Top Punk Rock Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
7
 The Clash London Calling 1979
2
12
 Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols 1977
3
28
 Television Marquee Moon Art Punk Post-Punk 1977
4
41
 Ramones Ramones 1976
5
68
 The Clash The Clash 1977
6
213
 Suicide Suicide Synth Punk Minimal Synth 1977
7
223
 Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade Hardcore Punk, Post-Hardcore 1984
8
292
 Wire Pink Flag Art Punk 1977
9
305
 Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime Post-Punk 1984
10
310
 Violent Femmes Violent Femmes Folk Punk Acoustic Rock, Alternative Rock, Post-Punk 1983
11
314
 Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Art Punk New Wave, Post-Punk 1978
12
316
 Pere Ubu The Modern Dance Art Punk Post-Punk 1978
13
320
 Green Day Dookie Pop Punk 1994
14
373
 Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77 Art Punk New Wave 1977
15
378
 Black Flag Damaged Hardcore Punk 1981
16
386
 Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings and Food Art Punk New Wave, Post-Punk 1978
17
392
 Ramones Rocket to Russia 1977
18
406
 IDLES Joy as an Act of Resistance Post-Hardcore Post-Punk 2018
19
421
 Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Hardcore Punk 1980
20
431
 Hüsker Dü New Day Rising Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock 1985
21
437
 Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out Indie Rock 1997
22
444
 Green Day American Idiot Pop Punk 2004
23
458
 The Clash Sandinista! 1980
24
459
 X Los Angeles 1980
25
521
 Ian Dury New Boots and Panties!! New Wave, Pub Rock 1977
26
561
 At the Drive-In Relationship of Command Post-Hardcore 2000
27
574
 The Undertones The Undertones Pop Punk 1979
28
623
 Richard Hell & The Voidoids Blank Generation Art Punk 1977
29
652
 Fugazi Repeater Post-Hardcore 1990
30
674
 Wire Chairs Missing Art Punk Post-Punk 1978
31
756
 X-Ray Spex Germfree Adolescents 1978
32
791
 Buzzcocks Another Music in a Different Kitchen 1978
33
795
 The Pogues If I Should Fall from Grace with God Celtic Punk Celtic Rock 1988
34
800
 X Wild Gift 1981
35
862
 The Gun Club Fire of Love Psychobilly, Punk Blues 1981
36
878
 The Cramps Songs the Lord Taught Us Garage Punk, Psychobilly 1980
37
914
 Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material 1979
38
924
 Big Black Songs About Fucking Post-Hardcore Noise Rock 1987
39
989
 Meat Puppets Meat Puppets II Cowpunk Alternative Rock 1984
40
1005
 The Damned Damned Damned Damned 1977
41
1010
 Pere Ubu Dub Housing Art Punk Experimental Rock, Post-Punk 1978
42
1032
 Big Black Atomizer Post-Hardcore Noise Rock 1986
43
1033
 The Pop Group Y Art Punk Experimental Rock, Post-Punk 1979
44
1046
 The Jam In the City Mod Revival, New Wave 1977
45
1074
 Heartbreakers L.A.M.F. 1977
46
1077
 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Source Tags & Codes Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 2002
47
1118
 The Saints (I'm) Stranded 1977
48
1123
 Wire 154 Art Punk Post-Punk 1979
49
1140
 Refused The Shape of Punk to Come Hardcore Punk, Post-Hardcore 1998
50
1168
 Bad Brains I Against I Hardcore Punk Alternative Metal 1986
51
1175
 Fugazi The Argument Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 2001
52
1178
 Minor Threat Out of Step EP Hardcore Punk 1983
53
1181
 Blues Explosion Orange Garage Punk, Punk Blues 1994
54
1184
 Ramones It's Alive 1979
55
1190
 Magazine Real Life Art Punk Post-Punk 1978
56
1220
 Ramones Leave Home 1977
57
1224
 Fugazi 13 Songs (Fugazi EP + Margin Walker EP) Post-Hardcore 1989
58
1236
 The Gun Club Miami Punk Blues Post-Punk 1982
59
1240
 Shellac At Action Park Post-Hardcore Math Rock, Noise Rock 1994
60
1273
 The Clash Combat Rock New Wave 1982
61
1285
 Titus Andronicus The Monitor Folk Punk Indie Rock 2010
62
1370
 The Stranglers The Stranglers IV - Rattus Norvegicus New Wave 1977
63
1373
 The Offspring Smash Skate Punk 1994
64
1381
 Napalm Death Scum Grindcore 1987
65
1393
 Sublime Sublime Ska Punk Alternative Rock 1996
66
1411
 Radio Birdman Radios Appear 1977
67
1430
 Ash 1977 Pop Punk Britpop 1996
68
1449
 Bad Brains Bad Brains Hardcore Punk 1982
69
1469
 The Clash Give 'em Enough Rope 1978
70
1484
 Fugazi In On the Kill Taker Post-Hardcore 1993
71
1514
 L7 Bricks are Heavy Riot Grrrl Grunge 1992
72
1527
 The Fall Hex Enduction Hour Art Punk Post-Punk 1982
73
1550
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Firstborn Is Dead Punk Blues Post-Punk 1985
74
1570
 Converge All We Love We Leave Behind Metalcore 2012
75
1602
 Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft Alles ist gut Synth Punk EBM, Neue Deutsche Welle 1981
76
1649
 The Adverts Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts 1978
77
1657
 Sleater-Kinney Call the Doctor Riot Grrrl Indie Rock 1996
78
1660
 Rancid ...And Out Come the Wolves Ska Punk 1995
79
1662
 Le Tigre Le Tigre Riot Grrrl Dance-Punk, Indietronica 1999
80
1665
 Cloud Nothings Attack on Memory Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 2012
81
1684
 Blink-182 Enema of the State Pop Punk 1999
82
1701
 The Raincoats The Raincoats Art Punk Post-Punk 1979
83
1717
 Jawbox For Your Own Special Sweetheart Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock 1994
84
1720
 Fucked Up David Comes to Life Post-Hardcore Rock Opera 2011
85
1771
 Hüsker Dü Flip Your Wig Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock 1985
86
1778
 Against Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues 2014
87
1781
 Germs (GI) Hardcore Punk 1979
88
1808
 The Birthday Party Junkyard Punk Blues Noise Rock, Post-Punk 1982
89
1856
 Parquet Courts Wide Awake! Art Punk Indie Rock 2018
90
1887
 Dead Boys Young Loud and Snotty 1977
91
1940
 Flipper Album - Generic Flipper Noise Rock 1982
92
1966
 Cloud Nothings Here and Nowhere Else Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 2014
93
1969
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Kicking Against the Pricks Punk Blues Post-Punk 1986
94
1982
 Billy Bragg Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy Folk Punk Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1983
95
1990
 Minor Threat Minor Threat [EP 1981 / LP 1984] Hardcore Punk 1981
96
2004
 Fugazi Red Medicine Post-Hardcore 1995
97
2031
 Unwound Leaves Turn Inside You Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 2001
98
2056
 Bérurier Noir Concerto pour détraqués 1985
99
2099
 Violent Femmes Hallowed Ground Cowpunk, Folk Punk Alternative Rock 1984
100
2124
 Public Image Ltd. Public Image - First Issue Art Punk Post-Punk 1978
101
2150
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Henry's Dream Punk Blues Post-Punk, Singer/Songwriter 1992
102
2187
 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Now I Got Worry Garage Punk, Punk Blues Alternative Rock 1996
103
2193
 Mekons Fear and Whiskey Cowpunk Post-Punk 1985
104
2255
 McLusky McLusky Do Dallas Post-Hardcore Noise Rock 2002
105
2280
 Meat Puppets Up on the Sun Cowpunk Alt-Country, Alternative Rock 1985
106
2309
 The Saints Eternally Yours 1978
107
2320
 Turbonegro Apocalypse Dudes Glam Punk Hard Rock 1998
108
2388
 Social Distortion White Light, White Heat, White Trash 1996
109
2417
 Buzzcocks Love Bites Pop Punk 1978
110
2431
 The Cramps Psychedelic Jungle Garage Punk, Psychobilly 1981
111
2483
 Grinderman Grinderman Punk Blues Blues Rock 2007
112
2486
 The Hotelier Home, Like Noplace is There Pop Punk Emo 2014
113
2523
 Bad Religion Suffer Melodic Hardcore, Skate Punk 1988
114
2534
 Bad Brains Rock for Light Hardcore Punk 1983
115
2553
 Fucked Up The Chemistry of Common Life Hardcore Punk, Post-Hardcore 2008
116
2624
 X Under the Big Black Sun 1982
117
2636
 The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious Garage Punk Garage Rock Revival 2000
118
2637
 The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette 1979
119
2690
 My Chemical Romance The Black Parade Pop Punk 2006
120
2721
 Suicide Alan Vega/Martin Rev - Suicide Synth Punk Synthpop 1980
121
2752
 Mudhoney Superfuzz Bigmuff EP Garage Punk Grunge 1988
122
2765
 Iceage Beyondless Art Punk Post-Punk 2018
123
2772
 The Thermals The Body, The Blood, The Machine Pop Punk Indie Rock 2006
124
2831
 Ramones Road to Ruin 1978
125
2841
 Descendents Milo Goes to College Hardcore Punk, Skate Punk 1982
126
2864
 Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy Indie Rock, Rock Opera 2015
127
2882
 Half Japanese 1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts Experimental Rock, Noise Rock 1980
128
2905
 Tom Verlaine Dreamtime Art Punk Post-Punk 1981
129
2932
 Rocket from the Crypt Scream, Dracula, Scream! Alternative Rock 1995
130
2983
 The Stranglers No More Heroes Post-Punk 1977

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
The Stranglers Black & White Post-Punk 1978
Wipers Youth of America Post-Punk 1981
The Vines Highly Evolved Garage Punk 2002
Ought More Than Any Other Day Art Punk Post-Punk 2014
Mano Negra Patchanka Folk Punk Alternative Rock, Latin Alternative 1988
Bikini Kill Bikini Kill EP/The C.D. Version of the First Two Records Riot Grrrl 1992
Grinderman Grinderman 2 Punk Blues 2010
Sleaford Mods Divide and Exit Art Punk, Synth Punk Post-Punk 2014
Talking Heads The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads Art Punk New Wave 1982
Tom Verlaine Tom Verlaine Art Punk Post-Punk 1979
IDLES Brutalism Post-Hardcore Post-Punk 2017
Body Count Body Count Crossover Thrash Rap Metal 1992
The Ruts The Crack 1979
Naked City Torture Garden Grindcore Avant-Garde Jazz 1989
Blues Explosion Extra Width Punk Blues Garage Rock 1993
Rollins Band The End of Silence Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock 1992
Magazine Secondhand Daylight Art Punk Post-Punk 1979
The Undertones Hypnotised Pop Punk 1980
Buzzcocks A Different Kind of Tension 1979
Fugazi Steady Diet of Nothing Post-Hardcore 1991
Ty Segall Band Slaughterhouse Garage Punk Noise Rock 2012
Iggy Pop New Values New Wave 1979
Ramones End of the Century 1980
Misfits Walk Among Us Hardcore Punk, Horror Punk 1982
Protomartyr Under Color of Official Right Garage Punk Post-Punk 2014
Ebba Grön We're Only in It for the Drugs 1979
Against Me! New Wave Pop Punk 2007
The Men Open Your Heart Post-Hardcore Indie Rock, Noise Rock 2012
Brainiac Hissing Prigs in Static Couture Art Punk Experimental Rock, Noise Rock 1996
New Bomb Turks !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! Garage Punk 1993
The Undertones Positive Touch Pop Punk Power Pop 1981
Babes in Toyland Fontanelle Riot Grrrl Grunge 1992
X More Fun in the New World 1983
The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity Mathcore 1999
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Madonna Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 1999
Bad Religion Against the Grain Melodic Hardcore, Skate Punk 1990
The Rezillos Can't Stand The Rezillos Pop Punk 1978
Sleaford Mods Key Markets Art Punk Post-Punk 2015
The Jesus Lizard Liar Post-Hardcore Noise Rock 1992
Generation X Generation X 1978
PUP The Dream is Over Pop Punk, Post-Hardcore 2016
Social Distortion Mommy's Little Monster 1983
Alan Vega Saturn Strip Synth Punk New Wave 1983
Angry Samoans Back from Samoa Hardcore Punk 1982
Cursive The Ugly Organ Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 2003
Converge Axe to Fall Metalcore 2009
Jason & The Scorchers Fervor EP Cowpunk 1983
Converge Jane Doe Mathcore 2001
Bad Religion No Control Melodic Hardcore, Skate Punk 1989
Sleaford Mods English Tapas Synth Punk Post-Punk 2017
Wipers Over the Edge Post-Punk 1983
Bikini Kill Pussy Whipped Riot Grrrl 1993
The Menzingers On the Impossible Past 2012
Kvelertak Kvelertak Hardcore Punk Black 'n' Roll 2010
The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound Heartland Rock 2008
Shudder to Think Pony Express Record Post-Hardcore 1994
Converge The Dusk in Us Metalcore 2017
The Blood Brothers ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn Post-Hardcore Noise Rock 2003
PUP Morbid Stuff Pop Punk 2019
Girls Against Boys House of GVSB Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 1996
Ebba Grön Kärlek & Uppror 1981
Iceage New Brigade Art Punk Post-Punk 2011
Swell Maps Jane from Occupied Europe Art Punk Post-Punk 1980
Lisabö Animalia lotsatuen putzua Post-Hardcore 2011
Future of the Left Travels with Myself and Another Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock 2009
CCCP Fedeli Alla Linea Affinità-divergenze tra il Compagno Togliatti e noi Art Punk Post-Punk 1986
Thee Oh Sees Floating Coffin Garage Punk Psychedelic Rock 2013
The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the Killer Mathcore 2013
The Replacements Hootenanny 1983
Jawbreaker 24 Hour Revenge Therapy Emo 1994
Joyce Manor Never Hungover Again Pop Punk Indie Rock 2014
Bring Me the Horizon Sempiternal Metalcore, Post-Hardcore 2013
NoFX Punk in Drublic Pop Punk, Skate Punk 1994
Iceage You're Nothing Art Punk Post-Punk 2013
Touché Amoré Stage Four Screamo 2016
Hole Pretty on the Inside Riot Grrrl Grunge 1991
Ought Sun Coming Down Art Punk Post-Punk 2015
Kvelertak Meir Hardcore Punk 2013
Discharge Hear Nothing, Say Nothing, See Nothing D-Beat 1982
Perfect Pussy Say Yes to Love Post-Hardcore Noise Rock 2014
Wipers Is This Real? 1980
White Lung Deep Fantasy Noise Rock 2014
Pere Ubu New Picnic Time Art Punk Post-Punk 1979
Superchunk No Pocky for Kitty Indie Rock 1991
Napalm Death From Enslavement to Obliteration Grindcore 1988
The Pogues Red Roses for Me Celtic Punk Celtic Rock 1984
The God Machine Scenes from the Second Storey Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock 1993
HEALTH Death Magic Synth Punk Electropop 2015
Standstill Vivalaguerra Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 2006
The Clash Live at Shea Stadium New Wave 2008
White Lung Paradise 2016
Future of the Left How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident Post-Hardcore Noise Rock 2013
The Jam This Is the Modern World Mod Revival 1977
Drive Like Jehu Yank Crime Post-Hardcore Math Rock 1994
Jay Reatard Watch Me Fall Pop Punk Power Pop 2009
Every Time I Die Low Teens Mathcore 2016
The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works Mathcore 2007
Code Orange Forever Metalcore, Post-Hardcore 2017
The Vibrators Pure Mania 1977
The Thermals Now We Can See Indie Rock 2009
Amyl & The Sniffers Amyl & The Sniffers Garage Punk 2019
Fucked Up Dose Your Dreams Art Punk, Post-Hardcore 2018
Beach Slang The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us Alternative Rock 2015
Nails You Will Never Be One of Us Grindcore, Powerviolence 2016
Shellac Dude Incredible Post-Hardcore Math Rock, Noise Rock 2014
Tropical Fuck Storm A Laughing Death in Meatspace Art Punk, Punk Blues Noise Rock 2018
The Drones Havilah Punk Blues Garage Rock 2008
Tropical Fuck Storm Braindrops Art Punk, Punk Blues 2019
Total Control Typical System Synth Punk Post-Punk 2014
Swell Maps A Trip to Marineville Art Punk Post-Punk 1979
Wavves King Of The Beach Surf Punk Indie Rock 2010
The Dillinger Escape Plan Dissociation Mathcore 2016
The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation Pop Punk 2013
Turnstile Time & Space Hardcore Punk 2018
AFI Sing the Sorrow Alternative Rock 2003
La Dispute Wildlife Post-Hardcore 2011
My Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys Pop Punk Alternative Rock, Pop Rock 2010
Ezra Furman Twelve Nudes Garage Punk Garage Rock Revival 2019
Nails Unsilent Death Grindcore, Powerviolence 2010
Architects Holy Hell Metalcore 2018
Jay Reatard Matador Singles '08 Garage Punk Power Pop 2008
Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies Hardcore Punk, Skate Punk 1983
Brutus Nest Post-Hardcore 2019
Thee Oh Sees Carrion Crawler / The Dream EP Garage Punk Psychedelic Rock 2011
Dream Wife Dream Wife Riot Grrrl Alternative Rock 2018
Gallows Orchestra of Wolves Hardcore Punk 2006
Beach Slang A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings Alternative Rock 2016
Goat Girl Goat Girl Punk Blues 2018
Lisabö Ezlekuak Post-Hardcore 2007
The Fat White Family Songs for Our Mothers Art Punk Psychedelic Rock 2016
The Drones I See Seaweed Punk Blues Art Rock 2013
Jeff Rosenstock WORRY. Pop Punk Indie Rock, Power Pop 2016
Knocked Loose A Different Shade of Blue Metalcore 2019
Rolo Tomassi Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It Mathcore, Post-Hardcore 2018
Hot Snakes Jericho Sirens Garage Punk, Post-Hardcore 2018
Green Day 21st Century Breakdown Pop Punk 2009
Gogol Bordello Super Taranta! Gypsy Punk 2007
Converge No Heroes Mathcore 2006
Vivian Girls Vivian Girls Garage Punk Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Twee Pop 2008
Cursive Happy Hollow Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 2006
Pissed Jeans King Of Jeans Post-Hardcore Noise Rock 2009
Future of the Left The Plot Against Common Sense Post-Hardcore 2012
Les Savy Fav Root For Ruin Post-Hardcore Dance-Punk, Indie Rock 2010
Vein Errorzone Mathcore 2018
Black Lips Good Bad Not Evil Garage Punk 2007
Refused Freedom Post-Hardcore 2015
The Dillinger Esc Plan Option Paralysis Mathcore 2010
Gallows Grey Britain Hardcore Punk 2009
Ty Segall Melted Garage Punk 2010
Brand New Daisy Post-Hardcore Indie Rock 2009
Shellac Excellent Italian Greyhound Post-Hardcore Math Rock, Noise Rock 2007
The Bronx The Bronx III Hardcore Punk 2008
The Blood Brothers Young Machetes Post-Hardcore 2006
Drenge Drenge Garage Punk 2013
Future of the Left Curses Post-Hardcore 2007
Male Bonding Nothing Hurts Garage Punk Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock 2010
Juventud Juché Movimientos Art Punk Post-Punk 2016
Thursday War All the Time Post-Hardcore 2003
Fall Out Boy Infinity on High Pop Punk Pop Rock 2007
Trap Them Darker Handcraft Crust Punk 2011
Thrice The Alchemy Index: Vols. I & II - Fire & Water Post-Hardcore Art Rock 2007
Nails Abandon All Life Grindcore, Powerviolence 2013
Nothink Spotlights Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock 2007
Municipal Waste The Art of Partying Crossover Thrash 2007
Between the Buried and Me Colors Metalcore Progressive Metal 2007