Rolling Stone’s Top 40 Punk Albums

What a strange list. There are a lot of good ones that many people would miss on there, but then they left off arguably the greatest punk album of all time (which happens to be number 8 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time).

 

Saw this article and this was the first thing I thought of.

 

Daaaaang. I almost can't believe it, but I've legitimately never heard a single album on this list.

 

Honestly this is exactly my thoughts on it. It's not a bad list for the most part. Strange is a good way to describe it

 

Ehh, missed me with no Strung Out.

Weird number to do a top list. 40?

 

I mean, this list isn't as bad as most of their lists. But they're throwing a lot of albums on there that aren't going to throw people off because they don't fit a version of "punk" that I would guess Gen Y/millenials ascribe to.

 

Blink but no Offspring, Bad Religion, Green Day, Social D, Stiff Little Fingers, Rancid, NOFX? What the fuck. Great inclusions on here, no doubt, but they skipped over a LOT.

 

Was glad to see White Lung made that list though

 

At this point, I feel they want to make a list that people won't expect. People have made the top 40 punk albums with nofx, bad religion and stuff.

I understand why they did it. It should have been more of a "top 40 overlooked" type thing and done that rather than call this the top 40

EDIT: Joy Division, Fugazi, Sonic Youth? Those aren't punk records

 

The top 10 is rather predictable, for the most part -- and tying in w/ your edit, maybe they really did make a list people wouldn't expect b/c they chose albums many don't consider to be punk at all.

These lists are weird. They completely skip over some scenes, don't duplicate artists (which is fine, I suppose), and they love the #40 for some reason. I dunno. It's all arbitrary; would love to have seen some other long-lasting bands make the list.

 

BR is great but it's hard to pick one seminal album from them. All their records are wildly consistent but I'm scratching m head as to if one is TRULY great.

 

Suffer? No Control? Against the Grain?

Those are the first three I could pick from. Personal pref is AtG, but I wouldn't have been too surprised to see Suffer make this list.

 

I agree with others, it's such a strange list. Also not to be mean, but I find it a bit funny how they think the Ramones started Punk music when in fact they were the beginners of POP Punk music.

 

I have been listening to punk music for almost 25 years (i'm old), I can't believe Bad Religion & Operation Ivy were left off of this list entirely.

And honestly, Dookie should be a lot higher. Before Dookie, you couldn't find anything. You had to order albums through mail order catalog (which I did). After Dookie, I could buy albums from Fat Wreck, Epitaph, and Lookout at my local chain record store. Dookie literally changed the entire landscape. It may not be cool to say, but it's true. Anyone who was into punk music in 1992 knew the struggle haha.

This list almost neglects the 90's whole cloth. Which were arguably just as important to punk music as the late 70s were.

Oh, and Rolling Stones' justification for Enema of the State was how long it stayed on the charts? How punk of them.

 

Suburban would make my list for sure, but I wouldn't say it makes an "all-time punk" list.

 

I would pick Suffer if I had to pick Bad Religion's seminal album.

 

ARE YOU CALLING ME A MILLENIAL?

Haha

 

Not sure if serious.

 

Totally serious. Not a single one.

 

duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude like not even Nirvana?!?!

 

Not Nirvana or Blink or Weezer.

I was living in a different world in the 90's, haha

 

go download nirvana and fugazi and let it eat your brain

 

What does that even mean? The fact that you were capable enough to register your account here tells me you know better.