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Ranking albums is always subjective to opinion. Should have stuck by the title without rank.

Great list! No Jesus and Mary Chain, though?

You must hear - Punishment of Luxury - Laughing Academy.

Chris, absolutely stunning singles collection of yours. Pure heaven!

Thank you for the list!! It was so good to see the Dead Boys there! 'Sonic Reducer' is probably their big 'hit', but one of my favorites is 'High Tension Wire'. Boy, is that one wild! I also enjoy The Damned. Great British punk! I have a compilation album with a cover of 'White Rabbit' that is absolutely splendid!! A little surprised that nothing showed up from the B-52s, if for no other reason than their commercial success compared to so many on your list. Maybe they don't meet your requirement for the genre? Of course (meaning, I agree) Sex Pistols and Ramones at the top of the list.

Got Big Time by Rudi in paper pullout sleeve, classic song

What do they say these days: 'I hate to be that guy, but...' You found choosing a Top 50 too hard, so there are 51 in your list. Seriously, I was writing them down. You list Slaughter and the Dogs as No.47, then read out the next six without referring to their ranking and advise that No.40 is your 41! Sorry for being a spotter! Great list, I have or have had about 40 of them, but CHELSEA, 999, Adam and the Ants, would be in there and some of the others would swap about. Thanks again for your thought-provoking content.

Greetings again from the West Coast - next to the hometown of The Pointed Sticks. They released 5 singles (you showed the second) 1978-81 - all very collectible - and an LP in 1980. We know you like Stiff Records and in 2008 a CD was released in Japan called "The Stiff Sessions". Recorded in 1980 at Surrey Sound. I don't know if this was the city of Surrey (a suburb of Vancouver) that I live in, or a studio in the county down the road from you. Reformed early 2000s and still performing sporadically. WRT 1979 UK punk, check out "Crash Victim" by The Commited (sic) on Ace Records 1979. A track on an EP with 4-tracks. Ultra-rare and expensive. Reminds me of the sound on the first Saints LP. Its on CZcams.

Hi Chris. Enjoyable video as usual. Most of my favourites featured somewhere in your list. I'd have put Jilted John in there for the TOTP performance. I think This Perfect Day would have been my no1. With many of the bands you showed it's difficult to choose a favourite. One that didn't quite make your list but would definitely be in mind is Read About Seymour. Good stuff.

Nice selection. If i could bend the parameters that you set, i would include Demon's 1982 classic, the Unexpected Guest. Also, and this really bending the rules, i would include L'Elite by Trust - who sounded just like NWOBHM bands but were French! They even recorded English versions of their songs but these were inferior. I think Maiden with D'Ianno were the ultimate NWOBHM band - mudt be his punky vocals I like.

Complete Control is a masterpiece. Nr. 1 on my list.

Pink flag has been reissued. If you can include new boots and panties then you can include the essential down by the jetty and teenage depression instead of life on the line. Great to see the Vibrators in there.brilliant to see the Stranglers in there near the top. Also, i see you were late getting the Clash album.

Superb singles.

Good to see that you have got the Warhorse album. I have reissue on vinyl which i bought in 83 (when i was listening to all things connected to Purple eg Green Bullfrog, Elf etc). However when they reissued the album they changed its name to Vulture Blood. It is a good album with the stand out track, Burning. The guitar by Jed Peck sounds very like Blackmore. It strikes me as if Warhorse were, in terms of sound, slightly behind the curve of Deep Purple MK2, Black Sabbath and Led Zep. Even though Simper plays well on this album, i can see why Blackmore preferred to have Glover. In 1970 Glover was a more rocky/progressive player thsn Simper. By the way i have listened to latest Deep Purple album once. It's OK but really for me, they lost their excitement after Burn. Mind you i am one of the few who likes Come Taste the Band (apart from the awful nsmr and album cover)!

While having the singles on the albums might have enhanced the albums as a whole, that simply was not the point. Many bands at this time released singles first and then took the (in my view correct) view that asking people to pay for the same thing again was simply wrong and was symptomatic of a record industry that was more into money than music. Good choice of albums, I have many of them - my own list would certainly include the aforementioned 'Pink Flag' (or maybe 'Chairs Missing') by Wire, I would add 'The Quality of Mercy' by The Mekons, 'Christ - The Album' by Crass, 'Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables' by the Dead Kennedys and the ones I think are the most glaring omissions, 'Cut' by The Slits' and PILs 'Metal Box'.

Hi 👋 i can remember first hearing the Sex Pistols and being blown away. The music i was hearing excited me. Its all nostalgic now. Its so long ago now. The bad members havr rejoined together with a new lead singer in place of John Lydon. And i viewed them on youtube , and it was like watching someone doing Karaoke with a back up band. It was like a joke really.

Nice video, Chris! Loved all the music you shared (that I knew)! Keen to see more of your videos! Best from Tokyo! -Brian

The Roxy comp is great. There are many other great Punk comps. I need to get that Members and Adverts albums. I saw Gang Of Four live and I was blown away by Andy Gill.

no mekons

US version of Power In The Darkness included a bonus ep with "2-4-6-8", "Glad To Be Gay" and "I Shall Be Released"!

2 albums by Dead Boys. My favorite punk album Ha Ha Ha by Ultravox was their 2nd album not first. Totally agree about The Clash debut- my second favorite punk album.

Nothing by The Fall??? Shame!!

Hi Chris, thank you for sharing this video, one of my favourite guitar moments in Prog was from a band Aphrodite's Child whose album 666 features the great song The Four Horsemen well worth a listen. I have the song on a compilations Cd but don't own the original Lp sadly.

Love these videos, some of the music choices take me back and some I can't remember at all, really enjoy the info.

I think 1980 was the debut year for Cocteau Twins and Polyrock.

The Au Pairs were fronted by a gay activist called Lesley Woods. Some of their songs revolved around sex. Their song Come Again is quite explicit. It appears in the movie Urgh a music war.

I think you hit something @chris - as many comments as likes - well done!

Fantastic collection. One I would add…. Killjoys, Johnny Won’t get to heaven ( Kevin Rowland etc)

Hi great video Chris many awesome tracks picked I remember most of them 😀👍

I dont think it would have made your top 40 but I certainly makes mine probably in the top ten and thats Moving targets by Penetration

Great list. However I would have picked White man in Hammersmith Palais, Teenage Kicks, Emergency by 999, maybe Take me (I'm yours) by Squeeze, Strange Town by The Jam, Jah War by Ruts. But as I said great list with many blasts from the past

That is quite the snare drum on Part Time Punks. I think they only used a bottom snare mic on the drum kit. ;)

What no Outcasts or Wreckless Eric.

You pnly missed one album out in my honest opinion. Fresh Fruit for rotting vegetables. No punk/new wave collection is complete without a Dead Kennedys album. Maybe also the Bad Brains.

Rattus Norvegicus is criminally underrated. Glad to see it recognized here.

Possibly overlooked … Freeze - The Models Cranked up really high - Slaughter and the dogs

Great songs. I was gripped from the start and I was putting money on the No 1, you didn't let me down 😂.

Buzzcocks - Spiral Scratch, had more edge.

God Save The Queen best punk single of all time for me , maybe would have stuck early Joy Division in there somewhere ,,,not being picky but never really seen Hanging Around as a single although it should have been ,,great stuff though , i collect punk new wave 45s myself ,,,have New Rose white vinyl but im sure its a 86 anniversary release

Walking down the King's Road, they try to look trendy, I think it's a shame that they all look the same. Here they come, the part time punks. Classic. I've just listened again and you missed Read About Seymour... shame on you, lol.

The American Release of THE CLASH was a Lot Better than the Ingerlish Album . White Man In Hammersmith Palais ,,, Still my Favourite Song after all these years . Not on the Original Ingerlish Album ....

Lord John Peel !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, Chris. 100% agree on including songs by The Jam. When people 'this ain't punk' (or whatever genre!) I've always maintained it's always hard to label lots of things. I mean, The Jam, Police, Elvis Costello etc used punk & new wave as a vehicle to get themselves known, then once established, branched off into many different musical styles to suit their own personal tastes.

Here's some you may or may not know Chris: Oh Grebo I think i Love You - Pop Will Eat Itself Winter Time Love - Doors Do They Owe You a Living- Crass Snake Eyes - Crazyhead Effervescing Elephant- Syd Barrett Sushi Addict - Ghost Car Last Days of Tecumseh - Grant Lee Buffalo Fall From Grace - Heidi Browne Demolition Girl - Saints Hate Paper Doll - Husker Du Polyethelene - Inner City Unit Once You'd Given Me Up- Jane Weaver Pretty Face - JJ Burnel What's Your Favourite Colour? - Living Colour Besion De La Lune - Manu Chao Magnolia Caboose Babyshit - Mudhoney There you go- pysche, folk, punk, funk-rock, grunge and Grebo...

I Stole ever One of these Back Then ....

Theatre of Hate = KIRK BRANDON [[ Spear of Destiny ]]

What About The Shapes , The Varukers, Flack Off , The Depraved and of Course SYNEX ....... Leamington Rules !!!!!!!!

Missing: Sham 69, Dead Kennedys, Anti Nowhere League, Discharge etc

The Sinatras "Teddy Crashes Blonde Dies."

Hi there from America. Really enjoy your videos. I collected from back in the day and still somehow managed to keep in possession most of my records. I have that Chelsea 45 in your shelf with a wrong label on the b-side. A Step Forward record I believe but instead of the The Loner by Chelsea, it states "Television Families" by The Cortinas. Kind of wondering what the misprinted label is worth?