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| 💣Sloth's 70s PUNK COMP🧻
Hello Sput-Isolaters, GAME TIME!!!!!!!
Rec me 70s PUNK.
Winner gets to name my "Real name" the one that comes up when I rate an album.
Rules Below... | 1 | | The Clash London Calling
1) Each user is allowed to recommend a maximum of 3 albums. | 2 | | Ramones Rocket to Russia
2) The album had to be released in the decade of the 70s, before 1/1/1980. | 3 | | Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
3) Albums by the first 5 bands listed here are excluded, namely; The Clash, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Germs, and The Saints. The idea is for me to hear some new, old stuff. | 4 | | Germs (GI)
4) Each album will be rated out of 10, according to my personal taste. | 5 | | The Saints (I'm) Stranded
5) Any album with less than (edited) 25 ratings on Sputnik, will receive a bonus 0.5. | 6 | | The Clash The Clash (US version)
6) The winner gets to name the sloth, and I will keep whatever they decide, for 1 year, no matter how ludicrous or terrible it is. The name can not be racist, sexist, or derogatory to any groups, other than that, you can call me what you want. | 7 | | Wire Pink Flag
wham49
Year: 1977
Sput average: 4.3
753 votes
Sloth's rating: 9.5/10.
This is classic British Punk. A great variety of tracks, from garage, punk, art punk, minimalist post-punk sounding tracks. This album is superior to The Sex Pistols, like a New England IPA, is superior to Pabst Blue Ribbon. Although PBR is more popular, it lacks the complexity of a NEIPA, a bit like this album shits all over Never Mind The Bollocks....
Fav Tracks: Reuters, Surgeon's Girl, Field Day for Sundays. | 8 | | Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material
wham49
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 4.1
157 votes
Sloth's rating: 9.5/10.
This is how i like my punk, loud, angry, political, rebellious, and all with a big FUCK YOU. One of my all time favourite records.
Fav tracks; Suspect Device, Here We Are Nowhere. Wasted Life, Rouigh Trade | 9 | | Patti Smith Horses
ArsMoriendi
Year: 1975
Sput Average: 4.3
534 votes
Sloth's Rating: 9.5/10,
another classic, ranging from art punk, classical experimental jazz, to punk rock. This album shaped the way for a rock'n'roll going forward. Patti's dynamic vocals, beatnik poetry, over 3 chords, experimental instrumentation and catchy riffs, encourage repeated listens of Horses.
Fav Tracks: Gloria, Birdland, Break It Up | 10 | | Crass The Feeding of the 5000
ArsMoriendi
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 3.9
173 votes
Sloth's Rating: 9.5/10.
The quintessential anarcho-punk album. I love the sloppiness, British, angry, raw feeling this Crass album delivers.
Fav Tracks: Punk Is Dead, Do They Owe Us a Living, Banned From the Roxy, Fight War, Not Wars. | 11 | | James Chance and the Contortions Buy
ArsMoriendi
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.9
100 votes
Sloth's Rating: 8/10.
Vocals are punky and excellent, musically it is experimental, funky/jazzy dance punk. It is punk in spirit, not giving a fuck, this is unique, and a hard listen at times, but when it clicks, it hits hard.
Fav Tracks: Contort Yourself, Design To Kill. Throw Me Away | 12 | | UK Subs Another Kind of Blues
budgie
Year: 1979
Sput Average: 4.2
21 votes
Sloth's Rating: 9.5+0.5 = 10/10.
Perfect short bursts of UK 1st wave punk bliss. So much energy, this is my style of punk rock. Drawing from early rock'n'roll and blues, Another Kind of Blues is a classic that still holds up well today.
Fav Tracks: I Couldn't be You, Rockers, Crash Course. | 13 | | The Adicts Lunch With The Adicts
budgie
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.5
2 votes
Sloth's Rating: 9+0.5 = 9.5/10
Great little 4 track EP, the first song Easy Way Out is so fucking good. The whole EP is great. Catchy punk rock, this is early pop-punk, just rawer and full of energy.
Fav Tracks: Easy Way Out, This Week | 14 | | The Damned Damned Damned Damned
budgie
Year: 1977
Sput rating: 4
256 votes
Sloth's Rating: 8/10.
A great garage-rock/punk album. i feel like this was an excellent debut, but they had a lot more to learn and display on future records. This album sounds a like a young band having fun and playing generic punk, where with later albums, they will come into their own and add the more goth feels.
Fav tracks: Stab Your Back, New Rose. | 15 | | Gang of Four Entertainment!
GhandhiLion
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 4.2
603 votes
Sloth's Rating: 9.5/10
This is one of the great post-punk albums of all time, it's punky and funky, the bass and jangly guitars stand out here. Vocals are great, and the political, social commentary via their lyrics help make this a classic. Gang of Four have influenced so many bands that followed, but one stands out, Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Fav Tracks: Natural's Not in it, Damaged Goods, Glass | 16 | | Television Marquee Moon
GhandhiLion
Year: 1977
Sput rating: 4.4
1113 ratings
Sloth's Rating: 9.5/10
This is some crisp post-punk, with a splash of art-punk. There are rock, jazz, and experimental elements within the songs, adding excitement and allowing for repetitive listens. So many little riffs, catchy hooks, and unforgettable moments within the album. It is easy to see why Marquee Moon influenced so many new wave, post rock and alternate rock bands for the past 4 decades. Outstanding album.
Fav tracks: Friction, Marquee Moon | 17 | | Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77
GhandhiLion
Year: 1977
Sput rating: 4.1
856 ratings
Sloth's Rating: 7/10.
A great album, that no doubt influenced a lot of post-punk and post-punk revival. I never really clicked with this, and it is probably the album on this list I have heard the most. I just get fatigued, and bored, there is a lot happening on the album, vocal styles is constantly changing, but musically it is a to slow.
Fav tracks; Uh-Oh, love comes to town, Psycho Killer | 18 | | The Sods Minutes to Go
SandwichBubble
Year: 1979
Sput rating 4.5
1 rating
Sloth's Rating: 9+0.5. 9.5/10.
This is fast, noisy, raw, under-produced Punk Rock, and I love it, well most of the songs are. There are a couple of slower more artsy/ experimental tracks bordering on post-punk/Psych/art-punk, that are great too. All in all an exciting album that keeps on giving. Well worth repeated listens.
Fav tracks: R.A.F., Television Sect. Police, Flickering Eyes, | 19 | | devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
rockarollacola
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 4.1
375 votes
Sloth's Rating: 7/10.
This is a heap of fun, but I don't know if i really enjoy it, or despise it. Some tracks are excellent, and I want to listen again, and other tracks piss me off, and I will skip them. Glad I didn't have this on vinyl.
Fav Tracks: Uncontrollable Urge, Mongoloid, Sloppy | 20 | | The Dickies Dawn of the Dickies
rockarollacola
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.9
12 votes
Sloth's Rating: 9.5+0.5 = 10/10.
Now this is classic Pop Punk, 100 times better than The Ramones. This album could have been made and released any time in the past 40 years and it would still be a classic. So fucking good!! It is a frat boy certified pop punk.
Fav Tracks: Where Did His Eye Go, Fan Mail. I'm a cholo. I'm Stuck in a Pagoda with Tricia Toyota, Gigantor | 21 | | The Soft Boys A Can of Bees
rockarollacola
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.9
11 votes
Sloth's Rating: 8+0.5 = 8.5/10.
Mostly Post Punk, a little arty and a little psychedelic. This is a well produced and executed album. Half the tracks would not look out of place released the past 10 years. Musically it is outsatnding, vocals are strong, the song structures are great most of the time.
Fav Tracks: Human Music, Leppo and the Jooves. | 22 | | The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette
Minushuman24
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 4.3
181 votes
Sloth's Rating: 9/10.
Mixing straight up punk, with art and goth punk, this album is another classic that no doubt influenced a heap of bands, looking at you AFI. It's British, a little mad at times, and demanding repeated listens, this album will be on heavy rotation for years to come.
Fav Tracks: Anti-Pope, Love Song, Looking at You. | 23 | | The Suicide Commandos Make a Record
Minushuman24
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 3.8
5 votes
Sloth's Rating: 9+0.5 =9.5.
This is some classic punk, by a band that knows their craft. The instruments are excellent, vocals great, and the songs are catchy as.
Fav tracks: Kidnapped, Shock Appeal. You Can't, I Need A Torch. | 24 | | The Vibrators Pure Mania
Minushuman24
Year: 1977
Sput Rating: 3.8
19 votes
Sloth's Rating: 7.5+0.5 =8.
Power pop or early pop punk, this album has some great tracks.
Fav Tracks: Stiff Little fingers, Into the Future | 25 | | suicide Suicide
F1i2s3c4h5e6r7
Year: 1977
Sput Rating: 4
413 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8/10.
After a few listens, this album still confuses the fuck out of me. It's minimalist synth punk, or no wave, which I am not to familiar with. It's atmospheric buzzing, and Alan Vega's vocals are captivating and demanding a closer listen. For 1977, this album feels ahead of it's time, a lot of the instrumentation could be used as background for a The Weeknd song, or an 80s Atari console game. And then there is Frankie Teardrop, which sounds just like Get Schwifty from Rick and Morty, until....... just listen and you will see. Mike Patton would be proud.
Fav Tracks; Cheree, Frankie Teardrop | 26 | | Death (MI) ...For the Whole World to See
Uzumaki
Year: 1975 (released in 2009)
Sput Rating: 4
145 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 9.5.
Fuck, this is an instant classic, why did they wait so long to release it? I hope it has nothing to do with racism. It's got elements of prog rock, funk, garage rock, and some great catchy punk vibes. Love this album so much! Drumming is outstanding and guitar work is excellent. Politicians in my Eyes needs to be heard by everyone.
Fav tracks; Keep on Knocking, Politicians in my Eyes, | 27 | | Siouxsie and the Banshees The Scream
Uzumaki
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 3.9
229 Votes
Sloth's rating:8.5/10
Siouxsie Sioux's vocals on this are the stand out, but the instrumentation is also excellent. This is post punk, with art punk and Gothic elements. It is a classic for the ages, and again has influenced numerous acts to follow.
Fav Tracks: Carcass, Helter Skelter, Switch | 28 | | Dead Boys Young Loud and Snotty
Uzumaki
Year: 1977
Sput Rating: 3.9
119 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 9.5/10.
Another classic gem of an album. This is straight up Young, Loud, Snotty rock'n'roll, or the precursor to punk rock. Dead Boys would have been incredible to see back in the day. Sonic Reducer is one of the all time great punk tracks. Guitars and guitar solos on this album are excellent, and the bass and drum adds urgency and rhythmic drive, but it is the raw, dirty, snotty vocals and lyrics that make this punk as fuck.
Fav Tracks: Sonic reducer, I Need Lunch, Caught With the Meat in your Mouth, High Tension Wire | 29 | | Black Flag Nervous Breakdown
dedex
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 4.3
538 Ratings
Sloth's Rating: 9.5/10
I own this on vinyl. This is a classic. So raw, but still catchy af, it's early hardcore but could pass off as badly produced pop-punk with angst turned up to 11. Snotty, bratty, no fucks given punk.
Fav tracks, Nervous Breakdown, Wasted | 30 | | The Stooges Fun House
dedex
Year: 1970
Sput Rating: 4.4
1160 Reviews
Sloth's Rating: 9.5/10.
So much energy on this album. Garage rock, free jam/jazz, leading to proto-punk, and influencing a whole new genre of rock. This band and album is historic, epic, and a masterpiece.
Fav Tracks: Down on the Street, T.V.Eye, 1970 | 31 | | Buzzcocks A Different Kind of Tension
wham59
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.8
Sloth's Rating: 8/10.
Early Pop Punk, catchy punk tunes mixed with experimental longer free jams. I prefer the second half of the album, where the experimentation really comes to the front, instrumentally the second half is a lot of fun and it feels like the band were unshackled from the pop punk on the first half.
Fav Tracks; Paradise, Hollow Inside, | 32 | | Cock Sparrer Cock Sparrer
parksungjoon
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 3.8
6 votes
Sloth's Rating: 8 +0.5 = 8.5/10.
Vocally, it's punk rock akin to the Sex Pistols, but musically it ranges from mostly punk, to glam, to pub rock. The album also has an early OI! feeling.
Fav track: Taken for a Ride, Runnin Riot | 33 | | New York Dolls New York Dolls
parksungjoon
Year: 1973
Sput Rating: 4
333 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8.
More dirty loud rock'n'roll, prelude to punk rock. This album is fun, in your face and pure pleasure. A little bit glam, New York Dolls are doing just enough to differentiate from the Rolling Stones, and create their own unique sound, and influencing punk to come.
Fav Tracks: Private World, Personality Crisis, Bad Girl | 34 | | Sham 69 That's Life
parksungjoon
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 3.7
25 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 7 +0.5 = 7.5/10.
Some good moments throughout the album, but also some forgettable tracks. The banter throughout the album, creating the felling of a punk rock opera, gets a bit tedious.
Fav Tracks; Who Gives A Damn, That's Life | 35 | | Magazine Real Life
DeadBitchAlexis
Year: 1978
Sput rating: 4.1
180 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 9/10.
This is so good, it's somewhere in the middle-grounds of punk and new wave, but holds it's own identity. It has some experimental elements throughout that keep you on you toes. Shot by Both Sides, si one of my all time favourite punk songs.
Fav Tracks: Shot by Both Sides, Motorcade, Definitive Gaze. | 36 | | Chrome Half Machine Lip Moves
DeadBitchAlexis
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.9
83 votes
Sloth's Rating: 8.5/10
This album is certainly different then the rest on the list. It is more noise rock/punk, experimental psychedelic garage punk. I think this require multiple listens, at loud volume, and perhaps with LSD, to really appreciate it. A couple of tracks sound like Tom Waits.
Fav Tracks: March of the Chrome Police, Half Machine Lip Moves, Abstract Nympho | 37 | | The Fall Live At The Witch Trials
DeadBitchAlexis
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.8
144 votes
Sloth's Rating: 9.5/10
Great Post Punk/ Art Punk album, with an underlying punk vibe and attitude. This is an eccentric listen, lyrics are great and musically a lot of fun. This would hold up well if released today.
Fav Tracks: Frightened, Rebellious Jukebox, Industrial Estate | 38 | | Generation X Valley of the Dolls
widowslaugh123
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.8
6 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 7.5 +0.5 = 8/10
The vocals of Billy Idol are what stand out here, sounding very bratty, snotty English punk. Musically, and song structure are a mix of pop punk and garage rock.
Fav Tracks: Running With the Boss, King Rocker, Love Like Fire | 39 | | The Cramps Gravest Hits
widowslaugh123
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.7
16 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8 +0.5 = 8.5
Is this the birth of horrorbilly? It is punkabilly, rockabilly, surf rock. fun stuff.
Fav Tracks, Surfin Bird, Domino | 40 | | Public Image Ltd. Metal Box
widowslaugh123
Year: 1979
Sput Avedrage: 4.1
279 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 7.5/10
A 10 minute opener, not something you would equate to punk, but then again this is more post-punk. Vocals of Lydon are not good, guitars are manic, exciting and experimental, whilst the rhythm section grooves along. This is under produced, raw and weird, but after a few listens, it becomes endearing and captivating.
Fav Tracks: Memories, Swan Lakes | 41 | | The Pop Group Y
NorthernSkylark
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 4
201 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 7/10
This is some strange experimental post-punk with free jazz, funk and art rock throughout. Vocalist is great, so many cow bells on this.
Fav Tracks: Thief of Fire, We Are Time, | 42 | | Joy Division Unknown Pleasures
NorthernSkylark
Year: 1979
Sput Average 4.4
2747 Reviews
Sloth's Rating: 9/10
What's not to like with this classic album. The bass lines throughout this are so much fun. Ian Curtis had one of the greatest voices in music. It's a moody somber album, with catchy tracks. Mostly Post-punk, with some punky, and goth rock undertones.
Fav Tracks: Disorder, New Dawn Fades, Shadowplay | 43 | | The Raincoats The Raincoats
NorthernSkylark
Year: 1979
Sput Average: 3.9
90 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8. I spent a bit of time with this album last year, and I enjoyed it a lot. A mix of Post Punk and Art Punk, although musically it is simplistic, and obvious they are not masters of their instruments, they are willing to put that aside and just have fun, exploring what can be done, and creating some catchy and experimental tunes in the process. Their version of Lola, is great.
Fav tracks: No Side to Fall In, Lola, Off Duty Trip. | 44 | | Swell Maps A Trip to Marineville
WeepingBanana
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.9
61 Votes
Sloth's rating: 9/10
This is another classic British Punk/ post-punk/ art-punk album. Gang vocals, keyboards, grooving baselines, and handclaps start the album off, and it is the snotty vocals, and urgency of the drumming that makes this punk. Songs are short, fun and pop punky in a weird way.
Fav Tracks: H.S. Art, Another Song, Spitfire Parade | 45 | | Ebba Gron We're Only in It for the Drugs
Sniff
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.8
9 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 9.5 +0.5 = 10/10
Swedish punk has never sounded so great. This is an album that would hold up well today. Lead vocals, and backing vocals are perfect. Instrumentation is tight, and creates great songs. This is borderline pop punk, oe melodic hardcore skate punk.
Fav Tracks: We're only in it for the Drugs no 1, Totalvarga, Vad Har Jag Gjort, Sno Fran Dom Rika. | 46 | | The Kids The Kids
Sniff
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 4.1
13 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8.5 +0.5 = 9/10
Dirty fast rock'n'roll out of Belgium. It's raw, catchy punk, that sounds like a prelude to melodic hardcore. Sound's like a cross between the Stooges and the Damned.
Fav Tracks: Do You Love the Nazis, Bloody Belgium. Baby that's alright. Fascist Cops. | 47 | | Ravjunk Uppsala Stadshotell Brinner Igen
Sniff
Year: 1977
Sput Rating: n/a
0 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8+1.0 = 9/10
This is another Swedish band that are blending elements of punk rock, garage rock and psychedelic rock. There are a lot of guitar solos on this, and keyboard solos. Drumming is excellent. It is very raw sounding.
Fav Tracks: Hey Little girl, Jag E' Så Skitig Jag E' Så Paj, Snöspår (Del 1, 2 Och 3) | 48 | | Middle Class Out of Vogue
WeepingBanana
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 3.7
27 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 9/10
This is quick, raw hardcore punk, and a bit of post punk. Love it!! That drumming is insane, so much intensity and speed. This is a must listen EP, the history of hardcore starts here.
Fav Tracks: Out Of Vogue, You Belong, Insurgency. | 49 | | Simply Saucer Cyborgs Revisited
WeepingBanana
Years:1974/5 Released 1989
Sput Rating: 3.8
9 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8.5+ 0.5 = 9/10
This is more Artsy/garage/psychedelic/noise rock. It shifts all over the place in an exciting, captivating way. Vocals are punky, and great, musically it is a masterpiece. Great trippy punk by this Canadian band.
Fav Tracks: Instant Pleasure. Bullet Proof Nothing, Here Come The Cyborgs part 1, | 50 | | Richard Hell and The Voidoids Blank Generation
BlindHouse
Year:1977
Sput Rating: 4.1
147 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 9/10.
Vocals on this are excellent. Lots of variation with and within the songs. It's a little arty a little post-punk sounding, but mostly a well produced chilled punk album. Guitars stand out and complement Richard's vocals, lyrics are great as well.
Fav tracks: New Pleasure, Blank generation | 51 | | Pere Ubu Dub Housing
Botulist
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 4
125 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8/10
At times sounds like a chicken singing. This is experimental art punk. and a little post punk, and all round strange. Vocals are really original. At times it sounds like Modest Mouse and The Rolling stones gave birth to a mutant Asperger kid. Takes numerous listens to get into.
Fav Tracks: Navvy, Caligari's Mirror, I, Will Wait. | 52 | | The slits Cut
Botulist
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.8
96 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8/10
Got a lot happening on this album. It is dubby, reggae, post punk, and art punk. A heap of different instruments, and styles throughout make this for an interesting listen. Love the vocals and backing vocals on this album.
Fav Tracks: Spend, Spend, Spend. Shoplifting, Ping Pong Affair, Typical Girls | 53 | | Iggy Pop Lust For Life
Botulist:
Year: 1997
Sput Rating: 4.1
568 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8.5 Lust for life is probably one of the best openers on any record ever! Iggy Pop made it hard for himself to try and top that, but delivers some gems throughout the album. This is more art rock, with a touch of punk attitude and a garage vibe.
Fav tracks: Lust for Life, Some Weird Sin, The Passenger. Neighborhood Threat | 54 | | The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers
Sinternet
Year: 1976
Sput Rating: 4.2
192 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8.5/10
Protopunk, rock'n'roll. Some great garage rock tracks on this album.
Fav Tracks: Roadrunner, Hospital, Someone I care about. | 55 | | 999 Separates
Sinternet
Year: 1978
Sput Rating: 3.8
7 Ratings
Sloth's rating: 8+0.5 = 8.5/10
Now this is a classic power pop/ pop punk album. It is pretty raw, but the song structure is poppy on nature. Vocals are punk, and the instrumentation it is tight, with different members shining throughout the album, evident by some cool solos.
Fav Tracks: Homicide, Tulse Hill Night, Let's Face It, Out Of Reach | 56 | | Ian Dury and the Blockheads New Boots and Panties!!
notagenius
Year: 1977
Sput Rating: 4.1
27 votes
Sloth's rating: 8.5/10
Lyrically it is humorous and playful, but Ian's shifting between crooning and punk vocals make this work. Musically it is funky, dubby, experimental and groovy. There a couple of punky louder tracks, and some smoother tracks, a great varied album.
Fav Tracks: I'm Partial to your Abracadabra, Blackmail Man, Clevor Trevor, Blockheads, Plaistow Patricia | 57 | | Misfits Static Age
TabulaRasa6
Year: 1978, released in 1996
Sput Rating: 4.4
892 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 10/10
Danzig is great on this, this is early hardcore, horrorcore punk. There is some raw harsh pop punk on this as well. The fuzzy distortion, and rapid percussion, and brooding bass match Glenn's vocals superbly and make for one of the greatest punk albums of all time. So many classic tracks on this.
Fav Tracks: Static Age. TV Casualty, Last Caress, Hybrid Moments, We Are 138. Attitude, Bullet, | 58 | | Bauhaus Bela Lugosi's Dead
TabulaRasa6
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 4.3
175 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8/10
What in intro, it just keeps on building up, then echoing vocals kick in. This is post punk/goth rock. The guitar on this is Tom Morello good.
Fav Track: Bela Lugosi's Dead | 59 | | The Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus
Sinternet
Year: 1977
Sput Rating: 3.9
75 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 9/10
The songs on this album are killer, so many classics. Vocals are outstanding, musically it is dynamic and fun. A cross between punk rock, post punk, and garage rock.
Fav tracks: Hanging Around, Peaches, Get a grip on yourself, Choosey Susie | 60 | | Iggy Pop The Idiot
Pheromone
Year: 1977
Sput rating: 4.3
575 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 9/10
A mix between art rock, and post punk, Iggy put out some of his best stuff on this album. The atmospheric sadness this album creates is a masterpiece in aural mood setting.
Fav Tracks: Baby, Dum Dum Boys, Tiny Girls. | 61 | | The Mentally Ill Gacy's Place / Padded Cell / Tumor Boy
TarryScrot
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 3.4
7 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8+0.5 8.5/10
This is a heap of stupid fun. Musically it bounces along, like crazy experimental art /dance punk. The bass is so good in this, the guitar is distorted to the max, drums are rolling and make you want to move. Lyrics are ridiculous, and vocals are whiny punk. Great stuff.
fav Tracks: Gacy's Place, Tumor Boy, Padded Cell. | 62 | | Nervous Eaters Just Head
Ashen
Year: 1979
Sput Rating: 2.5
1 vote
Sloth's Rating: 8+0.5 = 8.5/10
2 song EP, both songs are great. It is fast loud Rock'n'Roll, punk due to the urgency in delivery.
Fav Tracks, Just Head, get stuffed | 63 | | The Electric Eels God Says Fuck You
Ashen
Year: 1972-1975, released in 1991
Sput Rating: 3.9
8 Votes
Sloths's Rating: 9+0.5 =9.5/10
This could be the punkest album I have heard recorded before 1975. Shame it didn't get released for years.
Another raw as fuck, punky garage rock'n'roll album. Lots of tremendous guitar work on this, solos galore, but where id the bass? Vocals are awesome and punk to the max, lyrics are repetitive, but lets the instruments stand out. This is awesome, a little better production and it would be a classic, the songs are strong, and the talent is there.
Fav Tracks: Agitated, Cyclotron, Natural Situation, | 64 | | Urinals The Urinals
Ashen
Year: 1978
Sput rating: 3.8
12 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 7+0.5 = 7.5/10
This is so raw, under produced, but there is something endearing about this recording. It is catchy, repetitive almost pop punk. It is a little Psych Surf Rock too. Tracks 1 and 3 are great, 2 is not good, and 4 is just jam rock.
Fav tracks: Dead Flowers, Last Days Of Man on Earth | 65 | | The Specials Specials
Ashen
Year: 1979
Sput rating: 4.2
285 Votes
Sloth's rating: 9/10
Well this is a classic, ska, with rock'n'roll and punk influences. So historic, and influenced so many bands to follow. There are a couple of filler tracks on this keeping it from a perfect 10.
Fav tracks: A Message to You Rudy, Nite Klub, Monkey man | 66 | | The Skids Scared To Dance
Ashen
Year: 1978
Sput rating: 3.5
11 Votes
Sloth's Rating: 8.5+0.5 =9/10
Some really good tracks on here, it is garage rock/ post punk/ punk. The album needs a bit more variety to make it a classic. But it is still really good, and worth checking if you haven't.
Fav Tracks: Into The Valley, Of One Skin, Melancholy Soldiers, The Saints are Coming | 67 | | Crass Stations of the Crass
NeroCorleone
Year: 1979
Sput rating: 4
117 Votes
Sloth's Ranking: 9.5/10
This is angry crazy manic anarcho, at times hardcore, punk, vocals are as snotty and bratty as punk gets. Guitars are on the verge of exploding into their own adventure, bass and the military style drumming is what holds this together. You've Got Big Hands is one of the best tracks of this genre. This album has a lot on it.
Fav Tracks: Mother earth, You've Got Big Hands, System, Chairman of the Board. | |
SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | Catch me up on classic 70s punk.
Winner, gets to name the sloth.
Rec Away!!! | wham49
03.22.20 | Wire/ pink flag
Stiff little fingers/ immflamable material
Buzzcocks/ small songs with big hearts | ArsMoriendi
03.22.20 | Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
Crass - The Feeding of the 5000 (1978)
James Chance and the Contortions - Buy (1979) | budgie
03.22.20 | germs fucking rules
ill offer
UK Subs - another kind of blues (1979)
The Adicts - lunch with the adicts (1979)
The Damned - damned damned damend (1977) | GhandhiLion
03.22.20 | Gang of Four - Entertainment
Talking Heads - 77
Television - Marquee Moon
| SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | Some decent stuff there, this is going to be tight!
| SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | wham49, I couldn't find your buzzcocks rec, you want to submit another? | ArsMoriendi
03.22.20 | Remain in Light's from 1980 Ghandhi | SandwichBubble
03.22.20 | The Sods - Minutes to Go
https://open.spotify.com/album/2lsZSRNLTCN5rxa3MktsWM | GhandhiLion
03.22.20 | @ars that's right. I've edited it. | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | K GhandhiLion, I noticed that as well you are off the hook. | rockarollacola
03.22.20 | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo (78)
The Dickies - Dawn of the Dickies (79)
The Soft Boys - A Can of Bees (79) | Minushuman24
03.22.20 | Oh damn this is just any 70's punk albums
Machine Gun Ettiquette - The Damned
Make a Record - Suicide Commandos
Pure Mania - Vibrators | F1i2s3c4h5e6r7
03.22.20 | Suicide - Suicide | Uzumaki
03.22.20 | Death (MI) - For The Whole World To See
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream
Dead Boys - Young Loud and Snotty | Minushuman24
03.22.20 | God there's so many amazing albums on here | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | It's gonna be a fun listen.
But going to be hard to pick a winner. | budgie
03.22.20 | UK Subs gonna be the winner! | dedex
03.22.20 | shit Ghandhi took all my recs
Black Flag - Nervous Breakfown
The Stooges - Fun House | parksungjoon
03.22.20 | i didnt read all that crap but do you want some hard recz ov trvth and jvstice? | wham49
03.22.20 | Ya I guess others I would have suggested are already taken like, the stooges, Death, black flag, dead boys
So, I guess I’ll stick with the Buzzcocks studio album which many of the songs are from /A different kind of tension, will not have the power or intensity of the live album but | SandwichBubble
03.22.20 | I was only in this to get Sods another rating and it immediately got one right when it was added to this list.
I've done what I set out to do. | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | As we are getting so many classics, all albums with less than 25 ratings on Sputnik will now receive a 0.5 bonus.
@ Sandwich, lol.
| parksungjoon
03.22.20 | sam please answer my question sir | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | Yo PSJ, rec whateva the fuck you want, but has to be released in the decade of the 70s, anything on the punk spectrum.
If you win, you get to name my user ratings name for a year. | parksungjoon
03.22.20 | going off of stuff i dont see on the list
black flag - nervous breakdown (easily their best release, dont @ me)
buzzcocks - another music in a different kitchen
cock sparrer - cock sparrer
new york dolls - s/t (more proto)
sham 69 - that's life
the stooges - fun house (more proto)
but if post-punk is allowed then so is proto right, seems onyl fair | parksungjoon
03.22.20 | anyway im not about winning or any of that, just tryna give peepz some hard jamz inc. if u know what i mean | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | So PSJ, you can only pick 3. and black flag, buzzcocks, and stooges have been taken, so i will go with your other 3
| parksungjoon
03.22.20 | sweet dude, hope u dig!
punk on brotha | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | Here is the Spotify playlist for the albums that are on there.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/618zvcX9QT64oHSgJplgJG?si=oZMPSzELRdiqErYeD_nJwg | Viriathus
03.22.20 | Magazine - Real Life
Chrome - Half Lip Machine Moves
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trial | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | Thanks DBA, Chrome is some noisy bliss. | widowslaugh123
03.22.20 | Not sure if it’s been asked but do eps and/or comps count? | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | Yeah, they count, as long as i can find them to listen to.
Put a link down for obscure stuff. | widowslaugh123
03.22.20 | Generation x- valley of the dolls
6 votes
Surprised. Thought this band was more popular.
The cramps-gravest hits
16 votes
Kinda cheating since it’s a comp but oh well.
Public image Ltd.-metal box
Not necessarily punk but it’s got Johnny fucking rotten and it’s the best album of all time. Also didn’t see it in your ratings so whatever. | budgie
03.22.20 | so when does the listening begin? this is gonna be another list that's goes to 20% then gets forgotten huh
can't say i'm not guilty of that myself | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | Already started listening my feathered friend.
Going to spin each album at least thrice.
Scores, and comments will follow soon. | parksungjoon
03.22.20 | thrice eww
but good luck in your journey brother are you gonna do an 80s punk and hardcore list too? | SlothcoreSam
03.22.20 | Maybe down the track PSG, especially if we gonna be in isolation for the foreseeable future. | Minushuman24
03.22.20 | gen X has only 8 ratings, that's really weird.
And damn, 3 spins in a row? I barely manage two on records I like lol | budgie
03.22.20 | i could listen to circle jerks group sex like 20x over
but then again it's only like 12 minutes long | Minushuman24
03.23.20 | Best album on here tho is Horses.... or Inflammable Material... Hm | widowslaugh123
03.23.20 | I got to this too late and a bunch of good ones already got took | Uzumaki
03.23.20 | @Minus yes Horses is best album. | SlothcoreSam
03.23.20 | I'm not going to spin 3 times in a row.
3 times all up. | SlothcoreSam
03.23.20 | That U.K. Subs album is sooooo good. Early contender right there from first listens. | budgie
03.23.20 | my maaaaan. happy to see it get the love it deserves | SlothcoreSam
03.23.20 | Why does it have so few ratings Budgie? | budgie
03.23.20 | i ask myself that question often... who knows! such a classic | parksungjoon
03.23.20 | the thing about hardcore that's really cool when you're getting into it but less cool when once you come to love it is that so many releases are very short
also im surprised no one said static age | NorthernSkylark
03.23.20 | The Pop Group - Y
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Raincoats - The Raincoats | Viriathus
03.23.20 | "also im surprised no one said static age"
Would Static Age even count? Sure it was recorded in the 70s but it never got any release until the 90s. | Uzumaki
03.23.20 | Well, he included my rec of Death, so theoretically it should count. | SlothcoreSam
03.23.20 | Yeah, I'm being pretty lenient, so if it was recorded in the 70s, I'll include it.
Got a full 8 hours of isolated work ahead of me today, so that means 8 hours of listening to 70s punk. | Atari
03.23.20 | list just reminds me how ignorant I am of punk from this decade. I'll have to check a few of these! | parksungjoon
03.23.20 | atari hmu if early 80s is ok | Minushuman24
03.23.20 | UK Subs fuckin rule, AGREED | Sniff
03.23.20 | Ebba Grön - We're Only In it for the Drugs
Rävjunk - Uppsala Stadshotell Brinner
The Kids - The Kids | WeepingBanana
03.23.20 | Swell Maps - Jane from Occupied Europe | WeepingBanana
03.23.20 | Whoops that was 1980, do the other one I guess | SlothcoreSam
03.24.20 | Going to give Sniff's rec, Rävjunk - Uppsala Stadshotell Brinner from 1977 a bonus 1.0, as it has to ratings yet on Sput.
Any one else got 70s punk recs?
Write ups and scores on the way. | WeepingBanana
03.24.20 | I guess I'll also add
Middle Class - Out of Vogue (~5 min 7")
Simply Saucer - Cyborg Revisited (released in 89, recorded in 74/75) | SandwichBubble
03.24.20 | Heads up, 23 was released in 1978, not 1977.
And I asked for a merge for the two pages so it'll be 5 total votes on one release soon. | Sniff
03.24.20 | gonna need that +1 for rävjunk | WeepingBanana
03.24.20 | I've already added 3 but if I could also just say The Dils are absolutely essential early American punk | Minushuman24
03.24.20 | This is turning out to be an incredible playlist. I need to check some of these weird ones I've never heard of | SlothcoreSam
03.24.20 | Thanks Sandwich.
@weepingBanana I'll add your first 3 for the competition, and the other as a bonus. Thanks | BlindHouse
03.24.20 | Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation (1977) | ResidentNihilist
03.24.20 | needs more crunkcore | SandwichBubble
03.24.20 | Here's the new entry for 23:
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=100829
Not sure why they deleted the one you have on the list, but whatever.
Edit: nevermind | Minushuman24
03.24.20 | It's insane that no one thought of Richard Hell before | SandwichBubble
03.24.20 | I limited myself to one album under 10 votes
Had to give everyone else a chance, right? 😎 | SlothcoreSam
03.24.20 | After listening to each album, there is a very good chance there will be a tie, meaning a second round of early 80s punk to determine the winner. | budgie
03.24.20 | ooh this is exciting | dedex
03.24.20 | Love the dedication, Sam | ArsMoriendi
03.24.20 | I'm anticipating Sloth's opinions hardcore | Minushuman24
03.24.20 | I am too, Sloth's got the taste closest to mine on this website probably | botulist
03.24.20 | Death - for the whole world to see
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing | SlothcoreSam
03.24.20 | Hey botulist, both Death and The Fall have been taken, but I'll add the Pere Ubu | botulist
03.24.20 | Then add The Slits- Cut
and
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
please | SlothcoreSam
03.25.20 | Kk, will do, great choices by the way. | Sinternet
03.25.20 | the modern lovers - s/t | notagenius
03.25.20 | here is my entry:
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - New Boots and Panties!!
Year: 1977
Sput Average: 4.1
27 Votes | Sinternet
03.25.20 | the stranglers - stranglers iv
999 - seperates | Minushuman24
03.25.20 | The slits is such a good shout | SlothcoreSam
03.25.20 | @ Sinternet Stranglers iv, was released in 1980, did you want to go with another Stranglers album? | TabulaRasa6
03.25.20 | Since you don't have it up yet, Misfits - Static Age.
If post-punk counts, then Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead.
All my other recs are taken. I'd have more to rec if it were 80s. =P | botulist
03.25.20 | someone needs to throw x-ray spex in there. classic album. | widowslaugh123
03.25.20 | There’s still hella out there you guys need to keep recing | SlothcoreSam
03.25.20 | Suicide and Television are up.
| SlothcoreSam
03.25.20 | Politicians in my eyes, by Death, could be the best song I've heard in years.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5REpTIk9GXnUKnt6wdRLQ8?si=CnxHzOZBT4yyN8cUvFELBw | Sinternet
03.25.20 | its not 1980 its 1977 | Minushuman24
03.25.20 | Hell yea, hard agree on suicide and television | SlothcoreSam
03.25.20 | @ Sinternet, oh i see the confusion, sorry, IV is also called Rattus Norvegicus.
But there was a US only release called IV in 1980, but it is completely different. | SlothcoreSam
03.25.20 | Death, Black Flag, Machine Gun Etiquette, The Stooges, Devo, up. | budgie
03.25.20 | awesooome
i love this list | widowslaugh123
03.25.20 | Hope Richard hell wins | SlothcoreSam
03.25.20 | Talking Heads, Richard Hell, The Raincoats up. 11/53 complete.
So far we have a 4 way tie all on 9.5/10, with Death, Black Flag, Television and The Stooges. 3 on 9/10 with Richard Hell, Magazine and The Damned. | botulist
03.25.20 | richard hell for the win [2]. a classic like no other, and the album that shaped first wave punk. | SlothcoreSam
03.25.20 | Agree that Richard Hell's album is great, but I have 4 albums that are better so far. | Pheromone
03.25.20 | Iggy Pop the idiot please sir | Uzumaki
03.25.20 | Yes. Glad you liked that album. | SlothcoreSam
03.25.20 | Thanks Uzumaki That Death album is fantastic
| widowslaugh123
03.26.20 | Update when | budgie
03.26.20 | anyone have any booze | wham49
03.26.20 | Hard to not put Death at the top of the list, I heard politicians on a magazine comp, found the album, and have been pushing it since, although I neglected to rec it | GhandhiLion
03.26.20 | ^Did you make an account to rec that? That's pretty cool. | SlothcoreSam
03.26.20 | Will post the next 10 tonight.
I'm lucky I'm still working. | SlothcoreSam
03.26.20 | 19/61 up, and we have an 8 way tie, all with 9.5/10 | wham49
03.26.20 | plenty of 9.5's hoewever no ten. If Wire and Death did not get the nod, not sure which one could be the first 10 | ArsMoriendi
03.27.20 | Glad you liked all of 'em Sloth :) | GhandhiLion
03.27.20 | I fucked up with the theads. At least Marquee Moon was a winner. That one is hard not to love. | notagenius
03.28.20 | lol sloth rated 7,5 to my pick and left no comment.
sorry man, got you listening to an offensive one with vulgar words. it is alright I will rate the same also will be speechless. lol
but it was really distinctive, impressed not in the least bit hypocritical. I hope you don't mind. | SlothcoreSam
03.28.20 | Haha, i will be writing a blurb for all of them. Been a busy week working at the hospital. | SlothcoreSam
03.28.20 | Link to The Adicts- Lunch with The Adicts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQGk7nyC3qI
The first track, Easy Way Out, is so fucking good. | madrigal30
03.28.20 | bruh, i can only talk about '80s punk
at least these r good recs | botb
03.28.20 | The early 80s were far superior imo but still some great stuff here. Dead Kennedy’s released some demos in the late 70s as well I think. | budgie
03.28.20 | SOO I TOOK THEE EASY WAYY OOUUUUT | SlothcoreSam
03.28.20 | budgie, your rec, U.K Subs is in the lead with The Dickies | budgie
03.28.20 | i saw! i have to check the dickies, if they're 100x better than the ramones, i can't even imagine
definitely going to check all of this list eventually | SlothcoreSam
03.28.20 | 30/55 completed.
U.K. Subs and The Dickies both leading. | rockarollacola
03.29.20 | Glad you're digging that Dickies record, easily one of my favorites. | Minushuman24
03.29.20 | hell yea dickies, ya gotta check the incredible shrinking dickies
| WeepingBanana
03.29.20 | 8.5 for the swell maps album seems about right, glad you liked it. Fwiw I think their 2nd is better, that I originally rec'd | WeepingBanana
03.29.20 | Swell Maps are like imagine The Fall, but better, and like 1/100th the catalog size. And I love The Fall | Ashen
03.29.20 | good coverage on this list. here's a few:
nervous eaters - just head
the electric eels - god says fuck you
the urinals - s/t 7", another ep
the specials - specials
the skids - scared to dance | Ashen
03.29.20 | heyo there's a rules section... but in the spirit of punk i consider them optional:) | SlothcoreSam
03.29.20 | lol, it wouldn't be punk if we were following rules.
I'll add all of them.
Anyone else who has rec'd already can add others, just won't be in running to win. | widowslaugh123
04.03.20 | I vote live at the witch trials next | SandwichBubble
04.03.20 | So your punk slice of pie chart went from 33% in December 2019 to 34% just a few months later, Sloth.
Wonder if we helped with that. | widowslaugh123
04.05.20 | Sloth really living up to his name here | SlothcoreSam
04.06.20 | 7 left! | Sniff
04.06.20 | Happy you liked Ebba Grön. It's a staple for basically everyone over here | Minushuman24
04.06.20 | I will absolutely take a 9.5 on the Suicide Commandos. Elated that you enjoyed that little band.
Also hell yeah 8.5 on siouxsie, siouxsie is bae. | SlothcoreSam
04.06.20 | Ebba Gron is awesome, thanks Sniff. Everyone who enjoys pop punk/ skate punk/ melodic hardcore need to hear it. | NeroCorleone
04.06.20 | Crass - Stations of the Crass | SlothcoreSam
04.06.20 | All done! 😎 and we have winners.
In 3rd place:
The Damned- Machine Gun Etiquette (Minushuman24) 9
Magazine- Real Life (DeadBitchAlexis) 9
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures (NothernSkylark) 9
Swell Maps- A Trip to Marineville (WeepingBanana) 9
The Kids- The Kids (Sniff) 9
Ravjunk- Uppsala Stadshotell Brinner Igen 9
Middle Class- Out of Vogue (WeepingBanana) 9
Simply Saucer- Cyborgs Revisited (WeepingBanana) 9
Richard Hell and the Voidoids- Blank Generation (BlindHouse) 9
The Stranglers- Rattus Norvegicus (Sinternet) 9
Iggy Pop- The Idiot (Pheromone) 9
The Specials- Specials (Ashen) 9
The Skids- Scared to Dance (Ashen) 9
In 2nd place
Wire- Pink Flag (wham49) 9.5
Stiff Little Fingers- Inflammable Material (wham49) 9.5
Patti Smith- Horses (ArsMoriendi) 9.5
Crass- The Feeding of the 5000 (ArsMoriendi) 9.5
The Adicts- Lunch With The Adicts (budgie) 9.5
Gang of Four- Entertainment! (GhandhiLion) 9.5
Television- Marquee Moon (GhandiLion) 9.5
The Sods- Minutes to Go (SandwichBubble) 9.5
The Suicide Commandos- Make a Record (Minushuman24) 9.5
Death- ...For the Whole World to See (Uzumaki) 9.5
Dead Boys- Young Loud and Snotty (Uzumaki) 9.5
Black Flag- Nervous Breakdown (dedex) 9.5
The Sttoges- Fun House (dedex) 9.5
The Fall- Live At The Witch Trials (DeadBitchAlexis) 9.5
The Electric Eels- God Says Fuck You (Ashen) 9.5
Crass- Stations of the Crass (NeroCorleone) 9.5
.....And the winners are....
The Dickies- Dawn of the Dickies (rockarollacola) 10
UK Subs- Another Kind Of Blues (budgie) 10
Ebba Gron- We're Only in It for the Drugs (Sniff) 10
Misfits- Static Age (TabulaRasa6) 10
| SlothcoreSam
04.06.20 | Tie breaker round on the way, everyone welcome, each user carries over their best score. | budgie
04.06.20 | now what
e: o cool tie brakor | Minushuman24
04.06.20 | I made it to second place, I'll take it. | neekafat
04.06.20 | Wow you really like punk | ArsMoriendi
04.06.20 | So we get to rec more stuff to break the tie, or just the 4 winners? | SlothcoreSam
04.06.20 | Everyone gets to rec early 80s punk. The 4 winners will carry over a perfect score, so they have an advantage, but it is still close.
See the new thread just put up. | ArsMoriendi
04.06.20 | Early is 80-82? or?
Also how many albums this time? | SlothcoreSam
04.06.20 | https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1137253&listid=191310
80-85, and 3 albums again. | GhandhiLion
04.08.20 | There are cow bells on 'y'? | SlothcoreSam
04.08.20 | Hey Ghandhi, they sound like cow bells, listen to the first track. My headphones amplified them, that's why it stood out. | GhandhiLion
04.08.20 | 'Thief of Fire' or 'she is beyond good and evil'?
edit: oh ye on 'she is beyond..' |
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