See #57 and #43


>>>>To create our list of the 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums of All Time, we polled more than 100 actors, comedians, musicians, writers, critics, performance artists, label reps, and DJs, asking each to list the 10 albums that left the most indelible impressions on their lives. After receiving responses from Boy George, Rufus Wainwright, Cyndi Lauper, the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray, Candis Cayne, Perez Hilton, Nate Berkus, Jake Shears, John Cameron Mitchell, Wilson Cruz, Justin Bond, Darren Hayes, Junior Vasquez, Bruce Vilanch, Janis Ian, the Cliks, Ari Gold, Holly Johnson, and a slew of others, we tallied the results to determine our top-100 list.

You’ll notice we expanded the catalog to include not only records by queer musicians but also any records that have had relevance to those voting. While albums by Elton John, k.d. lang, George Michael, Pet Shop Boys, and Ani DiFranco appeared time and again on the lists, many celebrities included what they consider gay masterpieces by mostly straight acts like ABBA, Donna Summer, and, of course, Madonna.

So here they are: the seminal, flamboyant, trailblazing, gender-bending, campy, theatrical, audacious, unforgettable albums that changed our lives.


100 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
99 Joni Mitchell - For The Roses
98 Ferron - Testimony
97 Janis Ian - Between The Lines
96 Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
95 Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever
94 Hair Original Broadway Cast - Hair
93 Sade - Lovers Rock
92 Morrissey - Viva Hate
91 Grace Jones - Nightclubbing

90 Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
89 Fifth Column - To Sir With Hate
88 Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
87 Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
86 Madonna - Madonna
85 Nina Simone - Anthology
84 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
83 Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M
82 Cher - Believe
81 Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah

80 Rufus Wainwright - Want One
79 T. Rex - Electric Warrior
78 Various - The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
77 New Order - Substance
76 Ani DiFranco - Imperfectly
75 Carole King - Tapestry
74 Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
73 Various - Fame Soundtrack
72 Donna Summer - Once Upon a Time
71 Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

70 Rent Original Broadway Cast - Rent
69 Frances Faye - Caught In The Act
68 Nirvana - Nevermind
67 Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey
66 Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
65 Le Tigre - Le Tigre
64 Patti Smith - Easter
63 Björk - Debut
62 Jeff Buckley - Grace
61 Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

60 R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
59 Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent
58 Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
57 Prince - Dirty Mind
56 Team Dresch - Personal Best
55 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
54 Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
53 Culture Club - Colour By Numbers
52 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
51 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome

50 Rufus Wainwright - Poses
49 Patti Smith - Horses
48 Cris Williamson - The Changer and the Changed
47 The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
46 Madonna - Ray of Light
45 Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
44 Pet Shop Boys - Very
43 Prince - Purple Rain
42 ABBA - Gold
41 Melissa Etheridge - Yes I Am

40 Pet Shop Boys - Behavior
39 Laura Nyro And Labelle - Gonna Take A Miracle
38 Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
37 Blondie - Parallel Lines
36 Madonna - Erotica
35 Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's
34 Donna Summer - Bad Girls
33 The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
32 The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
31 Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy

30 Diana Ross - Diana
29 Pet Shop Boys - Actually
28 Queen - The Game
27 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
26 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
25 k.d. lang - Ingénue
24 Sylvester - Living Proof
23 Deee-Lite - World Clique
22 The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
21 David Bowie - Hunky Dory

20 Queen - A Day at the Races
19 The B-52s - The B-52's
18 George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. I
17 Lou Reed - Transformer
16 Queen - A Night at the Opera
15 George Michael - Faith
14 Erasure - The Innocents
13 Ani DiFranco - Dilate
12 The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
11 Various - Hedwig And The Angry Inch Soundtrack

10 Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
09 Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
08 Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
07 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
06 The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
05 Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall
04 Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls

03 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
02 The Smiths - The Smiths
01 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=24081

It's cool to see the gay community showing some love to Mr Prince with this list. Cool stuff!

Nice, but they missed the mark here. Controversy is waaaaay gayer than Purple Rain. He posed the straight or gay question, sang about "Sexuality" and let's not forget "Jack U Off."

PicassoFace said:

Great point.

LoveSexy should be on that list...

For the cover alone!!

damn said:

oddly , Purple Rain is probably his least gayest album
.

damn said:

Yeah, Anna Stesia. They want him so bad.

god the smiths pop a few times,even though the lyrics are pretty much non gender specific

Patrick1985 said:

True. Their first album is really the only one that hints at gay themes (e.g, "The sun shines out of our behinds", ect.) Their other albums are pretty gender-neutral.

I guess The Aluminum Group aren't well-known enough to be on the list. It's a glaring omission in my opinion. How can two gay brothers who blatantly sing songs about their affairs with men not make the list?

damn said:

I can see DM, but Purple Rain?

Lovesexy and Controversy should be on that list, as for Anna stesia is the line "Have you ever wanted 2 play with some1 so much, you'd take anyone boy or girl". Songs like Do Me Baby, Jack u off and Private Joy could include gay stuff too.

And where the hell are Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler on that list

This is Gay:

Between white and black, night and day
Black night seemed like the only way
So I danced
Music late, nothing great
No way 2 differentiate
I took a chance

Gregory looks just like a ghost
And then a beautiful girl the most
Wets her lips 2 say
"We could live 4 a little while
If U could just learn 2 smile
U and I could fly away, fly away"
Oh

As a homo, I find the mere existence of this list incredibly boring if not offensive.

Music isn't 'gay'. And not all gay men are interested in 'the gay community' or being campy or 'gender-bending'. Out magazine exists to CREATE this false gay community and gay market. They exist to tell homosexual men how to BE. They create and expand gay markets so they can sell to gay markets. It's always "HERE's the music you should listen to. Here's what you should wear. HERE's the celebrities you are supposed to be obsessed with, Here's how to act. Here's how to be."

What's gross is how many gay people fall into line.

JudasLChrist said:

I actually agree, such lists do actually perpetuate straight stereotypes of perceived gay behaviour, which really is trying to make the actual gay community conform to ridiculous stereotypes. I mean really why is a song considered gay because the artists involved appeal to gays or they are perceived to be or perhaps the lyrical matter of the song is supposed to appeal to us, or in fact the gay community should respond most favourably to any semi complimentary label straights give us. May be, but this list and the ghetto mentality it creates is by flamers (militant gays) who expect others to conform to their stereotypes, they chose this list and expect all gays to fall in line and respect those records as camp masterpieces, when really some are just there because of the sexuality or appeal of the performer (either gay, or tragic diva type lyrics). I mean Bowie admitted that the Ziggy album was a publicity stunt and altho he may have experimented, has always been a big time heterosexual using the gay label in the 70s to get attention and hits. Come the conservative 80s hes militantly straight with Lets Dance and even borderline homophobic. Great music yes, but to me thats the Benedict Arnold of music.
To me gays are like everyone else individuals (I am a fellow gay too), and should have their own feelings and be jusdged as individual people rather than who they chose to sleep with in private.
I like Streisand because of her voice, her outstanding vocal talent and entertainer capacities, not just because some gay or straight says like Streisand because shes a gay icon.
Easily the best response here, thank you

Dirty Mind? did they even listen to the record or just look at the cover

that album is not gay at all.every sexual innuendo on that album is about women. even the song regarding incest is about a woman not a man.

gotta broken heart again- " I got a broken heart again, cuz my only supposed to be friend. you see he stole my old lady away from me and ooohhh im just as blue as i can be"

uptown-"she said are you gay? that took me by suprise. i didnt know what to do. just looked her in her eyes and said. No. are you?"

just a few examples but that album does not deserve to be on the list.