Top Post-Punk Albums





Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
28
Television Marquee Moon Art Punk 1977
2
37
Talking Heads Remain in Light New Wave 1980
3
55
Joy Division Closer 1980
4
78
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures 1979
5
86
The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy Noise Pop 1985
6
119
LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver Dance-Punk Indietronica 2007
7
171
Gang of Four Entertainment! 1979
8
243
Interpol Turn On the Bright Lights Post-Punk Revival 2002
9
244
Public Image Ltd. Metal Box/Second Edition Experimental Rock 1979
10
245
LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening Dance-Punk Indietronica 2010
11
247
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Post-Punk Revival 2004
12
262
The Cure Disintegration Gothic Rock 1989
13
283
Talking Heads Fear of Music New Wave 1979
14
305
Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime Punk Rock 1984
15
310
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes Acoustic Rock, Alternative Rock, Folk Punk 1983
16
314
Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Art Punk, New Wave 1978
17
316
Pere Ubu The Modern Dance Art Punk 1978
18
342
U2 War Alternative Rock 1983
19
358
New Order Power, Corruption & Lies New Wave, Synthpop 1983
20
360
The National Boxer Post-Punk Revival 2007
21
386
Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings and Food Art Punk, New Wave 1978
22
406
IDLES Joy as an Act of Resistance Post-Hardcore 2018
23
469
LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem Dance-Punk Indietronica 2005
24
490
Echo and the Bunnymen Ocean Rain 1984
25
512
The Cure Pornography Gothic Rock 1982
26
543
The Feelies Crazy Rhythms New Wave 1980
27
551
The Fall This Nation's Saving Grace 1985
28
562
Talking Heads Stop Making Sense Art Rock, New Wave 1984
29
578
Bloc Party Silent Alarm Post-Punk Revival 2005
30
612
Iggy Pop The Idiot Art Rock 1977
31
614
The Cure The Head on the Door Alternative Rock 1985
32
637
Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth 1980
33
654
The Slits Cut 1979
34
674
Wire Chairs Missing Art Punk 1978
35
699
The Cure Seventeen Seconds Gothic Rock 1980
36
717
The National Alligator Post-Punk Revival 2005
37
780
The Jam Sound Affects Mod Revival, New Wave 1980
38
877
The Horrors Primary Colours Post-Punk Revival Shoegaze 2009
39
902
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Tender Prey Gothic Rock 1988
40
911
LCD Soundsystem American Dream Dance-Punk New Wave 2017
41
952
XTC Drums and Wires New Wave, Pop Rock 1979
42
971
The Cure Three Imaginary Boys/Boys Don't Cry 1979
43
980
Fehlfarben Monarchie und Alltag Neue Deutsche Welle 1980
44
1010
Pere Ubu Dub Housing Art Punk, Experimental Rock 1978
45
1015
Fontaines D.C. Dogrel 2019
46
1019
U2 Boy 1980
47
1033
The Pop Group Y Art Punk, Experimental Rock 1979
48
1056
Echo and the Bunnymen Crocodiles 1980
49
1117
The Rapture Echoes Dance-Punk 2003
50
1123
Wire 154 Art Punk 1979
51
1151
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Let Love In Alternative Rock 1994
52
1158
Echo and the Bunnymen Heaven Up Here 1981
53
1190
Magazine Real Life Art Punk 1978
54
1226
Killing Joke Killing Joke 1980
55
1228
Mission of Burma Vs. 1982
56
1229
Siouxsie and The Banshees The Scream 1978
57
1236
The Gun Club Miami Punk Blues 1982
58
1245
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 2008
59
1388
Savages Silence Yourself 2013
60
1395
Interpol Antics Post-Punk Revival 2004
61
1409
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Your Funeral... My Trial Gothic Rock 1986
62
1427
Nick Cave feat. The Bad Seeds From Her to Eternity 1984
63
1447
Magazine The Correct Use of Soap New Wave 1980
64
1527
The Fall Hex Enduction Hour Art Punk 1982
65
1528
The Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro New Wave 1980
66
1550
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Firstborn Is Dead Punk Blues 1985
67
1625
The Birthday Party Prayers on Fire Noise Rock 1981
68
1662
Le Tigre Le Tigre Dance-Punk Indietronica, Riot Grrrl 1999
69
1700
Bauhaus In the Flat Field Gothic Rock 1980
70
1701
The Raincoats The Raincoats Art Punk 1979
71
1752
Gang of Four Solid Gold 1981
72
1768
Siouxsie and The Banshees Juju Gothic Rock 1981
73
1784
The Cult Love Alternative Rock 1985
74
1787
The Sugarcubes Life's Too Good Alternative Rock 1988
75
1808
The Birthday Party Junkyard Noise Rock, Punk Blues 1982
76
1819
Various Artists No New York No Wave 1978
77
1827
The Psychedelic Furs Talk Talk Talk New Wave 1981
78
1842
Virgin Prunes ...If I Die, I Die Gothic Rock 1982
79
1878
The Fall The Wonderful and Frightening World of...The Fall 1984
80
1913
Swans Children of God Experimental Rock 1987
81
1938
Alain Bashung Play Blessures Coldwave 1982
82
1959
Mekons The Mekons Rock'n'roll Alternative Rock 1989
83
1964
Throwing Muses Throwing Muses Indie Rock 1986
84
1969
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Kicking Against the Pricks Punk Blues 1986
85
2036
Algiers The Underside of Power Industrial Music 2017
86
2069
Shame Songs of Praise Indie Rock 2018
87
2080
This Heat Deceit Experimental Rock 1981
88
2093
U2 Under a Blood Red Sky Pop Rock 1983
89
2122
These New Puritans Hidden 2010
90
2124
Public Image Ltd. Public Image - First Issue Art Punk 1978
91
2139
Viet Cong Viet Cong 2015
92
2150
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Henry's Dream Punk Blues, Singer/Songwriter 1992
93
2193
Mekons Fear and Whiskey Cowpunk 1985
94
2213
The Cure Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Alternative Rock 1987
95
2252
Midnight Oil 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 New Wave 1982
96
2319
The Walkmen Bows + Arrows Post-Punk Revival 2004
97
2359
XTC Black Sea New Wave, Pop Rock 1980
98
2379
The Raincoats Odyshape 1981
99
2457
Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better Post-Punk Revival 2005
100
2460
The Go-Betweens Before Hollywood Indie Pop, Jangle Pop 1983
101
2558
Editors The Back Room Post-Punk Revival 2005
102
2565
Television Adventure New Wave 1978
103
2570
Au Pairs Playing with a Different Sex 1981
104
2574
Glenn Branca The Ascension No Wave Noise Rock 1981
105
2618
Liars They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument On Top Dance-Punk Noise Rock 2001
106
2620
New Order Movement 1981
107
2635
The Fall Live at the Witch Trials 1979
108
2643
Protomartyr The Agent Intellect 2015
109
2664
Gossip Standing in the Way of Control Dance-Punk 2006
110
2672
Cabaret Voltaire Red Mecca Industrial 1981
111
2679
The Stranglers The Raven New Wave 1979
112
2686
The Fall Dragnet 1979
113
2708
The Futureheads The Futureheads Post-Punk Revival 2004
114
2729
Marquis de Sade Rue De Siam 1981
115
2741
Public Image Ltd. Album/Compact Disc/Cassette Alternative Rock 1986
116
2742
!!! Louden Up Now Dance-Punk Indie Rock 2004
117
2765
Iceage Beyondless Art Punk 2018
118
2767
Klaxons Myths of the Near Future Dance-Punk Alternative Dance, Indie Rock 2007
119
2791
Echo and the Bunnymen Porcupine 1983
120
2875
Sonic Youth Bad Moon Rising No Wave Noise Rock 1985
121
2905
Tom Verlaine Dreamtime Art Punk 1981
122
2914
The Gun Club The Las Vegas Story 1984
123
2931
The Cure Faith Gothic Rock 1981
124
2983
The Stranglers No More Heroes Punk Rock 1977

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
The Stranglers Black & White Punk Rock 1978
Women Public Strain Indie Rock 2010
Wipers Youth of America Punk Rock 1981
James Chance & The Contortions Buy No Wave 1979
Ought More Than Any Other Day Art Punk 2014
Protomartyr Relatives in Descent 2017
The Feelies The Good Earth Indie Pop 1986
Late of the Pier Fantasy Black Channel Dance-Punk Indie Rock 2008
Sleaford Mods Divide and Exit Art Punk, Synth Punk 2014
Mission of Burma Signals, Calls and Marches EP 1981
The Associates Fourth Drawer Down New Wave 1981
Mark Stewart + Maffia Learning to Cope with Cowardice Dub 1983
Tom Verlaine Tom Verlaine Art Punk 1979
The Sound Jeopardy 1980
IDLES Brutalism Post-Hardcore 2017
The Chameleons Script of the Bridge 1983
Television Personalities ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It Indie Pop 1981
British Sea Power The Decline of British Sea Power Post-Punk Revival 2003
Savages Adore Life 2016
U2 October Alternative Rock 1981
Bloc Party A Weekend in the City Post-Punk Revival 2007
Christian Death Only Theatre of Pain Death Rock 1982
Magazine Secondhand Daylight Art Punk 1979
Cocteau Twins Head Over Heels Dream Pop 1983
Priests Nothing Feels Natural 2017
The Fall Extricate Indie Rock 1990
Algiers Algiers 2015
Siouxsie and The Banshees A Kiss in the Dreamhouse Gothic Rock 1982
Bauhaus Mask Gothic Rock 1981
Durutti Column The Return of The Durutti Column Art Rock 1980
Tuxedomoon Half Mute Experimental Rock 1980
Public Image Ltd. The Flowers of Romance Experimental Rock 1981
The Fall Grotesque (After the Gramme) 1980
Protomartyr Under Color of Official Right Garage Punk 2014
Gossip Music for Men Dance-Punk 2009
The Fall Perverted by Language 1983
Tuxedomoon Desire Experimental Rock 1981
Interpol Our Love to Admire Post-Punk Revival 2007
The Fall Bend Sinister 1986
The Chameleons What Does Anything Mean, Basically? 1985
Sleaford Mods Key Markets Art Punk 2015
Brygada Kryzys Brygada Kryzys 1982
Girl Band Holding Hands With Jamie Noise Rock 2015
Siouxsie and The Banshees Kaleidoscope 1980
The Twilight Sad Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters Indie Rock 2007
The Chameleons Strange Times 1986
That Petrol Emotion Babble Indie Rock 1987
Foals Antidotes Dance-Punk Indie Rock, Math Rock 2008
Maxïmo Park A Certain Trigger Post-Punk Revival 2005
XTC White Music New Wave 1978
Sleaford Mods English Tapas Synth Punk 2017
Les Savy Fav Let's Stay Friends Post-Punk Revival 2007
Fat White Family Serfs Up! Neo-Psychedelia 2019
The Murder Capital When I Have Fears 2019
Wipers Over the Edge Punk Rock 1983
De Press Block to Block New Wave 1981
DIIV Is The Is Are Dream Pop 2016
Simple Minds Empires and Dance New Wave 1980
Editors An End Has a Start Post-Punk Revival 2007
Metric Fantasies Post-Punk Revival 2009
Iceage New Brigade Art Punk 2011
Editors In This Light and On This Evening Post-Punk Revival 2009
Swell Maps Jane from Occupied Europe Art Punk 1980
CSS Cansei de Ser Sexy Dance-Punk Dance-Pop 2005
CCCP Fedeli Alla Linea Affinità-divergenze tra il Compagno Togliatti e noi Art Punk 1986
The Vaccines What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? Post-Punk Revival 2011
The Psychedelic Furs The Psychedelic Furs 1980
Iceage You're Nothing Art Punk 2013
Chrome Half Machine Lip Moves Experimental Rock 1979
Ought Sun Coming Down Art Punk 2015
The Fall The Frenz Experiment Alternative Rock 1988
Big Audio Dynamite This Is Big Audio Dynamite New Wave 1985
Preoccupations Preoccupations 2016
Pere Ubu New Picnic Time Art Punk 1979
Girl Band The Talkies Experimental Rock, Noise Rock 2019
The Feelies Only Life Jangle Pop 1988
The Sound From the Lion's Mouth 1981
Sleaford Mods Eton Alive 2019
Sleater-Kinney The Center Won't Hold Post-Punk Revival 2019
Ultravox Systems of Romance New Wave 1978
A Place to Bury Strangers Exploding Head Noise Rock, Shoegaze 2009
!!! Myth Takes Dance-Punk Indie Rock 2007
Viagra Boys Street Worms 2018
Interpol El Pintor Post-Punk Revival 2014
The Fall The Infotainment Scan Indie Rock 1993
The Fall Slates 1981
The Teardrop Explodes Wilder Neo-Psychedelia 1981
The Long Blondes Someone to Drive You Home Post-Punk Revival Indie Pop 2006
Lescop Lescop Coldwave Nouvelle chanson française 2012
Iceage Plowing Into the Field of Love 2014
Radio 4 Gotham! Dance-Punk Indie Rock 2002
Colin Newman A-Z 1980
Total Control Typical System Synth Punk 2014
Out Hud Let Us Never Speak of It Again Dance-Punk 2005
Lonelady Hinterland Dance-Punk Alternative Dance 2015
Women Women Noise Rock 2008
Chai PUNK Dance-Punk Indie Pop 2019
Swell Maps A Trip to Marineville Art Punk 1979
Los Punsetes Una Montana es una Montana Dream Pop, Indie Rock, Noise Pop 2012
Mission of Burma The Obliterati 2006
White Lies To Lose My Life… Post-Punk Revival 2009
The Twilight Sad It Won/t Be Like This All the Time Post-Punk Revival 2019
Ought Room Inside the World 2018
The Cribs Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever Post-Punk Revival 2007
Wire Send 2003
Franz Ferdinand Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action Post-Punk Revival 2013
The Fall The Real New Fall LP: Formerly Country on the Click 2003
The Twilight Sad Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave Indie Rock 2014
Die Nerven Out 2015
Have a Nice Life The Unnatural World Shoegaze 2014
Interpol Marauder Post-Punk Revival 2018
Interpol Interpol Post-Punk Revival 2010
The DFA The DFA Remixes: Chapter One Dance-Punk Electro-Disco 2006
The Rapture Pieces of the People We Love Dance-Punk, Post-Punk Revival 2006
Killing Joke Absolute Dissent Industrial Rock 2010
Mission of Burma ONoffON 2004
Death from Above 1979 The Physical World Dance-Punk 2014
Have a Nice Life Deathconsciousness Shoegaze 2008
Die Goldenen Zitronen Lenin Art Rock 2006
Crystal Stilts Alight of Night 2008
Les Savy Fav Root For Ruin Dance-Punk Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore 2010
British Sea Power Open Season Post-Punk Revival 2005
The Fall Your Future Our Clutter 2010
The Twilight Sad Forget The Night Ahead Indie Rock 2009
The Rakes Capture/Release Post-Punk Revival 2005
Art Brut It's a Bit Complicated Post-Punk Revival 2007
The Maccabees Colour It In Post-Punk Revival 2007
These New Puritans Beat Pyramid Dance-Punk 2008
Dirty Beaches Drifters/Love is the Devil Ambient, Experimental Rock 2013
Juventud Juché Movimientos Art Punk 2016
The Futureheads News and Tributes Post-Punk Revival 2006
Cold Cave Cherish the Light Years Synthpop 2011
Los Punsetes Los Punsetes Post-Punk Revival Indie Pop 2008