# List of power pop albums

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.

## 1970s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 1970 | Badfinger | No Dice |
| Emitt Rhodes | Emitt Rhodes |
| 1971 | Badfinger | Straight Up |
| 1972 | Big Star | #1 Record |
| 1973 | Blue Ash | No More, No Less |
| 1974 | Big Star | Radio City |
| Raspberries | Starting Over |
| 1976 | Dwight Twilley Band | Sincerely |
| Flamin' Groovies | Shake Some Action |
| 1977 | Cheap Trick | Cheap Trick |
| In Color |
| Dwight Twilley Band | Twilley Don't Mind |
| 1978 | Big Star | Third/Sister Lovers |
| The Cars | The Cars |
| Cheap Trick | Heaven Tonight |
| Greg Kihn | Next of Kihn |
| Starz | Attention Shoppers! |
| 1979 | 20/20 | 20/20 |
| The Beat | The Beat |
| The Knack | Get the Knack |

## 1980s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 1980 | Stiv Bators | Disconnected |
| Dirty Looks | Dirty Looks |
| The Jags | Evening Standards |
| The Romantics | The Romantics |
| Phil Seymour | Phil Seymour |
| 1981 | The dB's | Stands for Decibels |
| Rick Springfield | Working Class Dog |
| 1982 | Donnie Iris and the Cruisers | The High and the Mighty |
| The Go-Go's | Vacation |
| The Greg Kihn Band | Kihntinued |
| Tommy Keene | Strange Alliance |
| Phil Seymour | Phil Seymour 2 |
| The Spongetones | Beat Music |
| 1983 | Donnie Iris and the Cruisers | Fortune 410 |
| Rick Springfield | Living in Oz |
| 1984 | The Spongetones | Torn Apart |
| 1985 | Game Theory | Real Nighttime |
| The Outfield | Play Deep |
| 1986 | Tommy Keene | Songs from the Film |
| 1987 | Game Theory | Lolita Nation |
| 1988 | Two Steps from the Middle Ages |
| 1989 | The Someloves | Something or Other |

## 1990s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 1990 | Cavedogs | Joyrides for Shut-Ins |
| Doughboys | Happy Accidents |
| Jellyfish | Bellybutton |
| 1991 | The Knack | Serious Fun |
| Material Issue | International Pop Overthrow |
| Adam Schmitt | World So Bright |
| The Spongetones | Oh Yeah! |
| Matthew Sweet | Girlfriend |
| Teenage Fanclub | Bandwagonesque |
| Velvet Crush | In the Presence of Greatness |
| 1992 | Chris Mars | Horseshoes and Hand Grenades |
| Sugar | Copper Blue |
| 1993 |
| Flamin' Groovies | Rock Juice |
| The Loud Family | Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things |
| Chris Mars | 75% Less Fat |
| The Semantics | Powerbill |
| Chris Von Sneidern | Sight & Sound |
| 1994 | Cotton Mather | Cotton Is King |
| Sloan | Twice Removed |
| Chris Von Sneidern | Big White Lies |
| Weezer | Weezer |
| 1995 | 20/20 | 20/20 / Look Out! |
| The Breetles | Pop Go! The Breetles |
| Teenage Fanclub | Grand Prix |
| 1996 | Ash | 1977 |
| Enuff Z'Nuff | Peach Fuzz |
| Fountains of Wayne | Fountains of Wayne |
| The Loud Family | Interbabe Concern |
| Sloan | One Chord to Another |
| Chris Von Sneidern | Go! |
| Weezer | Pinkerton |
| 1997 | The Apples In Stereo | Tone Soul Evolution |
| 1998 | Phantom Planet | Phantom Planet Is Missing |
| Tommy Tutone | Tutone.rtf |
| 1999 | Fountains of Wayne | Utopia Parkway |
| The Mayflies USA | Summertown |

## 2000s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 2000 | Admiral Twin | Mock Heroic |
| The Loud Family | Attractive Nuisance |
| The New Pornographers | Mass Romantic |
| Tsar | Tsar |
| 2001 | Jimmy Eat World | Bleed American |
| The Knack | Normal as the Next Guy |
| Ben Kweller | EP Phone Home |
| Old 97's | Satellite Rides |
| The Posies | Nice Cheekbones and a Ph.D. |
| 2002 | Candy Butchers | Play with Your Head |
| The Mayflies USA | Walking in a Straight Line |
| Myracle Brah | Super Automatic |
| OK Go | OK Go |
| Phantom Planet | The Guest |
| 2003 | Busted | A Present for Everyone |
| The Exploding Hearts | Guitar Romantic |
| Fountains of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers |
| Rooney | Rooney |
| 2004 | Enuff Z'Nuff | ? |
| 2005 | The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema |
| OK Go | Oh No |
| Chris Von Sneidern | Like Me That Way |
| 2006 | Cheap Trick | Rockford |
| The Feeling | Twelve Stops and Home |
| Head Automatica | Popaganda |
| The Loud Family | What If It Works? |
| The Nice Boys | The Nice Boys |
| The Someloves | Don't Talk About Us: The Real Pop Recordings of the Someloves 1985–89 |
| 2007 | The Wellingtons | For Friends in Far Away Places |
| Fountains of Wayne | Traffic and Weather |
| Paramore | Riot! |
| The New Pornographers | Challengers |
| We the Kings | We the Kings |
| 2008 | Cheap Girls | Find Me a Drink Home |
| The Feeling | Join With Us |
| Jonas Brothers | A Little Bit Longer |
| 2009 | Fireworks | All I Have to Offer Is My Own Confusion |
| Jonas Brothers | Lines, Vines and Trying Times |

## 2010s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 2010 | Motion City Soundtrack | My Dinosaur Life |
| Dwight Twilley | Green Blimp |
| 2011 | Mikal Cronin | Mikal Cronin |
| One Direction | Up All Night |
| 20112012 | Kaiser Chiefs | The Future Is Medieval / Start the Revolution Without Me |
| 2012 | The dB's | Falling off the Sky |
| Redd Kross | Researching the Blues |
| Green Day | ¡Uno! |
| 2013 | Paramore | Paramore |
| Mikal Cronin | MCII |
| 2014 | Weezer | Everything Will Be Alright in the End |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer |
| 2017 | Paramore | After Laughter |