List of punk rock compilation albums

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 DescriptionAmerican Youth Report1982 LP, 1994 CDBomp! RecordsMostly Southern California hardcoreThe Blasting Concept 1983 LPSST RecordsSST artists, mostly Southern California hardcoreCan of Pork 1992 2xLP, 1994 CDLookout! Records29 bands mostly from California. Also features bands from other parts of the U.S.The Decline of Western Civilization (soundtrack)1981 LP, 1996 CDWarner Bros.Live performances from the movie. Mostly L.A. hardcore.Fat MusicVarious 1994-2010Fat Wreck ChordsVarious bands on the Fat Wreck Chords rosterFlex Your Head1982 LP, 1993 CDDischord11 bands from the Washington D.C. hardcore sceneFlipside Vinyl Fanzine1984 LP, 1993 CDFlipside Records3-record set. The 2-CD version omits a few songs. Hardcore.Hell Comes to Your House1981 LP, 1998 CDTime Bomb/Bemis BrainSide 1 hardcore, side 2 deathrockLet Them Eat Jellybeans!1981 LPAlternative TentaclesSide 1 hardcore, side 2 various genres.Nardcore1984 LP, 2002 CDMystic RecordsHardcore from Oxnard, California. An example of Mystic's "local" records.International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation1984 2-LP, 1997 2-CDR Radical Records (1984)New Red Archives (1997)55 punk and hardcore bands from 13 countries around the world.New York Thrash 1982 cassette, 1998 CDROIRCD has additional tracks. Punk and hardcore.Not So Quiet on the Western Front1982 LP, 1999 CDAlternative Tentacles47 bands, mostly Northern California hardcore.Punk-O-Rama Various 1994-2005Epitaph RecordsSeries of low-cost albums featuring Epitaph artists. Early issues are mostly punk.PunkzillaVarious 2001Nitro RecordsCompilation album consisting of songs by bands on Nitro Records.Red Scare Industries: Ten Years Of Your Dumb BullshitVarious 2014 CD & LPRed Scare Industries17 artists from the Red Scare roster, unreleased materialRock Against BushVarious 2004Fat Wreck ChordsPunk rock songs against George Bush.Rodney on the ROQVariousPosh Boy RecordsSeries of three. Punk and New Wave as popularized by the radio program.Something to Believe in1984BYO Records17 Bands, mostlry early 80's hardcoreStreets1977 LPBeggars Banquet RecordsEarly punk compilation (mostly from UK)The Thing That Ate Floyd1988 LP, 2002 CDLookout! RecordsEast Bay punk and hardcore.This Is Boston, Not L.A.1982 LPModern Method RecordsEarly Boston hardcore. CD version also includes the Unsafe at Any Speed compilation EP.Turn It Around!1987 2x 7", 1991 12"MaximumrocknrollVery Small Records12 bands from the 924 Gilman Street project in Berkeley, California.

United Kingdom Album Released Label DescriptionRaw War (The World Of Punk)1983 CSXcentric Noise RecordsInternational compilation with bands from Brazil, Canada, Finland, Holland, Italy, Norway, and the U.K.

Canada Album Released Label DescriptionVancouver Complication 1981 LPPinned Records – PIN 79330001Canadian compilation featuring bands from Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Single-band albums The Clash

5 Album Studio Set 1977 Revisited The Clash Hits Back Clash on Broadway The Essential Clash Singles Box The Singles (1991 The Clash album) The Singles (2007 The Clash album) Sound System (album) The Story of the Clash, Volume 1 Super Black Market Clash

The Cramps ...Off the Bone

Germs What We Do Is Secret (EP)

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 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Reverend Horton Heat

The Saints The Greatest Cowboy Movie Never Made Know Your Product: The Best of The Saints

By punk rock subgenre

Garage punk Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits

Protopunk A-Square (Of Course): The Story of Michigan's Legendary A-Square Records Green Crystal Ties, Volume 7: Mind-Expanding Punk of the 60s No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 SEX: Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die

Punk jazz John Zorn compilation albums

Black Box (Naked City album) The Classic Guide to Strategy Filmworks 1986–1990 Godard/Spillane Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings Painkiller: The Collected Works The Parachute Years Torture Garden (album)

Ska punk NOFX compilation albums 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us) The Longest EP Maximum Rocknroll (album)

See also

Lists of albums Mystic Records, a label specializing in compilation albums Punk rock subgenres

References