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Greatest Punk Rock Album Ever? (1 Viewer)

Also: I get the historical importance of Never Mind the Bollocks -- but FFS, who can actually sit through that record let alone enjoy it? It's pretty awful.

 
London Calling is probably the most overrated record ever. It's not very good, but critics have overhyped the #### out of for so many years, that it laughably always ends up on now on those greatest albums ever charts we see all the time. Bunk.

 
Ghost Rider said:
London Calling is probably the most overrated record ever. It's not very good, but critics have overhyped the #### out of for so many years, that it laughably always ends up on now on those greatest albums ever charts we see all the time. Bunk.
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Crazy talk

 
Repeater was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this thread. I will admit though that punk is not my main cup of tea. I would probably guess though that there are many people who may not have ever listened to it since Fugazi sort of went out of their way not to become popular.

In On the Kill Taker and The Argument are not too far behind imo.

 
NMTB by the Sex Pistols with a bullet. They couldn't play their instruments, but that was beside the point. The sheer, raw power and intensity was visceral.

GI by the Germs (only studio album before lead singer Darby Crash committed suicide) and Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by the Dead Kennedys (with California Uber Alles and Holiday In Cambodia) were also in heavy rotation when they came out.

* I didn't listen to a lot of Black Flag or Fear, but they were also very popular back in the day. Henry Rollins made an interesting, unexpected career for himself. He was great in Johnny Mnemonic.

 
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Yeah....I just fired up Repeater for the first time in a few years....its gotta be the best. It doesn't hurt either that those guys actually stayed true to the punk aesthetic and were not sell outs.

 
I want to throw love at my personal favorite punk rock band ever, The Dickies.

Dawn of the Dickies and Stukas Over Didneyland are both great albums.

 
timschochet said:
I want to throw love at my personal favorite punk rock band ever, The Dickies.

Dawn of the Dickies and Stukas Over Didneyland are both great albums.
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Heh. Hadn't listened to much of The Dickies prior to this comment. Always knew of them, but just the format I was raised up under, you didn't get much exposure.

Lighten the mood, eh? eta2* I mean that The Dickies lightened the mood. Glad for your comment. That probably wouldn't be apparent to the reader of my post.

eta* you gotta wait for it at the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YL5qvpcfCE

 
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AhrnCityPahnder said:
rockaction said:
Repeater solves the question of the post-'90s album, which is nice.

Raw Power over S/T for the Stooges, simply due to We Will Fall. It's clearly a strike against. Plus, the mix on Raw Power is legendarily revered, so i've heard.
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Who's ready for some blasphemy? In on the Kill Taker may be a better record than Repeater.
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That album blew my mind. Yet, I shall not rank any Fugazi album above any others. I do that with my kids, yeah (the rankings do vary some week-to-week), but not Fugazi albums.

Fan-decking aside, Anthem For A New Tomorrow is pretty damn strong for a post 1990 pick. GOAT for me is probably the first Undertones album.

 
I guess this all depends on your definition of Punk. The albums that I've listened to the most without falling off for the past 20 years? 1st four Ramones albums, Operation Ivy, handful of Weasel and Bad Religion albums, Punk in Drublic, First two Rancid albums...

If I had to state one definitive album to tell someone what Punk is, it is probably the Pistols record. It just does that for me. It's also one that always tells me I should listen to it more often. The only "skip" track on it is maybe Anarchy, and that's only because how over played it is. Not based on the actual tune.

I'm not going to argue with any Stooges or Heartbreakers fans either.

 
I really don't get the "...Out Come the Wolves" love That album was the decline of Rancid. Their first two albums are start to finish bad ### music. Their first 7 inch as well. Wolves has a lot of tracks I skip over. Lars is the Yoko of Rancid.

 
Sebowski said:
I really don't get the "...Out Come the Wolves" love That album was the decline of Rancid. Their first two albums are start to finish bad ### music. Their first 7 inch as well. Wolves has a lot of tracks I skip over. Lars is the Yoko of Rancid.
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I've heard that criticism, so that's cool. But I love that album uniquely and passionately, too. That album...holy ####. That album is actually weirdly emo, and very cool for it. Perhaps geographical distance causes that? :shrugs: Acer FC's story about Lars in the punk thread is not a fun one, BTW. Don't dig that.

D4's Midwestern Songs Of The Americas and New Bomb Turks' !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! deserve mentions for post-'90s stuff for wildly different reasons. Both will be terminally underrated and sadly under-appreciated, simply because it was the '90s.

And Anthem For A New Tomorrow is also seriously ####### good, as GPJ pointed out upthread.

Let's not forget the light-hearted Love Is Dead by MTX. That album ages in the way it wears its heart on its sleeve in that corny moment that was punk in the '90s, but doesn't really age badly. If I age as well as it does, I'm happy.

And here's Wire live, if you checked the OP. It's insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhtYeJXNNbU

 
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bananafish said:
Love the Op Ivy pick. I was at their last show at the Gilman. Punk, indeed.

Suicidal Tendencies eponymous album also worth mentioning.
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Since we're on a good roll, ST's How Will I Laugh Tomorrow... is the best crossover punk/thrash album ever. And it's not close.

That band...wow...that band.

 
rockaction said:
Sebowski said:
I really don't get the "...Out Come the Wolves" love That album was the decline of Rancid. Their first two albums are start to finish bad ### music. Their first 7 inch as well. Wolves has a lot of tracks I skip over. Lars is the Yoko of Rancid.
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I've heard that criticism, so that's cool. But I love that album uniquely and passionately, too. That album...holy ####. That album is actually weirdly emo, and very cool for it. Perhaps geographical distance causes that? :shrugs: Acer FC's story about Lars in the punk thread is not a fun one, BTW. Don't dig that.

D4's Midwestern Songs Of The Americas and New Bomb Turks' !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! deserve mentions for post-'90s stuff for wildly different reasons. Both will be terminally underrated and sadly under-appreciated, simply because it was the '90s.

And Anthem For A New Tomorrow is also seriously ####### good, as GPJ pointed out upthread.

Let's not forget the light-hearted Love Is Dead by MTX. That album ages in the way it wears its heart on its sleeve in that corny moment that was punk in the '90s, but doesn't really age badly. If I age as well as it does, I'm happy.

And here's Wire live, if you checked the OP. It's insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhtYeJXNNbU
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Agree on Destroy Oh-Boy. Great album!
 
Husker Du - Zen Arcade

So, so incredibly awesome as a concept album.

 
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...And Out Come the Wolves

That album is probably too polished to be considered true punk but it is my favorite punk album. I like the Pistols and Ramones but cannot listen to more than 15 minutes of either.

The Clash does nothing for me.

 
Bob Magaw said:
NMTB by the Sex Pistols with a bullet. They couldn't play their instruments, but that was beside the point. The sheer, raw power and intensity was visceral.
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Sid Viscous was a joke but Steve Jones had chops. On Bollocks he played all the guitar & bass except on Anarchy , Glen Matlock was still the band for A UK. Jonesy was tight

 
Interesting to read all the Rancid replies as I don't put out come the wolves in the same category as say Unknown Road by Pennywise or Against the Grain by Bad Religion.

 
Veering away from classic punk, I always liked these three back in the day..

Suicidal Tendencies - self titled

Bad Brains- Rock for Light

Cro Mags- Age of quarrel

 
Ghost Rider said:
London Calling is probably the most overrated record ever. It's not very good, but critics have overhyped the #### out of for so many years, that it laughably always ends up on now on those greatest albums ever charts we see all the time. Bunk.
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London Calling, Jimmy Jazz, Hateful, Rudie Can't Fail, Spanish Bombs, The Right Profile, Clampdown, Death Or Glory, Train In Vain. That album is loaded with great songs.

 
CGRdrJoe said:
Interesting to read all the Rancid replies as I don't put out come the wolves in the same category as say Unknown Road by Pennywise or Against the Grain by Bad Religion.
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Not sure why anyone's distinguishing a Bad Religion album. If you've heard one of them, you've heard them all

 
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