Thanks to seeing a couple different posts on Facebook of L.A. Weekly’s recent list of the top 20 punk albums of all time, I decided it was time for the Dave’s Music Database version of the list. As with all DMDB lists, this is an aggegrate of multiple best-of lists, 43 in this case. See sources at the bottom of the page.
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1. The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
2. The Clash The Clash (1977)
3. Ramones Ramones (1976)
4. The Clash London Calling (1979)
5. Black Flag Damaged (1981)
6. Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
7. The Damned Damned Damned Damned (1977)
8. Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady (compilation: 1977-79, released 1979)
9. The Stooges Raw Power (1973)
10. Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
11. The Misfits Walk Among Us (1982)
12. Bad Brains Bad Brains (1982)
13. Wire Pink Flag (1977)
14. The Descendents Milo Goes to College (1982)
15. Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade (1984)
16. X Los Angeles (1980)
17. The MC5 Kick Out the Jams (1968)
18. New York Dolls New York Dolls (1973)
19. Ramones Rocket to Russia (1977)
20. Green Day Dookie (1994)
21. The Stooges Fun House (1970)
22. Richard Hell & the Voidoids Blank Generation (1977)
23. Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material (1979)
24. Rancid And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
25. Minor Threat Complete Discography (1990)
26. The Dead Boys Young, Loud & Snotty (1977)
27. The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
28. Discharge Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (1982)
29. Social Distortion Mommy’s Little Monster (1983)
30. Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)
31. The Germs GI (1979)
32. The Misfits Static Age (1997)
33. Refused The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
34. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
35. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
36. X-Ray Spex Germ-Free Adolescents (1978)
37. Operation Ivy Energy (1990)
38. The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers (1973)
39. Suicide Suicide (1977)
40. Blink-182 Enema of the State (1999)
41. The Undertones The Undertones (1979)
42. Fugazi Repeater (1990)
43. Bad Religion Suffer (1988)
44. Hüsker Dü New Day Rising (1985)
45. The Dead Kennedys Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
46. Crass The Feeding of the 5000 (1978)
47. Fear The Record (1982)
48. Circle Jerks Group Sex (1981)
49. The Cramps Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
50. NOFX Punk in Drublic (1994)
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