The following is a list of power pop albums by notable artists that have been described as such by music reviews, or any similar source. They are listed chronologically, with the older ones at the top of the list.
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Year | Artist | Album |
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1970 | Badfinger | No Dice [1] [2] |
Emitt Rhodes | Emitt Rhodes [3] | |
1971 | Badfinger | Straight Up [2] [4] |
1972 | Big Star | #1 Record [5] [6] |
1973 | Blue Ash | No More, No Less [7] [8] |
1974 | Big Star | Radio City [5] [9] |
Raspberries | Starting Over [10] [11] | |
1976 | Dwight Twilley Band | Sincerely [12] |
Flamin' Groovies | Shake Some Action [13] | |
1977 | Cheap Trick | Cheap Trick [14] |
In Color [15] [16] | ||
Dwight Twilley Band | Twilley Don't Mind [17] [18] | |
1978 | Big Star | Third/Sister Lovers [19] |
The Cars | The Cars [20] [21] | |
Cheap Trick | Heaven Tonight [16] | |
Greg Kihn | Next of Kihn [22] | |
Starz | Attention Shoppers! [23] | |
1979 | 20/20 | 20/20 [24] |
The Beat | The Beat [25] [26] [27] | |
The Knack | Get the Knack [28] |
Year | Artist | Album |
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1980 | Stiv Bators | Disconnected [29] |
Dirty Looks | Dirty Looks [30] | |
The Jags | Evening Standards [31] | |
The Romantics | The Romantics [24] | |
Phil Seymour | Phil Seymour [32] | |
1981 | The dB's | Stands for Decibels [33] |
Rick Springfield | Working Class Dog [34] | |
1982 | Donnie Iris and the Cruisers | The High and the Mighty [35] |
The Go-Go's | Vacation [36] | |
The Greg Kihn Band | Kihntinued [37] [38] | |
Tommy Keene | Strange Alliance [39] | |
Phil Seymour | Phil Seymour 2 [40] | |
The Spongetones | Beat Music [41] | |
1983 | Donnie Iris and the Cruisers | Fortune 410 [42] |
Rick Springfield | Living in Oz [43] | |
1984 | The Spongetones | Torn Apart [41] |
1985 | Game Theory | Real Nighttime [44] |
The Outfield | Play Deep | |
1986 | Tommy Keene | Songs from the Film [45] |
1987 | Game Theory | Lolita Nation [46] |
1988 | Two Steps from the Middle Ages [44] | |
1989 | The Someloves | Something or Other [47] [48] |
Year | Artist | Album |
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2010 | Motion City Soundtrack | My Dinosaur Life [123] |
Dwight Twilley | Green Blimp [124] | |
2011 | Mikal Cronin | Mikal Cronin [125] |
One Direction | Up All Night [126] | |
| Kaiser Chiefs | The Future Is Medieval / Start the Revolution Without Me [127] |
2012 | The dB's | Falling off the Sky [128] |
Redd Kross | Researching the Blues [129] | |
Green Day | ¡Uno! [130] [131] | |
2013 | Paramore | Paramore [132] |
Mikal Cronin | MCII [133] [134] | |
2014 | Weezer | Everything Will Be Alright in the End [135] |
5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer [136] | |
2017 | Paramore | After Laughter [137] |
Straight Up and No Dice redefined the term "power-pop"
Emitt Rhodes is a lost classic filled with songs that easily stack up against the finest power pop.
Blue Ash's 1973 power-pop cult classic No More, No Less
WEEZER's latest self-titled CD, shift up to THE CARS' eponymous 1978 debut, a power-pop classic from Weezer producer Ric Ocasek's old band.
the steel-gilded power pop of Working Class Dog
On his latest release, the wry songwriter continues to show that his forte is fast-paced power-pop tunes
A ferocious power-pop record, Copper is guided by Mould's unerring ear for melody and unrivaled nasal yelp that gives his lyrics an extra bit of acidic punch.
Attractive Nuisance was a wickedly arch slice of intelligent power pop
Guitar Romantic, a neon pink and yellow burst of power-pop perfection
Cheap Trick's first genuine power pop album since their heyday, and their best album since Dream Police.
It earned critical and commercial approval for its bouncy power-pop sound