British comedy duo Matt Lucas and David Walliams grace the October edition of Out. And they couldn’t look better!
In addition to looking at the Little Britain boys’ new gig at HBO, the new issue’s absolutely brimming with nuggets of musical goodness, like a conversation between Jakes Shears and Carly Simon, as well as a hard look at late and underrated Arthur Russell, whom we simply adore.
No music issue would be complete, of course, without a rundown of great albums. Thus, after surveying 100 gay movers and shakers, the Out staffers compiled the “100 Greatest Gayest Albums of All Time,” a list topped by the incomparable David Bowie. The Smiths, meanwhile, do a double dip in the top ten:
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, Sheâs So Unusual, 1983
10. Antony and the Johnsons, I Am A Bird Now, 2005
Of course Judy’s up in there.
Tintin Malfoy
An actual gay on the cover of Out, astonishing.
Jesse
Half of these albums are by straight musicians or bands. Out is so irrelevant. There is a bevy of musicians writing topical music to the queer experience. Most of them have been excluded from this list.
These are not the gayest albums of all time.
Where’s Pansey Division, Queen,Chris Garneau, Jay Brannan,Rachael Sage, Bearforce One, Jill Sobule, Doria Roberts, Levi Kreis, Eric Himan, Robert German, Darren Hayes, Christopher Dallman, Gregory Douglass, Sophie B. Hawkins, etc. etc. etc…..???
charles
In all honesty, all of the artists you mentioned in your above post have a few good songs at best, but no good albums (maybe Queen is an exception). I’d rather listen to a good album by a straight person than some crappy album whose only selling point is that the artist is gay. I feel no need to support that.
Jesse
My point is that they have labeled this “Gayest” albums.
not favorite albums for the gays. To say that Sgnt. Pepper is one of the gayest albums of all time hardly makes any sense.
John
The Smiths are up there and thats all that counts to me. It would be nice if there was a magazine that highlighted gay PEOPLE, like gay teachers and community leaders making a difference in their part of the world..a magazine for actual OUT people who might INSPIRE others to stand up and do good or help out. I met the OUT editorial staff in all their snobby Prada gear, they are interested in one thing, kissing celeb ass so they can get advertisers to run ads next to their laughable fashion spreads, I mean who could wear the ugly shit they feature all the time? I’m not a size 26 waif..I mean waste. And I’m not interested in reading about some stupid straight actor who throws the gays a bone by saying “I would do a kissing scene with another guy if I got paid enough money, cuz I’m an actor BUT I’M NOT GAY!!!!”…Eff OUT magazine, except this once, I love Little Britain.
james ii
Could be they meant “gay” in the perjorative sense. Which wouldn’t be surprising from this magazine.
Darth Paul
Someone’s personal taste obviously manifested there. I’m disappointed Jinx Titanic didn’t make it, though đ
But props to the Lucas and Walliams cover- they fu&ckin RULE.
Giovanni
“It would be nice if there was a magazine that highlighted gay PEOPLE, like gay teachers and community leaders making a difference in their part of the world..a magazine for actual OUT people who might INSPIRE others to stand up and do good or help out”
It would be great, unfortunately no one would buy it. Even magazines about housewives have vapid actresses with no connection to reality on their covers. You need the glitz to draw people to the magazine it is a business afterall and in the end if there is no money to pay the bills you’re fucked.
Michael J
If most or all of the people polled by Out are gay, then I think it is valid to call this a list of “gayests” albums. It certainly is different than a list compiled from straight-people’s preferences. (Think of all the Rolling Stones albums that would be on that list.) I certainly was glad to see that some of my favorites — Dusty Springfield, the Smiths, Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Pet Shops Boys, et al. — are on the list.
All this said, like so many who comment here, I can’t stand Out magazine. I find most of it uninteresting and believe it does little to enrich gay people and their communities.
key
I love that the cover has “The Only Gay In The Village” and a “Real Lady” on it, Can’t wait for their new show on HBO.
Daddy or Chips?
@ Tintin
“Bearforce One”
Srsy, dude.
tallskin
The Smiths are great and should be in this list.
But what about
1) Erasure,
2) Bronski Beat (Jimmy Somerville etc) – Bronksi Beat were incredibly important for a whole generation of gay teens in the 80s
3) or The Magnetic Fields