Rolling Stone's Top 100 Punk Albums of All Time

The list of the 100 greatest punk albums of all time includes a wide range of punk styles, including post-punk and proto-punk. Some entries reflect punk attitude more than strict genre classification. The ranking has changed substantially compared with a previous Top 40 punk list from 2016. The new Top 20 contains no releases newer than 1997, with one band appearing twice within that time span. The top entries include the Ramones’ debut album, X-Ray Spex’s Germfree Adolescents, the Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime, and The Clash’s The Clash and London Calling. Other included albums feature Green Day, Bikini Kill, Buzzcocks, Bad Brains, Gang of Four, and Nirvana.

"Genre purists might want to stay away as there's plenty of post-punk and proto-punk on this list, and it spans a wide variety of punk styles; a few inclusions are more on punk attitude than anything else."

"The list has changed a lot since they did a Top 40 punk list in 2016, and the new Top 20 doesn't feature anything newer than 1997 (there's one band who gets two records within that space)."

"Rolling Stone - Top 20 Punk Albums of All Time:20 Green Day, 'Dookie' 19 Bikini Kill, 'Reject All American' 18 Buzzcocks, 'Singles Going Steady' 17 Bad Brains, 'Bad Brains' 16 Gang of Four, 'Entertainment!' 15 New York Dolls, 'New York Dolls' 14 X, 'Los Angeles' 13 Hüsker Dü, 'Zen Arcade' 12 Patti Smith, 'Horses' 11 Black Flag, 'Damaged' 10 The Clash, 'London Calling' 9 Nirvana, 'Nevermind' 8 The Stooges, 'Fun House' 7 The Sex Pistols, 'Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols' 6 Wire, 'Pink Flag' 5 Sleater-Kinney, 'Dig Me Out' 4 The Clash, 'The Clash' 3 The Minutemen, 'Double Nickels on the Dime' 2 X-Ray Spex, 'Germfree Adolescents' 1 Ramones, 'Ramones'"

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