 | The Clash (U.K. Version) by The Clash
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.37 The Clash charged outta the gates with all cylinders firing. Probably still my favorite punk record of all time.
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 | Ramones by The Ramones
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.80 Same as above. Another excellent debut punk record. Short, fast and punchy.
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 | Inflammable Material by Stiff Little Fingers
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $9.68 Their first two albums could easily be mentioned in the same breath as the Clash & Ramones.
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 | (GI) by GERMS
Buy new: $17.08 / Used from: $36.00 Blistering and raw. Darby Crash's ragged vocals sound like he's screaming through a mouthful of broken glass.
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 | Static Age by Misfits
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.49 Great punk album. Danzig's bellowing vocals add greatly, they weren't the same without him.
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 | Bad Brains by Bad Brains
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $9.54 Essential hardcore. One of the best.
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 | The Adolescents/Welcome to Reality/All by Myself by The Adolescents
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $10.49 More essential early '80s hardcore punk.
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 | The Punk Singles 1981-1984 by G.B.H.
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.98 These guys are good! Real raw, bristling punk rock--almost like a punk/metal hybrid (even sound a little like Motorhead.)
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 | Dance With Me by T.S.O.L.
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $10.77 Good stuff--also look for weathered statues.
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 | Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts by The Adverts
Buy used from: $27.95 Just get it.
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 | Los Angeles by X
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.06 Yikes, almost forgot about this one. Essential.
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 | Young Loud and Snotty by The Dead Boys
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $7.49 Awesome, rough, blue-collar NYC punk.
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 | Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (CD + New DVD Documentary) by Dead Kennedys
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $12.99 This one goes without saying--another great punk band with the perfect vocals of Jello Biafra.
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 | Sound of Music by Adicts
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $42.01 Theatricality notwithstanding, they are no less hard core. Look for this.
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 | Living in Darkness by Agent Orange
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.88 Good, good stuff. And punk wannabes Offspring DID rip off their guitar lick from "bloodstains."
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 | Sink with Kalifornija by Youth Brigade
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $6.94 I like this. I like it a lot. Buy it.
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 | Rum Sodomy & the Lash by The Pogues
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.49 Excellent Irish/Celt Punk. None better (though Dropkick Murphys' "Do or Die" is good too.)
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 | L.A.M.F.: The Lost '77 Mixes by Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
Buy new: $22.98 / Used from: $18.99 Another classic, easily up there with the first Clash and Ramones records.
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 | Pink Flag by Wire
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $12.07 One of the best punk albums. Of. All. Time. I like it as much as the Clash's debut. (Did i mention this list is in no particular order of preference?)
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 | Damned Damned Damned by The Damned
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $12.79 Again, essential. Wish they'd reissue it.
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 | Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $5.62 Great, often overlooked alongside '70s contemporaries The Clash.
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 | In the City by The Jam
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $6.16 Great band, they bridge the gap between '60s mod rockers The Who and Kinks and modern punk through the '80s.
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 | Raw Power by Iggy & the Stooges
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.02 Right on. From Detroit!
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 | Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $6.94 Social D never rocked harder than on this first album.
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 | Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols by The Sex Pistols
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.19 Duh.
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