I migliori album punk
A cura di josie, Lunedi, 20 giugno 2005
1. Operation Ivy - Energy
This is it (apparently); best punk (yes I know, it's "ska punk") album. The energy, the emotion, and the musicality- nothing else even comes close. And unlike a lot of punk/hardcore classics, this hasn't dated or aged a bit. It still sounds incredible. And if, by some bizarre chance, you are reading this and you do not already own it, go and get it now. I mean IMMEDIATELY. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, just go. (Billy Pilgrim, Detroit from Amazon)
2. Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
Against Me is like a four leaf clover. Not entirely different, yet completely unique. The passion that they play with is so rare to find and their blend of punk rock, almost folksy vocals and honest love of music will strike a chord within the truest of all music lovers. Highlights of the album (for me) were definitely Walking Is Still Honest, I Still Love You Julie and Reinventing Axl Rose. Positively a band not to pass up! (Audra, Sheboygan WI, USA - from Amazon)
3. The Clash - The Clash
What an important band in the history of music. And of course the debut is amazing. True garage-punk, with poignant lyrics, and just great songs. With every note and word you're hanging on to see what's next, and with Joe Strummer's mumbled words you're hanging on even more to hear what he's saying. It's also a very interesting album. what i like to call advanced Punk. It's punk, but it's not. Either way this is probably the most essential debut ever, and maybe The Clash's best album next to London calling. If you're interested in the Clash don't buy the best of's; you must digest the albums individual. Start off with this one, you'll love it. (“Salinger” Danny, Colorado - from Amazon)
4. Green Day - Dookie
Sure it was "Longview" and "Basket Case" that made this one a hit, but the band has a good sense of humour and melody that maintains itself throughout the CD. Trying to maintain a punk sensibility, they betray themselves with just a bit too much cleverness; It tends to soften the anger and impact of the songs. But it's just that humour that made Green Day standout among their peers. (J.Carroll, Island Heights, NJ - from Amazon)
5. The Clash - London Calling
This album and The Clash's debut album are the two greatest punk albums ever made. This album isn't merely a great punk album. There first album is true punk. This album, however, is much more. True, songs like London Calling, Clampdown and Guns Of Brixton are real punk songs along with many others on the album. Train in Vain, however, is very similar to a mainstream rock song at the time. Brand New Cadillac and Jimmy Jazz do have a punk sound, but they are almost classic swing songs with distortion. Rudie Can't Fail, Spanish Bombs and Wrong 'Em Boyo are close to being Pop Rock songs. And no, that isn't a bad thing. It could be, but here it is good. Everyone should own this album. It is not only a punk classic, but it is a Rock classic. (G. Scagnelli, Cape Cod, MA - from Amazon)
6. Descendents - Milo Goes To College
This has got to be one of my favourite punk CD's of all time-so many unforgettable songs to choose from. I went to the music store and brought this one pretty much on a whim-I figured I would get two releases for the price of one. I have probably had this CD going on ten years now and I can still listen to it and love it just as much as the first time I heard it. It is a complete classic-from the beginning to the end-it is so catchy, intense, and melodic. If this CD does not get you moving, nothing will. This is definitely a good CD to start off a punk collection with-highly recommended. (grnvk, TP, ILL, USA - from Amazon)
7. Minor Threat - Minor Threat (Complete Discography)
Whether this band really was responsible for the straight edge movement is irrelevant. This early eighties hardcore band from Washington DC were a major influence not only in their music, but in their standpoint from their local scene to people around the world. Fast and angry, their songs argue that they don’t see why they should have to behave in the same way as other people. While I am not straight edge myself, I certainly agree with a lot of the points they convey in this discography set to an amazing score. (Andy)
8. Propaghandi - Less Talk More Rock
As stated, this album is re-freakin-diculous. Some of the best political punk I’ve ever heard. My one argument against it is its length. Ahhh, it’s just over a half hour long. Needless to say there is some craziness in that half hour. A good addition to any music fan's collection. Go out and give them your money. (Skankin Forever, Orlando, FL - from Amazon)
9. Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come
When i got this disc, i was not only surprised, I was blown away... this band is amazing, hardcore to the extreme... but not your normal hardcore... an they are not punk either... they can simply be called refused... pick up songs to fan the flames of discontent also... it’s heavier and amazing as well. (Rik Deakins, Ch, OH - from Amazon)
10. Descendents - Everything Sucks
While too short for my taste, there are just so many things that make it better. With awesome guitar playing and a good punk singer, I can listen to this CD over and over and over and over and over...you get the picture. I like the short interludes about Eunuchs and caffeine, which add some flavour to the album. I like the overall feel of the album. Go buy it, FOOL!!! (SLIM TIM, The Westside, USA - from Amazon)
11. Capdown - Civil Disobedient
This album for me, like many other people around my age, is largely responsible for my introduction to the punk scene. At the age of 13, going through the nu-metal phase of my life, this album gave me a relatively accessible sound but was totally different to anything I knew. It helped CapDown to get well on their way down the road to success and still to this date, tracks such as 'Ska Wars' and ''Cousin Cleotis' are favourites among CapDown audiences years on from their release. Despite slightly poor production and being the band's debut album; it is one that still appeals greatly to many people, even those who have moved on to smaller and more underground things. After its release in the earlier days of the ska-core genre, it remains a quality many other bands simply haven't been able to live up to - truly a classic album!
12. Snuff - Snuff Said
Singing drummers and guitars going off on metal tangents in the early nineties was always going to be interesting for a London punk band. This album just blows me away with some of the best sing-a-longs I know, without being aware of most of the lyrics. Every now and then it veers off in interesting ways and not without humour too (I’m sure there are some Black Sabbath riffs in there). I cannot imagine being without this album in my collection as it is always comforting, getting back from the pub, putting this on, cranking the volume and see if I can sing these songs. (Andy)
13. The Ramones - The Ramones
The 1976 first Ramones album is my favourite punk album, and the Rhino Re-masters are great. The album starts with Blitzkrieg Bop, the most exploited song. If this is all you know by the Ramones, you might also like songs such as Loudmouth and Beat on the Brat. The Ramones made songs about things they really felt. They didn't get too trendy or faked anything. Their honesty and humbleness were great additions to the speed and high volume heard in the intense songs. My favourite songs are Havana Affair, which is an honest political satire song, and Chainsaw, an example of their enthusiasm for horror movies. Many fans of punk rock acknowledge the ramones without really getting into their albums. I believe that many people ignore the ramones because they stayed away from following punk scenes and stuck with their simple formula up until the final concert in 1996. I highly recommend the first album from one of the toughest bands, The Ramones. (J.Maracshky, Cleveland - from Amazon)
14. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview/Losing Streak
This Cd is some of the best Less than Jake I have ever heard. When I first started listening to ska I was in love with this CD. I still am. What I think makes this CD so good is Less than Jake's use of their horns, which can make or break any ska. You'll find that Less than Jake uses them a little less than in some of their other CD's like in "Losing Streak" and "Pez Core", but it still sounds terrific. Unlike in "Borders and Boundaries", "Hello Rockview" uses the brass as more of the body of the music, which gives it a very full and rich sound (if you like brass instruments that is). Furthermore, Less than Jake uses both ska guitar and more hardcore guitar ina good combination, which gives it a more unique ska sound. If your thinking about getting a ska CD and don't already have this one, get it! This is a CD where every track is worth your money! (Alex, USA - from Amazon)
15. Dead Kennedy’s - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Whenever I hear people talking about what real punk rock music is (these are the same people who listen to Blink 182 and love emo), I think about the Dead Kennedy’s: a band who was, is, and always will be the definition of "true punk rock", and "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" proves it again and again with every listen. Vocalist Jello Biafra's politically charged, tongue-in-cheek, and sometimes hilarious lyrics fuel classic songs like "Kill the Poor", "Let's Lynch the Landlord", "Chemical Warfare", "California Uber Allies", "I Kill Children", "Stealing People's Mail", "Holiday in Cambodia", and the just plain fun rendition of "Viva Las Vegas". This is pure punk rock at it's heart and soul, and just like Black Flag's "Damaged" and the Misfits' "Walk Among Us"; "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" is essential punk listening. (N.Durham, Reading, PA - from Amazon)
16. Capdown - Pound For The Sound
Capdown’s first effort, Civil Disobedient, set a blueprint for a unique brand of ska-core but it was Pound For the Sound that signalled them really making that sound their own. It saw them claim the recognition they had earned honing their craft on countless tours plus the songs on it were finely crafted, intelligent, powerful and exciting. Probably the most successful UK punk band of recent years, Capdown have spawned many inferior imitators, but they had a sound truly their own on this record. (Rich)
17. Nofx - Ribbed
Ribbed marked a huge turning point for NOFX, both in terms of song writing and of popularity. Past albums were dogged with drawn out, unmemorable, uninspiring songs always sung irritatingly flat. This album was the first in their back catalogue to feature so many excellently-written, hugely influential songs that were only sung a bit flat. It’s by no means flawless but it marked the beginning of an attitude shift and a different direction for punk to be taken and its influence can still be heard in a million copycat bands. Many of whom frequent their very own records label. (Rich)
18. Adequate 7 - Songs of Innocence and Experience
Adequate Seven were at the forefront of a group of Household Name bands determined to inject some much-needed originality into a floundering ska punk scene. Taking some members from more traditional ska outfit Shootin Goon, AD7 combined a hard-edged punk sound with funk and soul inspired horns and breakdowns. Best of all the combination actually worked and they had great songs to back it up, making them a vital band amongst those that had neither their originality nor their song writing ability. (Rich)
19. At The Drive In - Relationship of A Command
There are few bands out there that have such a sound. At the drive-ins sound is hard to clasify, just raw power. The deafening sounds of the guitars, the unusual time signatures used, they all show a glimpse of what would become Sparta and The Mars Volta. Between the raw guitar chords is an ever so sweet melody that is impossible to forget. Cedric's vocals are shouted with passion. There are no lack-lustre tracks here, this is not a collection of singles this is an album. All 12 tracks are unique and special in some kind of way. There are few bands out there that can restore my faith in music, specially these days; At the drive-in is one of them. Five stars. (Music Worshipper, San Isidro, Lima Peru - from Amazon)
20. Green Day - Insomniac
This Album was the difficult follow up to Dookie, some say this is a poor album, but I think that song after song it has solid punk little numbers that compete with anything Dookie has to offer. The riffs are simple yet joyous and the vocals are raw. This is a perfect pop-punk record. (Durden)
21. 7 Seconds - The Crew
22. Nofx - Punk In Drublic
23. Ye Wiles - Fine Words Parsnips No Butter
24. Rancid - Lets Go
25. Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
26. Black Flag - Damaged
27. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
28. Propaghandi - How To Clean Everything
29. The Filaments - What’s Next?
30. Kid Dynamite - kid Dynamite
31. Bad Religion - Suffer
32. Figure 4.0 - Action Image Exchange
33. Pennywise - Full Circle
34. Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves
35. Nofx - White Trash Two Heebs And A Been
36. Bad Religion - How Could Hell Be Any Worse
37. Choking Victim - No Gods No Managers
38. The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre
39. Jawbreaker - Dear You
40. Nofx - So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes
41. Leatherface - Mush
42. Good Riddance - Operation Phoenix
43. The Clash - Give ‘Em Enough Rope
44. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
45. Nofx - Pump Up The Valium
46. Jets V’s Sharks - Our Body’s Our Anchors
47. Gumoll - Board Of Rejection
48. The Vandals - Hitler Bad Vandals Good
49. Misfits - Walk Among Us
50. Kid Dynamite - Shorter Faster Louder
51. Bad Brains - Rock For Light
52. Rancid - Rancid (93 Version)
53. Misfits - Static Age
54. Green Day 1089 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
55. Bad Religion - Against The Grain
56. A.F.I - Answer That And Stay Fashionable
57. Green Day - American Idiot
58. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
59. Dauntless Elite - Security
60. Sick Of It All - Scratch The Surface
61. Against Me! - Acoustic E.P
62. Bad Religion - No Control
63. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
64. Youth Of Today - We Are Not In This Alone
65. Sick Of It All - Call To Arms
66. All - Allroys Revenge
67. Rancid Live - Life Wont Wait
68. The Ramones - Leave Home
69. Strung Out - Twisted By Design
70. Gorilla Biscuits - Gorilla Biscuits
71. The Queers - Beat Off
72. Ghost Mice - Ghost Mice
73. Anti-Flag - A New Kind Of Army
74. Skanking Pickle - Sing Along With
75. Pennywise - About Time
76. Boris The Sprinkler - Sucks
77. The Dwarves - ...Are Young And Good Looking
78. The Lurkers - Fulham Fallout
79. Agnostic Front - Something’s Gotta Give
80. The Ramones - Road To Ruin
81. Subhumans - Incorrect Thoughts
82. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
83. The Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
84. The Ramones - Rocket To Russia
85. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
86. Bad Religion - Generator
87. Lagwagon - Duh!
88. Swinging Utters - Live In A Dive
89. The Dwarves - Blood Guts And Pussy
90. Dillinger Four Midwestern Songs Of The Alliance
91. Bad Religion - The Grey Race
92. Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts
93. Crass - The Feeding of the Five Thousand
(-). Billy Bragg - Back To Basics
(-). Against All Authority - Destroy What Destroys You
(-). Dag Nasty - Can I Say
94. Death by Stereo - Day of the Death
(-). Bad Religion - All Ages
(-). Nofx - Heavy Petting Zoo
(-). Screeching Weasel - Anthem for a New World
(-). Converge - Jane Doe
95. All - Mass Nerder
(-). Cocksparrer - England Belongs To Me
(-). Minutemen - Double Nickels On the Dime
(-). Suicide Machines - Destruction of Definition
(-). Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning
(-). Descendents - All
96. Sense Field - Building
(-).The Dwarves - Thank Heaven for Little Girls
(-). The Dwarves - The Dwarves Come Clean
(-). Youth Brigade - Sound and Furry
(-). Black Flag - The First Four Years
(-). Tear It up - Nothing to Nothing
(-). The Dickies - The Incredible Shrinking Dickies
(-). Pinhead Gunpowder - Jump Salty
(-). Social Distortion - Mommy’s Little Monster
(-). All - Allroy Saves
(-).Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland
97. X-Ray Specs - Germ Free Adolescents
(-).Farside - The Monroe Doctrine
(-).Jets To Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
(-).The Exploited - Punks Not Dead
(-).J Church - The Drama of Alienation
(-).Crass - Christ the Album
(-).The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
(-).Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes
(-).The Cramps - Flame Job
(-).Guns And Wankers - For Listening and Dancing
(-).Spermbirds - Something to Prove
99. The Boys - The Boys
(-).Hanson Brothers - Gross Misconduct
(-).Adolescents - Adolescent
(-).Voodoo Glow Skulls - Steady as She Goes
(-).Poison Idea - Feel the Darkness
(-).The Newtown Grunts - Disgruntled
(-).No Means No - Wrong
100. Lagwagon - Trashed
(-).Tilt - Viewers like You
(-).Chain Of Strength - The One Thing That Still Holds True
(-).Lifetime - Hello Bastards
(-).Saints - I’m Stranded
(-).Adam Ant - Friend or Foe
(-).Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
(-).T.S.O.L - The Black E.P
(-).The Buzzcocks - Same Noise, Different Kitchen
(-).Spermbirds - Nothing Is Easy
(-).The Pavers - Return to the Island of No Return
(-).Angry Samoans - Back to Samoa
(-).Cheery Reds - Fairy Tale of New York
(-).Adam And the Ants - Dirk Wears White Socks
101. Ben Weasel - Fidateyi
(-).J Church - Arbor Vitae (1)
(-).Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - Cleveland Bound Death Sentence
(-).Instead - What We Believe
(-).Quicksand - Manic Compression (1)
(-).Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power
(-).Watt Tyler - Forever Blowing Bubbles
(-).Nofx - Liberal Animation
(-).The Dickies - The Dawn of the Dickies
102. F-Word - Live Album
(-).Husker Du - Metal Circus
(-).Anti-Flag - Terror State
(-).Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty
