Spin The Black Circle

Spin magazine is commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks (Warner Bros) with an all punk, class of '77 issue. They've also listed the "30 Essential Punk Albums of '77". (Were there more than 30 punk albums that year, anyway? Also, we feel a wave of reissues coming on...) Here they are; discuss:

Blondie Plastic Letters
The Boys self-titled
The Clash The Clash
Elvis Costello My Aim Is True
The Damned Damned Damned Damned
Dead Boys Young Loud And Snotty
The Dictators Manifest Destiny
The Diodes The Diodes
Ian Dury New Boots And Panties!!
Eater The Album
Eddie & The Hot Rods Life On The Line
Iggy Pop The Idiot
Iggy Pop Lust For Life
The Jam In The City
The Jam This Is The Modern World
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers L.A.M.F.
Radio Birdman Radios Appear
The Ramones Leave Home
The Ramones Rocket To Russia
Richard Hell & The Voidoids Blank Generation
The Runaways Queens Of Noise
The Saints (I'm) Stranded
The Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers No More Heroes
Suicide self-titled
Talking Heads '77
Television Marquee Moon
The Vibrators Pure Mania
Wire Pink Flag