Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by 
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This is extremely hard to pick the best 40 (mostly punk) albums.
Honorable Mentions: (and still missing some)
Sparks - Indiscreet
David Bowie - The Deram Anthology 1966-1968
Xex - Group: Xex (One and done NJ synth band)
The Ramones - Leave Home (hard to pick the best but I love this 2nd album)
Atom And His Package - Attention, Blah Blah Blah (great synth punk)
Custom Made Scare - The Greatest Show On Dirt EP (great fast cowpunk)
D.I. - Horse Bites Dog Cries
The Descendents - Cool To Be You
Dissent - Dissent
Th' Inbred - A Family Affair
The Real Kids - The Real Kids (60's flavored power pop)
DMZ - DMZ (60's flavored punk)
Devo - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!
Devo - Smooth Noodle Maps
Devo - Oh No! It's Devo
Devo - Something Else For Everybody
Generation X - Generation X
Gob - How Far Shallow Takes You
Government Issue - Boycott Stabb EP
76% Uncertain - Estimated Monkey Time
Retching Red - Scarlet Whore Of War
NOFX - So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Sound-On-Sound
Bill Nelson - Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam
The Proletariat - Voodoo Economics And Other American Tragedies
Raw Power - After Your Brain
Rhythm Pigs - Rhythm Pigs
Rhythm Pigs - Choke On This
System Of A Down - Hypnotize
System Of A Down - Mezmerize
The Undertones - The Undertones
The Vandals - Peace Through Vandalism EP
XTC - Drums And Wires
MDC - War Is A Racket
MDC - Millions Of Dead Cops
Nerf Herder - American Cheese
Nerf Herder - Rockingham
D.H. Peligro - Sum Of Our Surroundings (former drummer for The Dead Kennedys)
The Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
The Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
The Suicide Commandos - Studio Recordings 1976-77
Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
The Dayglo Abortions - Feed Us A Fetus
Paul Collins' The Beat - The Beat (60's flavored power pop)
Poison Idea - Confuse & Conquer
Suburban Lawns - Suburban Lawns (quirky new wave)
The Casualties - Until Death - Studio Sessions
Wire -154
Pulley - 60 Cycle Hum
Punishment Of Luxury - Laughing Academy
Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation
The Clash - The Clash (UK version)
The Offspring - Americana
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre
The Ramones - The Ramones
The Ramones - Rocket To Russia
The Ramones - Road To Ruin
The Ramones - Too Tough To Die
The Ramones - Adios Amigos!
The Silencers - Rock 'N' Roll Enforcers
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus IV (their 1st album)
Ultravox! - Ultravox!
Yard Trauma - Oh My God !!
Wire - Chairs Missing
1208 - Feedback Is Payback
Code Blue - Code Blue
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Discharge -Discharge
Green Day - Dookie
KMFDM - Symbols
Mojo Nixon And Skid Roper - Frenzy!
Mojo Nixon And Skid Roper - Bo-Day-Shus!!!
Boston - Boston
Metallica - The Black Album
Zero Boys - Vicious Circle
- Chart updated: 08/20/2024 17:45
- (Created: 05/03/2018 04:17).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1980s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1990s | 7 | 18% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 28% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 3% |
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| Toxic Reasons | 3 | 8% | |
| Black Sabbath | 2 | 5% | |
| Pennywise | 2 | 5% | |
| Burnt Cross | 2 | 5% | |
| Bad Religion | 2 | 5% | |
| L7 | 2 | 5% | |
| The God Awfuls | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums chart changes
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| With A Lifetime To Pay by Zero Down |
| Leavers |
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| Indiscreet by Sparks |
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From mrmcrook 09/17/2025 01:45
Great list. Great notes. Would be good to see expanded out to top 100
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