Operation Ivy to The Bosstones to Rancid and beyond — the 50 greatest ska punk albums ever, ranked and drawn from the best 1,000 albums ever project.
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Operation Ivy – Operation Ivy: #7 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sound system gonna bring me back up, yeah, one thing that I can depend on.
The Suicide Machines – Battle Hymns: #26 of best 1,000 albums ever!
And what do we learn? To kill better.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Live From the Middle East: #37 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One, two, what’s in the stew? Three, four, no one’s really sure.
The Flatliners – Destroy to Create: #44 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Fred’s got slacks on the boulevard.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Devil’s Night Out: #48 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The band was so hot, my beer got warm.
Reel Big Fish – Why Do They Rock So Hard? #102 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Everything is cool, how are things with you?
Rancid – …And Out Come The Wolves: #107 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Good morning heartache, you’re like an old friend, come and see me again.
The Aquabats! – The Fury of the Aquabats! #113 of best 1,000 albums ever!
All systems go! Soon the world will know the fury of attack – feel the wrath of the super rad.
Rancid – Indestructible: #121 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again.
Sublime – 40oz. To Freedom: #160 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Lord knows I’m weak – won’t somebody get me off this reef?
Reel Big Fish – Turn The Radio Off: #162 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Please don’t hate me because I’m trendy – they’re not gonna laugh at me again.
Mad Caddies – Keep It Going: #184 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’ve got the answers that you need right up in your backyard.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Who Is, This Is? #185 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s no need for violence against your fellow man. We must live together in this corrupted land.
Sublime – Sublime: #211 of best 1,000 albums ever!
All people in the dance will agree that we’re well qualified to represent the L.B.C.
NOFX – I Heard They Suck Live: #221 of best 1,000 albums ever!
They are the moron brothers, don’t get along with others.
The Suicide Machines – Destruction By Definition: #230 of best 1,000 albums ever!
All my dreams were just islands in the sky.
Save Ferris – It Means Everything: #236 of best 1,000 albums ever!
When I am down and I am blue all I have to do is close my eyes and think of you – and the world is new.
Sublime – Second-Hand Smoke: #670 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wrapped around your finger but I think my time has come, but I never can be too sure ’cause I like to have a little fun.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Firme: #268 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Let’s shoot the moon.
Rancid – Life Won’t Wait: #270 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Who would’ve thought that the dreams come true? And who would’ve thought I ended up with you?
Rancid & NOFX – BYO Split Series Volume III: #281 of best 1,000 albums ever!
When I got the music, I got a place to go.
The Mighty Mighty BossTones – More Noise and Other Disturbances: #283 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I like noise and it’s gotta be loud.
The Suicide Machines – A Match & Some Gasoline: #308 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s all this fighting and we don’t know what for, so the rich get richer and the poor stay poor.
Tim Armstrong – A Poet’s Life: #310 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Let’s get moving into action.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Baile De Los Locos: #316 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I heard you think you’re bulletproof.
Perfect Thyroid – Kiss The Mammoth And Run: #325 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’re nobody’s zero.
Perfect Thyroid – Musical Barnacles: #338 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Open your mouth and close your eyes and let the overlord’s spoon slide deep inside.
Fishbone – Fishbone: #356 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Party at ground zero, a B Movie starring you, and the world will turn to flowing pink vapor stew.
Madness – Absolutely: #358 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Naughty boys in nasty schools, headmaster’s breaking all the rules, having fun and playing fools, smashing up the woodwork tools.
Less Than Jake – Losing Streak: #361 of best 1,000 albums ever!
When it all came down on a Saturday night, should I choose a side at 9th and Pine?
The Suicide Machines – War Profiteering Is Killing Us All: #413 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Take a look around you, you might not like what you see. Yeah, we’re all comfortably living in a privileged society.
Murphy’s Law – The Best of Times: #418 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This crowd is tight, tight. Gonna party all night, night.
Sublime – Robbin’ the Hood: #421 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wake up in the morning and it’s hard to live.
The Suicide Machines – The Suicide Machines: #441 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I won’t spend another day in this heart attack city, it’s messed up here and everything’s money.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Symbolic: #446 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m living in a nightmare can’t you see, I need some musical therapy.
Mad Caddies – Duck and Cover: #509 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Gotta watch those corners in the stretch of danger, a problem could arise eventually. I’ve walked this earth for twenty years and now my mind is floating out to sea.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – The Band Geek Mafia: #515 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The doctor says to take it easy because this isn’t healthy, but I need things a doctor can’t prescribe. I’m running the race on a treadmill going nowhere fast; I need an outlet in my so-called life.
Dance Hall Crashers – Lockjaw: #526 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Why are you listening to all the things they tell you every day? Why are you listening, what happened to your own mind anyway?
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Question the Answers: #557 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We question one accessory: don’t think the piece is necessary. We agree you’re dressed to kill, but wonder if you will.
The Hippos – Heads Are Gonna Roll: #560 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Something in the way she never looks my way, I’m in love, I’m in love.
Buck-O-Nine – Twenty-Eight Teeth: #578 of best 1,000 albums ever!
My soul is sound when I’m in my hometown, yeah, and no place I’d rather be.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Ska-Core, The Devil and More: #600 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You know, I’ve made mistakes. I’ve had my ups and downs, my ins and outs, my share of bad breaks. But when it’s all been said and done, I raise my beer and I swear, “God, it’s been fun!”
Mad Caddies – Quality Soft Core: #603 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s only human nature, pollutes temptation. We have reserved bookings for the fathers of our nation.
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Adicción, Tradición, Y Revolución: #660 of best 1,000 albums ever!
She don’t like The Toasters or The Skeletones, she’d rather pound some beers and listen to the Ramones.
The Aquabats! – The Aquabats! Vs. The Floating Eye of Death! And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol.1: #668 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey kid! What do we got? Not a lot. So what?
Pilfers – Pilfers: #698 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You think it’s funny but what I say is true.
No Doubt – Rock Steady: #706 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey baby, it’s hella good, okay?
Voodoo Glow Skulls – Steady As She Goes: #711 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Nada en la cabeza.
Mad Caddies – Just One More: #733 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Drink smoke drink smoke this is what we do. Well, not what I do necessarily but… you get it.