leaving the Pailhead project with Al Jourgensen out since I wouldn't exactly consider it a punk album.)

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Any of you punk fans heard of this band of seen the documentary?

I had heard of them, but never saw the documentary. Thanks for sharing!

Love their song "Politicians in My Eyes"

 

[Elvis P]

1. The Buzzcocks - Singles going steady
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. X - Los Angeles
4. Black Flag - Damaged
5. Minutemen - Double nickles on the dime
6. Wire - Pink Flag
7. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
8. The Stooges - Funhouse - they created punk
9. The Clash - The Clash
10. (tie) The Ramones - The Ramones
The Cramps - Songs the Lord taught us

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

dont really listen to enough punk to make a full list, but here's the ones I'd list

- The Stooges - The Stooges
- Misfits - Static Age
- Clash - London Calling
- Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks
- Green Day - Dookie (yeah, its pop but its still one of the biggest "gateway to the genre" albums and a good one at that)
- Rollins Band - Weight

 

[Shareefruck]

So many of the acts that are often lumped in and associated with punk seem so anti-punk to me.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

While I enjoy older punk, I grew up on 90s and 2000s pop-punk and punk. Here’s probably my most listened to albums (not necessarily in order).

 

[Hippasus]

Gang Green has some skate punk themes, to add to my post from page two. Preschool is a good compilation of their's.

I think I should re-do my list from page one.

 

[Elvis P]

1. Ramones
2. The Clash
3. Never mind the bollocks
4. Rattus Norvegicus
5. Los Angeles
6. Singles going steady.
7. I'm stranded
8. Damned x 3
9. Cut
10. The Crack

 

[Neil Racki]

Misfits Walk Among Us still gets played in my ride.

Very loudly w the windows down.

 

[Hippasus]

Some might say grindcore is more similar to death metal. I think it is more similar to hardcore in terms of song structure and execution.

Discharge - Realities of War
The Exploited - Punks Not Dead
Repulsion - Horrified
Napalm Death - (One of the several BBC sessions. I think there are 4+ on Grind Madness at the BBC.)
Terrorizer - World Downfall
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
7 Seconds - alt.music.hardcore
Exhumed - Platters of Splatter (compilation)
Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel
Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction

 

[Metroid]

While I enjoy older punk, I grew up on 90s and 2000s pop-punk and punk. Here’s probably my most listened to albums (not necessarily in order).

Same here. Appreciate and respect the old stuff but I grew up on the Epi-Fat skatepunk of the 90s

Lots of newer skatepunk shreds hard and I love it. Still try to keep up with new bands and such in the scene.
Fast, melodic, riffs, solos ect. Woooo