| 1 | 1976 | Ramones | Ramones | Album | 4.2 | 21 |
| 2 | 1977 | The Clash | The Clash | Album | 4.15 | 25 |
| 3 | 1977 | Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols | Sex Pistols | Album | 4.3 | 51 |
| 4 | 1970 | Fun House | The Stooges | Album | 4.2 | 19 |
| 5 | 1979 | Entertainment! | Gang of Four | Album | 4.5 | 16 |
| 6 | 1977 | Pink Flag | Wire | Album | 4.15 | 12 |
| 7 | 1984 | Double Nickels on the Dime | Minutemen | Album | 4.6 | 5 |
| 8 | 1981 | Damaged | Black Flag | Album | 3.9 | 7 |
| 9 | 1980 | Los Angeles | X | Album | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 1991 | Nevermind | Nirvana | Album | 4.5 | 91 |
| 11 | 1979 | Singles Going Steady | Buzzcocks | Album + Compilation | 3.35 | 11 |
| 12 | 1975 | Horses | Patti Smith | Album | 4.25 | 24 |
| 13 | 1984 | Zen Arcade | Hüsker Dü | Album | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | 1997 | Dig Me Out | Sleater‐Kinney | Album | 4.65 | 6 |
| 15 | 1973 | New York Dolls | New York Dolls | Album | 4.15 | 9 |
| 16 | 1982 | Milo Goes to College | Descendents | Album | 2.8 | 5 |
| 17 | 1977 | Marquee Moon | Television | Album | 4.3 | 21 |
| 18 | 1994 | Dookie | Green Day | Album | 3.95 | 29 |
| 19 | 1982 | Bad Brains | Bad Brains | Album | 2.35 | 8 |
| 20 | 1978 | Germfree Adolescents | X‐Ray Spex | Album | 4 | 12 |
| 21 | 1977 | Blank Generation | Richard Hell & the Voidoids | Album | 5 | 5 |
| 22 | 1998 | The Singles | Bikini Kill | Album + Compilation | | 3 |
| 23 | 1985 | Terminal Tower | Pere Ubu | Album + Compilation | 4.5 | 6 |
| 24 | 1978 | All Mod Cons | The Jam | Album | 3.75 | 8 |
| 25 | 1982 | Vs. | Mission of Burma | Album | 3 | 7 |
| 26 | 1982 | Album: Generic Flipper | Flipper | Album | | 6 |
| 27 | 1989 | Complete Discography | Minor Threat | Album + Compilation | 4.65 | 3 |
| 28 | 1979 | (GI) | Germs | Album | 4 | 5 |
| 29 | 1981 | Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash | The Replacements | Album | 3.65 | 10 |
| 30 | 1986 | EVOL | Sonic Youth | Album | 3.7 | 17 |
| 31 | 2002 | Fever to Tell | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Album | 4.5 | 11 |
| 32 | 1982 | Walk Among Us | Misfits | Album | 4.35 | 8 |
| 33 | 1979 | Cut | The Slits | Album | 4 | 11 |
| 34 | 1979 | Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | Album | 4.3 | 29 |
| 35 | 1989 | 13 Songs | Fugazi | Album + Compilation | 4 | 8 |
| 36 | 1981 | Penis Envy | Crass | Album | 4 | 6 |
| 37 | 1999 | Enema of the State | blink‐182 | Album | 4.65 | 23 |
| 38 | 2014 | Deep Fantasy | White Lung | Album | | 5 |
| 39 | 1978 | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! | DEVO | Album | 4.15 | 11 |
| 40 | 1980 | Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables | Dead Kennedys | Album | 3.85 | 21 |
