Best Punk Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
36	Remain in Light - Talking Heads	1980	89.3	85.2	97	89.2	85.9	91	87	89.8
40	The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths	1986	89.1	82.6	100	87.3	85.8	91.6	88	88.6
42	Standing On A Beach: The Singles - The Cure	1986	89.1	83.8	100	88.8	88.8	90	84	88
44	Marquee Moon - Television	1977	89	82.8	100	88.4	84.5	93	86	88.2
47	The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico	1967	88.9	83.8	100	86.3	84	91.6	89	87.8
56	Disintegration - The Cure	1989	88.7	85.2	87	90.3	89.1	92.8	86	90.4
58	London Calling - The Clash	1979	88.6	80.2	100	87.4	84.7	92.2	87	88.8
68	Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads	1984	88.4	86.8	84	92	92.8	90	83	90
89	Deathconsciousness - Have a Nice Life	2008	87.8	82.6	90	90.9	88.2	95	81	87
92	Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths	1984	87.8	82.2	95	88	85.2	91	85	88
105	Complete Discography - Minor Threat	1989	87.6	81.2	100	84.2	86.1	92.6	81	88
107	Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound	2001	87.5	82.2	93	87.6	85.2	94	82	88.6
111	Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division	1979	87.5	82	95	86.3	83.8	92.2	86	87
126	Nevermind - Nirvana	1991	87.2	81	91	89.5	87.4	92.8	87	81.6
144	Closer - Joy Division	1980	86.8	81.4	94	86.1	83	91	85	87.4
150	The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse	1997	86.8	82	88	87.8	85.9	92	84	87.8
151	The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads - Talking Heads	1982	86.8	84.4	88	88	88.8	88.2	80	90
159	Substance - New Order	1987	86.7	83.8	85	90	84.9	91.2	84	88
169	Fun House - The Stooges	1970	86.6	81.2	97	83.1	79.8	93.2	83	88.6
177	In Utero - Nirvana	1993	86.5	81.4	90	89	85.8	90.8	85	83.2
179	Through Silver in Blood - Neurosis	1996	86.4	78.4	100	85	84.7	91.4	77	88.6
216	Live at Reading - Nirvana	2009	86.2	81.4	89	88	88.1	89.6	81	86
227	Substance - Joy Division	1988	86	82	90	85.9	85.1	91.2	82	86
230	Jane Doe - Converge	2001	86	80.2	92	87.6	85.4	93.4	75	88.4
236	Louder than Bombs - The Smiths	1987	85.9	82.8	89	86	85.4	91.4	83	84
241	Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown	2016	85.9	82.6	84	89.5	85.8	92	83	84.4
242	Let It Be - The Replacements	1984	85.9	77.8	100	82.2	81.7	91.8	82	85.8
247	Funeral - Arcade Fire	2004	85.9	78.4	91	86.4	82	89.4	88	85.8
252	Spiderland - Slint	1991	85.8	83.2	80	87.6	85.3	93	83	88.6
261	White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground	1968	85.7	80.2	100	83	80.6	89.2	84	83.2
265	Is This It - The Strokes	2001	85.7	80	86	87.3	86.4	91.2	86	83
267	just got back from the discomfort—we're alright - The Brave Little Abacus	2010	85.7	78.4	100	85	84	94	76	82.4
270	Raw Power - Iggy & The Stooges	1973	85.7	79.8	94	82.7	83	90.8	82	87.4
276	Fear of Music - Talking Heads	1979	85.6	80	96	85.1	81.8	88.4	84	84
279	Pink Flag - Wire	1977	85.6	78.4	97	83.2	80.6	92	82	86
282	The Best of Blondie - Blondie	1981	85.6	79.2	95	89.1	88.5	85.4	80	82
286	Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth	1988	85.6	80.6	87	85.1	82.9	91.6	84	87.8
293	The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused	1998	85.5	77.4	92	86.7	84.1	92.8	76	89.6
306	Horses - Patti Smith	1975	85.4	78.2	100	84.9	80.3	88.6	81	84.8
315	Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys	1980	85.3	79.6	88	84.9	85.1	91.2	80	88.4
318	Electric Warrior - T. Rex	1971	85.3	77.6	98	82.5	82.8	90.2	82	84
323	Fugazi - Fugazi	1988	85.2	80.6	90	83.8	86.1	92	80	84.2
331	Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan	1999	85.1	78.6	91	84.8	81.8	93.2	81	85.6
332	Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks	1979	85.1	82	95	84.4	78.6	91	81	84
339	Script of the Bridge - The Chameleons	1983	85.1	79.4	90	83.8	84.2	92.8	80	85.6
346	Surfer Rosa - Pixies	1988	85.1	77.6	99	80.8	78	91	84	85.2
347	To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey	1995	85.1	78.2	91	85.6	85.2	90.4	81	84.2
349	you made me realise - my bloody valentine	1988	85.1	79.6	90	80.6	81.9	95.6	83	84.8
357	Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol	2002	85	79.8	82	87.3	85.2	91.4	84	85.4
366	Wrong - NoMeansNo	1989	85	80	90	84.7	81.1	93	80	86
376	Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem	2007	84.9	79.2	86	87.8	84.1	90.8	84	82.2
383	Bad Brains - Bad Brains	1982	84.9	77.8	93	83.8	84	91.8	77	86.6
384	Static Age - The Misfits	1997	84.8	81.6	85	83.8	85.7	92.6	78	87.2
396	Transformer - Lou Reed	1972	84.8	77.8	92	83.2	83	90.4	83	84
415	It's Alive - Ramones	1979	84.7	81.8	80	83.7	89.9	91.2	78	88
417	Chairs Missing - Wire	1978	84.6	78.4	95	82.8	79.5	91.8	81	84
423	The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand New	2006	84.6	77.2	79	87	85.9	93.2	81	89
428	Entertainment! - Gang of Four	1979	84.6	79	93	83.3	80.6	91.2	81	84
433	The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers	1976	84.6	76.6	100	79.5	77.6	92.2	82	84
447	Sister - The Sonic Youth	1987	84.5	78	95	82.5	80.3	90.6	80	85.2
450	Relationship of Command - At the Drive-In	2000	84.5	80.2	84	86.1	84.2	90.6	78	88.4
451	Repetition - Unwound	1996	84.5	80.6	90	85.8	81.9	91.6	79	82.6
457	Rocket to Russia - Ramones	1977	84.5	76.2	100	78.6	78.7	92.2	81	84.6
464	Let Love In - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	1994	84.4	78.8	86	84.1	84.6	90.2	82	85.4
470	1969: Velvet Underground Live with Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground	1974	84.4	78.6	100	82.2	82.8	86.4	79	82
479	The Joshua Tree - U2	1987	84.4	73.2	100	80.6	81	89.2	83	83.6
480	Tim - The Replacements	1985	84.4	78	95	82.5	78.2	91.8	81	84
484	Signos - Soda Stereo	1986	84.3	77	90	84	83.8	93.4	78	84
497	Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü	1984	84.3	77.8	95	83	78.2	90.8	79	86
499	You Forgot It in People - Broken Social Scene	2002	84.2	78.4	87	85.9	83.4	90	82	83
504	Murmur - R.E.M.	1983	84.2	77.4	94	81.8	79.3	89.4	83	84.6
506	Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads	1983	84.2	80	86	87	86.2	89.2	81	80
519	Youth of America - Wipers	1981	84.1	78.8	91	82	78	92	81	86.2
532	We Are the Romans - Botch	1999	84.1	77.8	88	83.8	85.3	93.6	73	87
544	154 - Wire	1979	84	79.4	93	83.6	79.1	91.8	79	82
548	Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen	1984	84	78.4	88	82.5	78.6	92.8	80	87.4
553	Plastic Surgery Disasters - Dead Kennedys	1982	83.9	79.8	83	87.3	85.3	88.4	79	84.8
557	The Idiot - Iggy Pop	1977	83.9	77.4	92	82	82.2	88.6	80	85.4
562	The Greatest Generation - The Wonder Years	2013	83.9	74.6	91	82	88.5	91.8	75	84.6
571	The Clash - The Clash	1977	83.9	74.8	100	79.5	76.8	90.2	82	84
576	Downward Is Heavenward - Hum	1998	83.9	77.2	87	84.5	83	94.8	76	84.6
587	The Powers That B - Death Grips	2015	83.8	81.2	78	87.6	84.9	91.2	80	84
594	Vacation - Bomb the Music Industry!	2011	83.8	76.6	86	84.6	87.4	93.6	77	81.4
601	Knocknarea - Maruja	2023	83.8	78	90	85.1	83.7	93.6	76	80
608	This Is Happening - LCD Soundsystem	2010	83.7	78.8	84	88	85.4	90	82	78
619	The Smiths - The Smiths	1984	83.7	76.8	89	82.5	82.6	90	83	82
623	The Argument - Fugazi	2001	83.7	79.2	85	83.9	82.9	90	80	84.8
624	Terrifyer - Pig Destroyer	2004	83.7	78.4	90	84.5	83.3	91	74	84.6
629	13 Songs - Fugazi	1989	83.7	79	90	83	80.2	89.6	80	84
631	Juju - Siouxsie and the Banshees	1981	83.7	79.4	84	84.8	83.7	90.2	80	83.6
633	WORRY. - Jeff Rosenstock	2016	83.7	78.2	80	84.9	86	93	79	84.6
638	The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers	1994	83.7	76.6	84	84.8	86	89.4	78	86.8
644	Translating the Name - Saosin	2003	83.6	79.4	80	84.6	87.7	97.2	72	84.6
663	あくまのうた [Akuma no uta] - Boris	2003	83.5	78.2	90	85.4	82.6	89.2	79	80.4
671	Deceit - This Heat	1981	83.5	78.8	90	80.8	79.7	92.2	78	85
672	Sunbather - Deafheaven	2013	83.5	75.8	87	86.2	84.7	90.6	79	81.2
673	White Pony - Deftones	2000	83.5	79.8	73	87.5	83.9	92.8	80	87.4
683	Wildlife - La Dispute	2011	83.5	77.2	88	86.3	85.3	91	76	80.4
691	Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes	1983	83.4	75.8	90	82.6	81.6	91	81	82
692	From the Lions Mouth - The Sound	1981	83.4	76.8	90	81.5	82.3	92.4	79	82

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