Out - The 100 greatest, gayest albums (of all time) (2009)

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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.

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Nr	Artiest	Album	Jaar
1	David Bowie	The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars	1972
2	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	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 & the Johnsons	I am a bird now	2005
11	#s	Hedwig and the angry inch (soundtrack)	2001
12	Velvet underground	Velvet underground + Nico	1967
13	Ani DiFranco	Dilate	1996
14	Erasure	The innocents	1988
15	George Michael	Faith	1987
16	Queen	A night at the opera	1975
17	Lou Reed	Transformer	1972
18	George Michael	Listen without prejudice, vol. 1	1990
19	B-52's	The B-52's	1979
20	Queen	A day at the races	1976
21	David Bowie	Hunky dory	1971
22	Gossip	Standing in the way of control	2006
23	Deee-lite	World clique	1990
24	Sylvester	Living proof	1979
25	k.d. Lang	Ingénue	1992
26	Scissor sisters	Scissor sisters	2004
27	Eurythmics	Sweet dreams (are made of this)	1983
28	Queen	The game	1980
29	Pet shop boys	Actually	1987
30	Diana Ross	Diana	1980
31	Sarah McLachlan	Fumbling towards ecsatsy	1994
32	Smiths	Meat is murder	1985
33	Smiths	Hatful of hollow	1984
34	Donna Summer	Bad girls	1979
35	Yazoo	Upstairs at Eric's	1982
36	Madonna	Erotica	1992
37	Blondie	Parallel lines	1978
38	Dusty Springfield	Dusty in Memphis	1969
39	Laura Nyro	Gonna take a miracle	1971
40	Pet shop boys	Behaviour	1990
41	Melissa Etheridge	Yes I am	1993
42	Abba	Gold : greatest hits	1992
43	Prince	Purple rain	1984
44	Pet shop boys	Very	1993
45	Bikini kill	Pussy whipped	1993
46	Madonna	Ray of light	1998
47	Magnetic fields	69 love songs	1999
48	Cris Williamson	The changer and the changed	1975
49	Patti Smith	Horses	1975
50	Rufus Wainwright	Poses	2001
51	Frankie goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasure dome	1984
52	Kate Bush	Hounds of love	1985
53	Culture club	Colour by numbers	1983
54	Tori Amos	Little earthquakes	1992
55	David Bowie	Diamond dogs	1974
56	Team dresch	Personal best	1994
57	Prince	Dirty mind	1980
58	Liz Phair	Exile in Guyville	1993
59	Bronski beat	The age of consent	1984
60	R.E.M.	Automatic for the people	1992
61	Sleater-Kinney	Dig me out	1997
62	Jeff Buckley	Grace	1994
63	Björk	Debut	1993
64	Patti Smith	Easter	1978
65	Le Tigre	Le Tigre	1999
66	Soft cell	Non-stop erotic cabaret	1981
67	Hüsker dü	Candy apple grey	1986
68	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991
69	Francis Faye	Caught in the act	1959
70	#	Rent (original Broadway cast)	1996
71	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy	1975
72	Donna Summer	Once upon a time	1977
73	#s	Fame (soundtrack)	1980
74	Michael Jackson	Off the wall	1979
75	Carole King	Tapestry	1971
76	Ani DiFranco	Imperfectly	1992
77	New order	Substance, the singles 1980-1987	1987
78	#	The rocky horror picture show (soundtrack)	1975
79	T. Rex	Electric warrior	1971
80	Rufus Wainwright	Want one	2003
81	Scissor sisters	Ta-dah	2006
	Cher	Believe	1998
83	Bette Midler	The divine miss N	1972
84	Cyndi Lauper	True colours	1986
85	Nina Simone	Anthology	2003
86	Madonna	Madonna	1983
87	Madonna	Confessions on a dancefloor	2005
88	Hüsker dü	Zen arcade	1984
89	Fifth column	To sir with hate	1986
90	Kate Bush	The kick inside	1978
91	Grace Jones	Nightclubbing	1981
92	Morrissey	Viva hate!	1988
93	Sade	Lovers rock	2000
94	#	Hair (original Broadway cast)	1968
95	Culture club	Kissing to be clever	1982
96	Nick Drake	Bryter layter	1970
97	Janis Ian	Between the lines	1975
98	Ferron	Testimony	1980
99	Joni Mitchell	For the roses	1972
100	Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely hearts club band	1967

Nr	Artiest	Album	Jaar
73	#s	Fame (soundtrack)	1980
94	#	Hair (original Broadway cast)	1968
11	#s	Hedwig and the angry inch (soundtrack)	2001
70	#	Rent (original Broadway cast)	1996
78	#	The rocky horror picture show (soundtrack)	1975
42	Abba	Gold : greatest hits	1992
54	Tori Amos	Little earthquakes	1992
10	Antony & the Johnsons	I am a bird now	2005
19	B-52's	The B-52's	1979
100	Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely hearts club band	1967
45	Bikini kill	Pussy whipped	1993
63	Björk	Debut	1993
37	Blondie	Parallel lines	1978
55	David Bowie	Diamond dogs	1974
21	David Bowie	Hunky dory	1971
1	David Bowie	The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars	1972
59	Bronski beat	The age of consent	1984
62	Jeff Buckley	Grace	1994
52	Kate Bush	Hounds of love	1985
90	Kate Bush	The kick inside	1978
3	Tracy Chapman	Tracy Chapman	1988
	Cher	Believe	1998
53	Culture club	Colour by numbers	1983
95	Culture club	Kissing to be clever	1982
23	Deee-lite	World clique	1990
13	Ani DiFranco	Dilate	1996
76	Ani DiFranco	Imperfectly	1992
96	Nick Drake	Bryter layter	1970
14	Erasure	The innocents	1988
41	Melissa Etheridge	Yes I am	1993
27	Eurythmics	Sweet dreams (are made of this)	1983
69	Francis Faye	Caught in the act	1959
98	Ferron	Testimony	1980
89	Fifth column	To sir with hate	1986
51	Frankie goes to Hollywood	Welcome to the Pleasure dome	1984
5	Judy Garland	Judy at Carnegie hall	1961
22	Gossip	Standing in the way of control	2006
67	Hüsker dü	Candy apple grey	1986
88	Hüsker dü	Zen arcade	1984
97	Janis Ian	Between the lines	1975
4	Indigo girls	Indigo girls	1989
74	Michael Jackson	Off the wall	1979
71	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy	1975
7	Elton John	Goodbye yellow brick road	1973
91	Grace Jones	Nightclubbing	1981
75	Carole King	Tapestry	1971
25	k.d. Lang	Ingénue	1992
9	Cyndi Lauper	She's so unusual	1983
84	Cyndi Lauper	True colours	1986
87	Madonna	Confessions on a dancefloor	2005
36	Madonna	Erotica	1992
86	Madonna	Madonna	1983
46	Madonna	Ray of light	1998
8	Madonna	The immaculate collection	1990
47	Magnetic fields	69 love songs	1999
31	Sarah McLachlan	Fumbling towards ecsatsy	1994
15	George Michael	Faith	1987
18	George Michael	Listen without prejudice, vol. 1	1990
83	Bette Midler	The divine miss N	1972
99	Joni Mitchell	For the roses	1972
92	Morrissey	Viva hate!	1988
77	New order	Substance, the singles 1980-1987	1987
68	Nirvana	Nevermind	1991
39	Laura Nyro	Gonna take a miracle	1971
29	Pet shop boys	Actually	1987
40	Pet shop boys	Behaviour	1990
44	Pet shop boys	Very	1993
58	Liz Phair	Exile in Guyville	1993
57	Prince	Dirty mind	1980
43	Prince	Purple rain	1984
20	Queen	A day at the races	1976
16	Queen	A night at the opera	1975
28	Queen	The game	1980
60	R.E.M.	Automatic for the people	1992
17	Lou Reed	Transformer	1972
30	Diana Ross	Diana	1980
93	Sade	Lovers rock	2000
26	Scissor sisters	Scissor sisters	2004
81	Scissor sisters	Ta-dah	2006
85	Nina Simone	Anthology	2003
61	Sleater-Kinney	Dig me out	1997
64	Patti Smith	Easter	1978
49	Patti Smith	Horses	1975
33	Smiths	Hatful of hollow	1984
32	Smiths	Meat is murder	1985
6	Smiths	The queen is dead	1986
2	Smiths	The Smiths	1984
66	Soft cell	Non-stop erotic cabaret	1981
38	Dusty Springfield	Dusty in Memphis	1969
34	Donna Summer	Bad girls	1979
72	Donna Summer	Once upon a time	1977
24	Sylvester	Living proof	1979
79	T. Rex	Electric warrior	1971
56	Team dresch	Personal best	1994
65	Le Tigre	Le Tigre	1999
12	Velvet underground	Velvet underground + Nico	1967
50	Rufus Wainwright	Poses	2001
80	Rufus Wainwright	Want one	2003
48	Cris Williamson	The changer and the changed	1975
35	Yazoo	Upstairs at Eric's	1982