Most Influential Emo Albums

You know the rules: No Paramore, No Fall Out Boy, No Panic! at the Disco, No Twenty One Pilots, No Melanie Martinez, No Halsey, just albums that get into the actual emo spectrum
The Top Ten
1 Clarity - Jimmy Eat World

This album was not only the peak of emotional indie and pop punk but also inspired a lot of bands in the 00's to make music, without this album and Jimmy Eat World, we wouldn't have a lot of the bands that are in the pop punk and indie scene nowadays

2 Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge - My Chemical Romance

Not as influential as Diary or Clarity, but is literally the album that make emo get to the mainstream, it also counts as emo thanks to the hardcore influences that most of the song gets, no matter how poppy and edgy I'm Not Okay is

3 Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate

Similar case with Clarity, however Diary is more to the post-hardcore side than the indie and pop punk scene, still is an amazing album

4 Deja Entendu - Brand New

This album is like a mix of the Indie from Clarity and the post-hardcore from Three Cheers, even if is not as well known as My Chemical Romance is, still has a lot of influence in the emo scene

5 Dear You - Jawbreaker

Probably the rawest and more close to punk from all the albums in this list, pretty recommendable

6 Something to Write Home About - The Get Up Kids

Same case with Three Cheers, however this album is more on the pop punk side

7 Tell All Your Friends - Taking Back Sunday

Similar case as with Three Cheers, helped to make emo more popular in the mainstream scene

8 American Football - American Football

Probably the most critically acclaimed out of all the albums from the list, the main influence in this album is the math rock

9 Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring
10 Pinkerton - Weezer
The Contenders
11 Letterbox - Brandtson
12 Full Collapse - Thursday

The album that make both post-hardcore and emo mix perfectly during the 00's

13 The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Look one thing is Three Cheers but this is definitely not belongs in the emo scene

14 Frame and Canvas - Braid

Maybe not as well known as Diary or Pinkerton but still one of the best albums in emo history

15 Analphabetapolothology - Cap'n Jazz
16 Futures - Jimmy Eat World
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