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Tag: Ska
The Flatliners – Destroy to Create: #44 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Fred’s got slacks on the boulevard.
The Specials – The Specials: #82 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Stop your fooling around, time you straighten right out. Better think of your future, else you’ll wind up in jail.
Reel Big Fish – Why Do They Rock So Hard? #102 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Everything is cool, how are things with you?
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.
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.
Pepper – Kona Town: #288 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ve been sitting on the curb in your neighborhood, looking at that streetlight thinking how I could just get one response, maybe a glance, but the system has its rules about the second chance.
The Selecter – Too Much Pressure: #303 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This pressure got to stop.
Perfect Thyroid – Kiss The Mammoth And Run: #325 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You’re nobody’s zero.
The Toasters – Skaboom! #336 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We get ourselves in situations I don’t understand – that always leads to confrontations getting out of hand.
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.
Desmond Dekker – The Definitive Collection: You Can Get It If You Really Want: #548 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Get up in the morning slaving for bread sir, so that every mouth can be fed, poor me Israelites.
The Toasters – Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down: #636 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I won’t play ball, won’t do as I’m told. I’d rather be a square peg in a round hole.
Pilfers – Pilfers: #698 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You think it’s funny but what I say is true.
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.
Conehead Buddha – Rockets: #740 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Get that body up.
Streetlight Manifesto – Everything Goes Numb: #743 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Ska punk with a level of musicianship and sophistication that very few bands ever achieve. Oh, and don’t forget the energy energy energy.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Let’s Face It: #779 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The impression that I get is that this is a rock solid collection of highly enjoyable alternative rock and pop- and punk-infused ska.
Catch 22 – Alone in a Crowd: #806 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t point the blame – just check out this frantically upbeat ska punk album.
Reel Big Fish – Cheer Up!: #855 of best 1,000 albums ever!
RBF can rock you with their specialty of snarked up ska punk, but it’s the more mature power pop material that really stands out here.
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution – A Call to Arms: #863 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A short and incredible acoustic ska punk album.
The O.C. Supertones – Supertones Strikes Back: #903 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A powerhouse of a ska punk album that just happens to layer in… well, you’ll see.
The Scofflaws – Live!, Vol. 1: #918 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A fun ska band with real musical chops that’s at its most fun-est best live.
King Changó – The Return of El Santo: #923 of best 1,000 albums ever!
“Latin ska” is only the beginning: it’s an exuberant and energy-packed record that also incorporates hip hop, punk, hard rock, dub, and trip hop.
The Suicide Machines – Revolution Spring: #925 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Upbeat ska and punk, expertly mixed with great hooks and strong musicianship overall.
Madness – One Step Beyond…: #957 of best 1,000 albums ever!
From ska to punk to new wave to pop, all performed with the extreme exuberance and confidence of youth and with tongues firmly planted in cheeks… I guess you can only describe it as Madness.