410) Pink Flag

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This first-generation U.K. punk band made sparse tunes that erupted in combustible snippets on its twenty-one-track debut album. America never got it, but Pink Flag -- as revolutionary discs tend to do -- influenced some important bands, including the Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Elastica and R.E.M.

Total album sales: Under 500,000

Peak chart position: N/A

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