The 50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time




  1. The following is an aggregate list based off of 44 different "Greatest Punk Albums of All Time" lists (updated as of 4/8/26)
  1. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
  2. Ramones - Ramones (1976)
  3. The Clash - The Clash (1977)
  4. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
  5. Black Flag - Damaged (1981)
  6. Wire - Pink Flag (1977)
  7. The Clash - London Calling (1979)
  8. The Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
  9. Bad Brains - Bad Brains (1982)
  10. Husker Du - Zen Arcade (1984)
  11. Minor Threat - Minor Threat (1981)
  12. Minute Men - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
  13. The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
  14. Green Day - Dookie (1994)
  15. X - Los Angeles (1980)
  16. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (1979)
  17. The Stooges - Fun House (1970)
  18. The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)
  19. The Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)
  20. The Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
  21. Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
  22. Ramones - Rocket to Russia (1977)
  23. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)
  24. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)
  25. Operation Ivy - Operation Ivy (1989)
  26. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation (1977)
  27. Gang of Four - Entertainment! (1979)
  28. Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
  29. Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982)
  30. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
  31. New York Dolls - New York Dolls (1973)
  32. Suicide - Suicide (1977)
  33. Rancid - …And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
  34. NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
  35. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (1969)
  36. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
  37. Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)
  38. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
  39. Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
  40. Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty (1977)
  41. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
  42. The Germs - (GI) (1979)
  43. The Undertones - The Undertones (1979)
  44. The Saints - (I’m) Stranded (1977)
  45. Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
  46. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
  47. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today (1989)
  48. Subhumans - The Day the Country Died (1983)
  49. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
  50. Husker Du - New Day Rising (1985)

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