This is a list of punk rock compilation albums. Compilation albums played a particularly vital role in the development of new punk rock bands, since relatively few local bands had a large enough audience to justify their own albums.
Multiple-band albums
United States
| Album | Released | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Youth Report | 1982 LP, 1994 CD | Bomp! Records | Mostly Southern California hardcore |
| The Blasting Concept [1] | 1983 LP | SST Records[1] | SST artists, mostly Southern California hardcore |
| Can of Pork [2] | 1992 2xLP, 1994 CD | Lookout! Records[2] | 29 bands mostly from California. Also features bands from other parts of the U.S. |
| The Decline of Western Civilization (soundtrack) | 1981 LP, 1996 CD | Warner Bros. | Live performances from the movie. Mostly L.A. hardcore. |
| Fat Music | Various 1994-2010 | Fat Wreck Chords | Various bands on the Fat Wreck Chords roster |
| Flex Your Head | 1982 LP, 1993 CD | Dischord | 11 bands from the Washington D.C. hardcore scene |
| Flipside Vinyl Fanzine | 1984 LP, 1993 CD | Flipside Records | 3-record set. The 2-CD version omits a few songs. Hardcore. |
| Hell Comes to Your House | 1982 LP, 1998 CD | Time Bomb/Bemis Brain | Side 1 hardcore, side 2 deathrock |
| Let Them Eat Jellybeans! | 1981 LP | Alternative Tentacles | Side 1 hardcore, side 2 various genres. |
| Nardcore | 1984 LP, 2002 CD | Mystic Records | Hardcore from Oxnard, California. An example of Mystic's "local" records. |
| International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation | 1984 2-LP, 1997 2-CD | R Radical Records (1984) New Red Archives (1997) |
55 punk and hardcore bands from 13 countries around the world. |
| New York Thrash [3] | 1982 cassette, 1998 CD | ROIR[3] | CD has additional tracks. Punk and hardcore. |
| Not So Quiet on the Western Front | 1982 LP, 1999 CD | Alternative Tentacles | 47 bands, mostly Northern California hardcore. |
| Punk-O-Rama [4] | Various 1994-2005 | Epitaph Records | Series of low-cost albums featuring Epitaph artists. Early issues are mostly punk. |
| Punkzilla | Various 2001 | Nitro Records | Compilation album consisting of songs by bands on Nitro Records. |
| Red Scare Industries: Ten Years Of Your Dumb Bullshit | Various 2014 CD & LP | Red Scare Industries | 17 artists from the Red Scare roster, unreleased material |
| Rock Against Bush | Various 2004 | Fat Wreck Chords | Punk rock songs against George Bush. |
| Rodney on the ROQ | Various | Posh Boy Records | Series of three. Punk and New Wave as popularized by the radio program. |
| Something to Believe in | 1984 | BYO Records | 17 Bands, mostlry early 80's hardcore |
| Streets | 1977 LP | Beggars Banquet Records | Early punk compilation (mostly from UK) |
| The Thing That Ate Floyd | 1988 LP, 2002 CD | Lookout! Records | East Bay punk and hardcore. |
| This Is Boston, Not L.A. | 1982 LP | Modern Method Records | Early Boston hardcore. CD version also includes the Unsafe at Any Speed compilation EP. |
| Turn It Around! | 1987 2x 7", 1991 12" | Maximumrocknroll Very Small Records |
12 bands from the 924 Gilman Street project in Berkeley, California. |
United Kingdom
| Album | Released | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw War (The World Of Punk)[5] | 1983 CS | Xcentric Noise Records | International compilation with bands from Brazil, Canada, Finland, Holland, Italy, Norway, and the U.K. |
Single-band albums
The Clash
The Cramps
Germs
Ramones
- All the Stuff (And More) Volume One
- All the Stuff (And More) Volume Two
- Best of the Chrysalis Years
- The Best of the Ramones
- The Chrysalis Years
- Essential (Ramones album)
- Greatest Hits (Ramones album)
- Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology
- Lifestyles of the Ramones
- Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits
- Masters of Rock: Ramones
- Weird Tales of the Ramones
The Reverend Horton Heat
The Saints
By punk rock subgenre
Garage punk
Protopunk
Punk jazz
John Zorn compilation albums
Ska punk
NOFX compilation albums
See also
- Lists of albums
- Mystic Records, a label specializing in compilation albums
- Punk rock subgenres
References
- 1 2 "The Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood Talks About His Love for Disney and Old Musicals". Vice. November 21, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- 1 2 "A Brief History of Krupted Peasant Farmerz". Metroactive. July 17, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- 1 2 Nadler, B. (2014). Punk in NYC's Lower East Side 1981-1991: Scene History Series. Scene History. Microcosm Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-62106-908-9. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ↑ Punknews.org (April 29, 2017). "Various Artists - Old Skars and Upstarts". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ↑ "Blast From the Past: Xcentric Noise". MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
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