20 Essential ’90s Punk Albums Everyone Needs on Vinyl
Here are 20 essential '90s punk albums you should absolutely own on vinyl.
Before diving into these titles and trying to track them down, there are a few important things you should know.
First, you're unlikely to find original pressings of some of these albums from the year they were released. Vinyl wasn't in high demand at this point in the 1990s, resulting in fewer records being pressed.
Some of these albums never got a proper vinyl release until several years later.
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It's also important to note that some of the bands on the list, such as Bad Religion and the Descendents, found success well before the start of the 1990s. You'll want to work your way backwards in their catalogues after checking out the albums we highlight here.
Both of those bands proved to be influential as punk went mainstream in the 1990s. In the first half of the decade, we saw Green Day and The Offspring explode into big-time international acts.
A few years later, the Warped Tour started its first run of shows. Pop punk would blossom into its own thing, as the rough edges of punk got sanded down a bit. Both were instrumental in delivering punk to a wider audience.
Whether you missed out on the 1990s or you're looking to relive them, here are some of the best punk albums from that decade that you need to own on vinyl.
Propagandhi, How to Clean Everything (1993)
Key tracks: "Ska Sucks," "Anti-Manifesto," "Haille Sellasse, Up Your Ass"
Bad Religion, Stranger Than Fiction (1994)
Key tracks: "21st Century (Digital Boy)," "Infected," "Stranger Than Fiction"
Green Day, Dookie (1994)
Key tracks: "Welcome to Paradise," "Basket Case," "When I Come Around"
Jawbreaker, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (1994)
Key Tracks: "Boxcar," "The Boat Dreams From the Hill," "Do You Still Hate Me?"
NOFX, Punk in Drublic (1994)
Key Tracks: "Linoleum," "Don't Call Me White," "The Brews"
The Offspring, Smash (1994)
Key tracks: "Self Esteem," "Gotta Get Away," "Bad Habit"
Rancid, Let's Go (1994)
Key tracks: "Salvation," "Radio," "Side Kick"
Millencolin, Life on a Plate (1995)
Key tracks: "Bullion," "Olympic," "Friends 'Til The End"
Descendents, Everything Sucks (1996)
Key tracks: "I'm the One," "Everything Sux," "Coffee Mug."
Blink-182, Dude Ranch (1997)
Key tracks: "Dammit," "Josie," "Apple Shampoo"
The Bouncing Souls, The Bouncing Souls (1997)
Key tracks: "Kate is Great," "Say Anything," "East Coast Fuck You"
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Have a Ball (1997)
Key tracks: "Rocketman," "Uptown Girl," "Danny's Girl"
Pennywise, Full Circle (1997)
Key tracks: "Society," "Fight Till You Die," "Broken"
All, Mass Nerder (1998)
Key tracks: "World's On Heroin," "Think The World," "Honey Peeps"
Avail, Over the James (1998)
Key tracks: "Deepwood," "Scuffle Town," "August"
Dillinger Four, Midwestern Songs of the Americas (1998)
Key tracks: "Doublewhiskeycokenoice," "O.K. F.M. D.O.A.," "It's a Fine Line Between the Monkey and the Robot"
Less Than Jake, Hello Rockview (1998)
Key tracks: "All My Best Friends are Metalheads," "History of A Boring Town," "Al's War"
AFI, Black Sails in the Sunset (1999)
Key tracks: "The Last Kiss," "The Prayer Position," "Porphyria Cutanea Tarda"
Dropkick Murphys, The Gang's All Here (1999)
Key tracks: "The Fighting 69th," "Blood and Whiskey," "Amazing Grace"
No Use For A Name, More Betterness (1999)
Key tracks: "Not Your Savior," "Chasing Rainbows," "Coming Too Close"
Want to dive even deeper into punk from the 1990s? Keep reading to see our list of the top pop punk albums from every year of the decade.
The Best Pop-Punk Album of Each Year of the 1990s
Gallery Credit: Corey Irwin
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