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	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	1981 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

• 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

See also: Punk rock subgenres

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 portal

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

References

1. "The Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood Talks About His Love for Disney and Old Musicals". Vice. November 21, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
2. "A Brief History of Krupted Peasant Farmerz". Metroactive. July 17, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
3. 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.
4. Punknews.org (April 29, 2017). "Various Artists - Old Skars and Upstarts". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
5. "Blast From the Past: Xcentric Noise". MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2019-03-13.