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1975


1. Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators

2. Horses - Patti Smith
3. God Says Fuck You - Electric Eels
4. Nadir's Big Chance - Peter Hammill
5. The Tubes - The Tubes
6. Jungle Rot - George Brigman

1976


1. Ramones - Ramones

2. Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
3. The Runaways - The Runaways
4. Teenage Depression - Eddie and The Hot Rods
5. Static Disposal - Debris
6. Blondie - Blondie

1977


1. The Clash - The Clash

2. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
3. Damned Damned Damned - The Damned
4. Leave Home - Ramones
5. Young Loud and Snotty - Dead Boys
6. Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
7. Rocket to Russia - Ramones
8. L.A.M.F. - The Heartbreakers
9. The Boys - The Boys
10. In the City - The Jam

1978


1. Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks

2. Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts - The Adverts
3. Germ Free Adolescents - X-Ray Spex
4. Pure Mania - The Vibrators
5. Do It Dog Style - Slaughter and the Dogs
6. Nervous Breakdown (EP) - Black Flag
7. Road to Ruin - Ramones
8. Tell Us the Truth - Sham 69
9. Can't Stand the Rezillos - The Rezillos
10. The Feeding of the Five Thousand - Crass

1979


1. London Calling - The Clash

2. The Undertones - The Undertones
3. Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
4. The Crack - The Ruts
5. Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
6. (GI) - The Germs
7. Songs The Lord Taught Us - The Cramps
8. The Specials - The Specials
9. Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers
10. Stations of the Crass - Crass

1980


1. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys

2. Group Sex - Circle Jerks
3. New Hope For The Wretched - Plasmatics
4. Is This Real? - Wipers
5. Nobody's Heroes - Stiff Little Fingers
6. Los Angeles - X
7. Greatest Hits Vol.1 - Cockney Rejects
8. Hypnotised - The Undertones
9. Inside My Brain (EP) - Angry Samoans
10. Paranoid Time (EP) - Minutemen

1981


1. Damaged - Black Flag

2. Adolescents - Adolescents
3. Dance With Me - T.S.O.L.
4. Hardcore 81 - D.O.A.
5. Living In Darkness - Agent Orange
6. Pleasant Dreams - Ramones
7. Minor Threat (EP) - Minor Threat
8. Reagan's In - Wasted Youth
9. Punks Not Dead - The Exploited
10. Songs of Praise - The Adicts

1982


1. Bad Brains - Bad Brains

2. How Could Hell Be Any Worse? - Bad Religion
3. Milo Goes to College - Descendents
4. Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing - Discharge
5. Millions Of Dead Cops - MDC
6. Walk Among Us - Misfits
7. Back From Samoa - Angry Samoans
8. The Day the Country Died - Subhumans
9. The Record - Fear
10. Troops of Tomorrow - The Exploited

1983


1. Mommy's Little Monster - Social Distortion

2. Out of Step - Minor Threat
3. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
4. What Makes a Man Start Fires? - Minutemen
5. Rock for Light - Bad Brains
6. Dig That Groove Baby - The Toy Dolls
7. Opel-Gang - Die Toten Hosen
8. Valley Of The Yakes - JFA
9. Kill From the Heart - Dicks
10. Dirty Rotten LP - D.R.I.

1984


1. Let It Be - The Replacements

2. Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü
3. Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen
4. Victim In Pain - Agnostic Front
5. Too Tough to Die - Ramones
6. My War - Black Flag
7. Die Kreuzen - Die Kreuzen
8. Give Thanks - Articles of Faith
9. Back to the Known (EP) - Bad Religion
10. Youth Anthems For The New Order - Reagan Youth

1985


1. Walk Together, Rock Together - 7Seconds

2. Tim - The Replacements
3. Frankenchrist - Dead Kennedys
4. I Don't Want To Grow Up - Descendents
5. Horse Bites Dog Cries - D.I.
6. In My Head - Black Flag
7. Big Lizard in My Backyard - The Dead Milkmen
8. New Day Rising - Hüsker Dü
9. 3-Way Tie (For Last) - Minutemen
10. Throb Throb - Naked Raygun

1986


1. Can I Say - Dag Nasty

2. I Against I - Bad Brains
3. Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion - The Mr. T Experience
4. Idle Gossip - The Toy Dolls
5. The Ungovernable Force - Conflict
6. Fizzjob - Didjits
7. Atomizer - Big Black
8. Kings of Punk - Poison Idea
9. Another Wasted Night - Gang Green
10. Bedtime for Democracy - Dead Kennedys

1987


1. If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues

2. Hot Animal Machine - Henry Rollins
3. Never Mind The Hosen - Here's Die Roten Rosen - Die Roten Rosen
4. Bucky Fellini - The Dead Milkmen
5. Songs About Fucking - Big Black
6. Hate Your Friends - The Lemonheads
7. Embrace - Embrace
8. Liberty And Justice For... - Agnostic Front
9. Pleased to Meet Me - The Replacements
10. ...And His Orchestra - Fastbacks

1988


1. Suffer - Bad Religion

2. Boogadaboogadaboogada! - Screeching Weasel
3. Prison Bound - Social Distortion
4. We're Not in This Alone - Youth of Today
5. Small Block - Big Drill Car
6. Jettison - Naked Raygun
7. Small Parts Isolated And Destroyed - NoMeansNo
8. What Good is Grief to a God? - D.I.
9. Gorilla Biscuits (EP) - Gorilla Biscuits
10. Hectic (EP) - Operation Ivy

1989


1. Energy - Operation Ivy

2. No Control - Bad Religion
3. Start Today - Gorilla Biscuits
4. CD Type Thing - Big Drill Car
5. Blood, Sweat and No Tears - Sick of It All
6. Samiam - Samiam
7. Wrong - NoMeansNo
8. Snuff Said - Snuff
9. Peace Thru Vandalism - The Vandals
10. Lame Gig Contest - Crimpshrine

1990


1. Repeater - Fugazi

2. Social Distortion - Social Distortion
3. Unfun - Jawbreaker
4. Against the Grain - Bad Religion
5. Hornet Pinata - Didjits
6. Drive Like Jehu - Drive Like Jehu
7. Devil's Night Out - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
8. Feel the Darkness - Poison Idea
9. Blood Guts & Pussy - Dwarves
10. The Last Temptation Of Reid - Lard

1991


1. Nevermind - Nirvana

2. Strong Reaction - Pegboy
3. Ribbed - NOFX
4. My Brain Hurts - Screeching Weasel
5. Mush - Leatherface
6. Steady Diet of Nothing - Fugazi
7. Soar - Samiam
8. Batch - Big Drill Car
9. 13-Point Program to Destroy America - The Nation of Ulysses
10. End on End - Rites of Spring

1992


1. Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell - Social Distortion

2. White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean - NOFX
3. Generator - Bad Religion
4. Duh - Lagwagon
5. 40 Oz. to Freedom - Sublime
6. Bivouac - Jawbreaker
7. Don't Turn Away - Face to Face
8. Ignition - The Offspring
9. Plays Pretty for Baby - The Nation of Ulysses
10. Frenching the Bully - The Gits

1993


1. Anthem for a New Tomorrow - Screeching Weasel

2. Recipe for Hate - Bad Religion
3. !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! - New Bomb Turks
4. Background - Lifetime
5. How to Clean Everything - Propagandhi
6. Rancid - Rancid
7. Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? - NoMeansNo
8. Pussy Whipped - Bikini Kill
9. Love Songs for the Retarded - The Queers
10. In On the Kill Taker - Fugazi

1994


1. Smash - The Offspring

2. Dookie - Green Day
3. Let's Go - Rancid
4. Punk in Drublic - NOFX
5. Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion
6. Trashed - Lagwagon
7. Tiny Tunes - Millencolin
8. 24 Hour Revenge Therapy - Jawbreaker
9. The Good, the Bad, and the Argyle - The Bouncing Souls
10. Dixie - Avail

1995


1. ...And Out Come The Wolves - Rancid

2. Dear You - Jawbreaker
3. Hello Bastards - Lifetime
4. Maniacal Laughter - The Bouncing Souls
5. About Time - Pennywise
6. Leche Con Carne - No Use For A Name
7. Life on a Plate - Millencolin
8. Mantra - Shelter
9. Hoss - Lagwagon
10. Question The Answers - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

1996


1. Sublime - Sublime

2. White Light, White Heat, White Trash - Social Distortion
3. Less Talk, More Rock - Propagandhi
4. Everything Sucks - Descendents
5. Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues - Strung Out
6. Face To Face - Face to Face
7. The Gray Race - Bad Religion
8. Life In General - MxPx
9. Goldfinger - Goldfinger
10. The Inhuman Ordeal Of Special Agent Gas Huffer - Gas Huffer

1997


1. Static Age - Misfits

2. Ixnay on the Hombre - The Offspring
3. Fuel for the Hate Game - Hot Water Music
4. Thicker Than Water - H2O
5. Jersey's Best Dancers - Lifetime
6. So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes - NOFX
7. Let's Face It - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
8. It Means Everything - Save Ferris
9. Lower Class Crucifixion - The Unseen
10. 17 Reasons - Link 80

1998


1. The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused

2. Ballads From The Revolution - Good Riddance
3. Midwestern Songs of the Americas - Dillinger Four
4. The Living End - The Living End
5. Goddamnit - Alkaline Trio
6. Do or Die - Dropkick Murphys
7. Apocalypse Dudes - Turbonegro
8. Something's Gotta Give - Agnostic Front
9. The Band Geek Mafia - Voodoo Glow Skulls
10. Slowly Going The Way Of The Buffalo - MxPx

1999


1. Enema of the State - blink-182

2. Something To Write Home About - The Get Up Kids
3. Through Being Cool - Saves The Day
4. No Division - Hot Water Music
5. Chaos Is Me - Orchid
6. Right Back - Long Beach Dub All Stars
7. Good To Go - 7Seconds
8. Black Sails in the Sunset - AFI
9. Hit For Six - Consumed
10. F.T.T.W. - H2O

2000


1. Hit After Hit - The Briefs

2. Pennybridge Pioneers - Millencolin
3. Relationship of Command - At the Drive-In
4. Stomping Ground - Goldfinger
5. The Art of Drowning - AFI
6. Astray - Samiam
7. Maybe I'll Catch Fire - Alkaline Trio
8. One Wrench - Avail
9. A Place Called Home - Ignite
10. Flash Flash Flash - The Explosion

2001


1. Land of the Free? - Pennywise

2. Underground Network - Anti-Flag
3. Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes - Propagandhi
4. Covered With Ants - Guttermouth
5. Symptoms Of A Leveling Spirit - Good Riddance
6. How I Spent My Summer Vacation - The Bouncing Souls
7. Perhaps, I Suppose... - Rufio
8. Change Is A Sound - Strike Anywhere
9. Blow In The Wind - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
10. Sing Loud, Sing Proud! - Dropkick Murphys

2002


1. Reinventing Axl Rose - Against Me!

2. Tell All Your Friends - Taking Back Sunday
3. Caution - Hot Water Music
4. Sing Sing Death House - The Distillers
5. The Process of Belief - Bad Religion
6. Apathy and Exhaustion - The Lawrence Arms
7. Transplants - Transplants
8. Cheer Up! - Reel Big Fish
9. How To Ruin Everything - Face to Face
10. Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer

2003


1. The Terror State - Anti-Flag

2. Indestructible - Rancid
3. Revolutions Per Minute - Rise Against
4. Good Mourning - Alkaline Trio
5. The War on Errorism - NOFX
6. Billy Talent - Billy Talent
7. Coral Fang - The Distillers
8. Everything Goes Numb - Streetlight Manifesto
9. Guitar Romantic - The Exploding Hearts
10. Excess Betrayal...and Our Dearly Departed - The Generators

2004


1. Siren Song of the Counter Culture - Rise Against

2. Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll - Social Distortion
3. American Idiot - Green Day
4. Cool To Be You - Descendents
5. Mute Print - A Wilhelm Scream
6. Hollywood Potato Chip - The Vandals
7. Antidote - The Gamits
8. Dorkrockcorkrod - The Ergs!
9. Make A Sound - Autopilot Off
10. The Empire Strikes First - Bad Religion

2005


1. Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike - Gogol Bordello

2. War Profiteering Is Killing Us All - The Suicide Machines
3. Potemkin City Limits - Propagandhi
4. Searching for a Former Clarity - Against Me!
5. No Matter Where We Go..! - Latterman
6. Ruiner - A Wilhelm Scream
7. Paradise - Paint It Black
8. Steal Yer Heart - The Briefs
9. Album Minus Band - Bomb the Music Industry!
10. Panic - MxPx

2006


1. Orchestra of Wolves - Gallows

2. Our Darkest Days - Ignite
3. Canyoneer - No Trigger
4. Back to Higher Ground - The Briggs
5. Oh! Calcutta! - The Lawrence Arms
6. The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand New
7. Dead American Radio - Left Alone
8. The Stories Are True - Time Again
9. Dead FM - Strike Anywhere
10. Under Attack - The Casualties

2007


1. Lifetime - Lifetime

2. Sink or Swim - The Gaslight Anthem
3. Career Suicide - A Wilhelm Scream
4. Make Sound - The Copyrights
5. Suiticide - Pour Habit
6. Crime In Stereo Is Dead - Crime In Stereo
7. Attempted Suicide - Career Suicide
8. Burnout Boulevard - The Bones
9. Somewhere In The Between - Streetlight Manifesto
10. Keep It Going - Mad Caddies

2008


1. The Feel Good Record Of The Year - No Use For A Name

2. From the Bottom - Off With Their Heads
3. Resignation Day - Banner Pilot
4. C I V I L W A R - Dillinger Four
5. The '59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem
6. Warning Device - Teenage Bottlerocket
7. Sometimes Things Just Disappear - Polar Bear Club
8. New Lexicon - Paint It Black
9. The Dopamines - The Dopamines
10. Nothing To Prove - H2O

2009


1. Dream Homes - Dear Landlord

2. Collapser - Banner Pilot
3. Grey Britain - Gallows
4. Coaster - NOFX
5. They Came From the Shadows - Teenage Bottlerocket
6. Iron Front - Strike Anywhere
7. Roads, Bridges, and Ruins - Nothington
8. Left Alone - Left Alone
9. Scrambles - Bomb the Music Industry!
10. American Rubicon - Cobra Skulls

2010


1. Don't Go Swimming - Unwelcome Guests

2. Chamberlain Waits - The Menzingers
3. Ghosts on the Boardwalk - The Bouncing Souls
4. In Desolation - Off With Their Heads
5. White Crosses - Against Me!
6. Cavalcade - The Flatliners
7. Polka's Not Dead - The Dreadnoughts
8. The Black Pacific - The Black Pacific
9. The Dissent Of Man - Bad Religion
10. No Composure - Be My Doppelganger

2011


1. Trips - Samiam

2. Smoko At The Pet Food Factory - Frenzal Rhomb
3. Heart Beats Pacific - Banner Pilot
4. First World Manifesto - Screeching Weasel
5. North Sentinel Island - The Copyrights
6. Moscow Penny Ante - Dead to Me
7. Borrowed Time - Nothington
8. These Rocks In Our Bodies - Rain Over Battle
9. Laugh Now, Laugh Later - Face to Face
10. Don't forget your Roots - H2O