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“Rolling Stone” dropped a list of the 100 greatest punk albums of all time. I’d say they got #1 right, but you can debate the rest of the list as you’d like.
Here are the Top 15:
1. “Ramones”, Ramones (1976)
2. “Germfree Adolescents”, X-Ray Spex (1978)
3. “Double Nickels on the Dime”, The Minutemen (1984)
4. “The Clash”, The Clash (1977)
5. “Dig Me Out”, Sleater-Kinney (1997)
6. “Pink Flag”, Wire (1977)
7. “Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols”, The Sex Pistols (1977)
8. “Fun House”, The Stooges (1970)
9. “Nevermind”, Nirvana (1991)
10. “London Calling”, The Clash (1980)
11. “Damaged”, Black Flag (1981)
12. “Horses”, Patti Smith (1975)
13. “Zen Arcade”, Hüsker Dü (1984)
14. “Los Angels”, X (1980)
15. “New York Dolls”, New York Dolls (1973)
Green Day cracks the list at #20 with “Dookie”.
Blink-182 are missing in action until their 1997 album “Dude Ranch” shows up at #83.
