(Your) Top 10 Punk Albums of All-Time

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Off the top of my head…

10.) Green Day: Dookie—confirmed the arrival of Popular Pop-Punk.

09.) The Offspring: Smash—same as above, with better music.

08.) Social Distortion: Mommy’s Little Monster –Rockabilly Punk at its best!

07.) Stiff Little Fingers: Inflammable Material—because I like Alternative Ulster. Sue me.

06.) Ramones: Leave Home—Pinhead, Carbona Not Glue, Commando… Need I say more?

05.) The Clash: Combat Rock—This is a public service announcement, WITH GUITARS!! !! !! !! !!

04.) Operation Ivy: Energy—From the Godfathers of ska…

03.) The Clash: London Calling—Because it’s the law and Rudy Can’t Fail.

02.) The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols—Think they aren’t still influencing people?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e07LLnaJbbc[/youtube]



01.) Ramones: Ramones—Punk FOR THE PEOPLE!! ! (ugly, scary people…)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNTRdcYOfN8[/youtube]

I know I ignored a bunch of bands and sub-genres, and many of you will think I’m an ignorant douche bag…. That’s why there’s a space to post your own list below!

London Calling is number one for me

Well, these are ten of my favourites in no particular order.

Dig Me Out (Sleater-Kinney)
Red Eyed Soul (WIFS)
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (Pogues)
More Fun in the New World (X)
Fire of Love (The Gun Club)
The Dresden Dolls (The Dresden Dolls)
Happiness in Magazines (Graham Coxon)
Mlah (Les Negresses Vertes)
Underdog World Strike (Gogol Bordello)
Vengeance (NMA)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MI-QR9MwCs&feature=related[/youtube]I DROPPED outta the OLD school, I got KICKED right outta the NEW school.



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83R-0mm2cK0[/youtube]PEOPLE OF THE EARTH - your world is crap.



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxqWdSOVI9U[/youtube]I believe in JUSTICE, I believe in VENGEANCE, I believe in GETTING THE BASTARD.



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcPIA6_zKX4[/youtube]You DECKED some f*****g Blackshirt who was cursing all the "YIDS"...

10. Damned Damned Damned - The Damned
09. Earth A.D. & Wolfsblood - Misfits
08. Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers
07. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
06. No Control - Bad Religion
05. Why? - Discharge
04. Complete Discography - Minor Threat
03. Nevermind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols
02. The Clash (UK) - The Clash
01. Life's A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy - Billy Bragg

No.1 Raw Power - Iggy and The Stooges

Raw Power has no place to go

PURIFY ME
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MPvJYZUSuI[/youtube]

Blimey!... nobody's mentioned The Dead Kennedys.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW8UlY8eXCk[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA[/youtube]

Saw The Dammed, UK Subs and Stranglers at Solfest in August - brill!

Vandals: Hitler Bad, Vandals Good, Hollywood Potato Chip
Dropkick Murphys: Do or Die
Clash: London Calling
NOFX: New Happy Birthday song (just the one song, not any particular album)
New York Dolls

In No particular Order:

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Black Flag - Jealous Again
Bad Brains - Attitude
Discharge - See Nothing, Say Nothing
The Stooges - Raw Power
Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Turbonegro - Asscobra
The Dead Boys - Young Loud And Snotty
MDC - Dead Cops

^^^Well, I'm a bit embarrassed that I omitted them.

Not a week goes by that I don't listen to this...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUpidCc7wwY[/youtube]

unfortunately it's still relevant...

I tried my best to narrow it down to 10 but I'm horrible at making lists... Once I start to think of albums, my mind will just keep on going until I force myself to stop. The only rule I gave myself was not to choose more than one album per band. So off the top of my head, here's what I came up with:

Minutemen - What Makes a Man Start Fires?
Wipers - Is This Real?
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Ramones - Rocket To Russia
Wire - Pink Flag
The Stooges - Funhouse
Bad Brains - S/T
The Clash - S/T
The Fall - Dragnet
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
The Replacements - Let it Be
The Clean - Compilation
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches
Black Flag - First Four Years
Unwound - New Plastic Ideas
Crass - Penis Envy
Descendents - Milo Goes to College
Gun Club - Fire of Love
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Minor Threat - Complete Discography
Germs - GI
Gang of Four - Entertainment
Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville
The Last - L.A. Explosion
The Monks - Black Monk Time

I don't listen to much punk stuff but here's some I like:

Hatebreed - Supremacy (Hardcore Punk)
GG Allin - Hated in the Nation (Punk Rock/Hardcore Punk)
Philmont - Attention (Pop Punk)
Hawk Nelson - Hawk Nelson is My Friend (Punk Rock)
The Ramones - Psychotherapy (Punk Rock) - I prefer Six Feet Under's death metal version tho.
Attack! Attack! UK - Not Afraid EP (Pop Punk)

No order:

Discharge – Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
Amebix – Arise!
Crass – Penis Envy
Bad Brains – s/t
Suicidal Tendencies – s/t
Refused – The Shape of Punk To Come
D.R.I – The Dirty Rotten LP
Operation Ivy – Energy
Nausea - Extinction
Napalm Death – Scum (it’s grindcore, but grindcore branched off from hardcore punk and it maintains those roots more than metal IMO)

I would definitely consider "Scum" a punk album, especially Side One

"Punk" is hard to define, but since this discussion seems pretty open to interpretation... I don't listen to a huge amount of punk but this is what I've got off hand:

5. Fugazi--Steady Diet of Nothing
4. Jawbreaker--24 Hour Revenge Therapy
3. Jawbreaker-- Bivouac
2. Lifter Puller--Fiestas and Fiascos
1. A Wilhelm Scream--Mute Print