David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' Named 'Greatest, Gayest' AlbumPosted on Dec 16th 2009 12:00PM by John D. Luerssen Comments (38) Print | Email More David Bowie's 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' has been named the greatest, gayest album ever made. The iconic rocker's legendary 1972 album tops a new survey compiled by Out Magazine that also counts two albums by the Smiths in its top 10.

"At a time when social and sexual taboos were just starting to break down, Bowie as Ziggy created a world where the possibilities were limitless," former Culture Club singer Boy George told the magazine. "You could be whatever you wanted to be."

One hundred albums were ranked, with Tracy Chapman's 1988 eponymous disc, the Indigo Girls self-titled 1989 offering and Judy Garland's 1961 recording 'Judy at Carnegie Hall' also placing in the top five. Rufus Wainwright, Cyndi Lauper and Perez Hilton were among the 100 or so gay entertainers, writers and music industry professionals that were asked to name the ten most important discs of their lives.

The top 10 greatest, gayest albums, according to Out:
1. David Bowie: 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' (1972)
2. The Smiths: 'The Smiths' (1984)
3. Tracy Chapman: 'Tracy Chapman' (1988)
4. Indigo Girls: 'Indigo Girls' (1989)
5. Judy Garland: 'Judy at Carnegie Hall' (1961)
6. The Smiths: 'The Queen Is Dead' (1986)
7. Elton John: 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' (1973)
8. Madonna: 'The Immaculate Collection' (1990)
9. Cyndi Lauper: 'She's So Unusual' (1983)
10. Antony and the Johnsons: 'I Am a Bird Now' (2005)

Anything by Sylvester. I loved him. Oh yeah, and Village People.

I own this album and boy is it gay. I love some of it aswell. "Lips" is a great song, and he got some good producers on it aswell (Shep, Tony Moran)

Erasure - The Innocents
Pet Shop Boys - Very
k.d. Lang - Ingenue
Culture Club - Colour By Numbers
Rufus Wainwright - Poses
Lady Gaga - The Fame
Melissa Etheridge - Yes I Am
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
Donna Summer - Bad Girls

NoVideo said:

I guess it proves the point but I love the list.

Sorry, I still think I win. Some of it is like chippendales music. I love it though

dirty mind by prince, enuff said

Prince ain't on that list?!...Bloody Hell!

This one definitely deserves an honorable mention. It has a cover of "Make Up" by V6 and the cover is very ghey.



I'd also like to add..

Madonna Erotica
Deee-Lite Dewdrops in the Garden
Tegan & Sara The Con

to the list.
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^ OK, it's not GREAT but it's sho nuff gay

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Alej said:

okay, we don't need misdiscover to tell us which Janet album is missing!!

Cinnie said:

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Black Box - Dreamland
Sylvester - Step II
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Crystal Waters - Surprise
Ce Ce Peniston - Finally
Martha Wash - Martha Wash
RuPaul - Supermodel
Robin S - Show Me Love
The Village People - Cruisin'
The Weather Girls - Success

Scissor Sisters - self-titled.

where's George Michael on the list?

NoVideo said:

That album

What?



No Ann Mae 'Ham Hock' Bullock?

it don't get no gayer than george, the village, and that big drag dude sylvester. everything else is...disco.

Fuck what you heard,,,,from seeing the lists posted in here, gay folks have the MOST eclectic and exquisite taste in music

Y'know I never thought of Tracy Chapman as a particularly 'gay' album. Or Ziggy even.

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vainandy said:

I just listened to Martha Wash today. She was one of my fave voices for drag.

RuPaul needs to be top 20 on this type of list. The list was 100, I don't remember if he even placed.

Someone asked about Prince before. He was on the list for Purple Rain and Dirty Mind, but I don't remember what numbers he placed at.
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Dirty Mind, Controversy and 1999 definitely is favorited by the gays. Purple Rain, in some songs I can see, especially "Computer Blue".

I'm surprised Grace Jones didn't make the list