David Bowie's The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust has been voted the "gayest record of all time" in an Out magazine poll.The list, which included The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John, was compiled by 100 gay actors, musicians and critics.Below, Vice staff give their gayest singles and albums of all time, complete with YouTube clips and commentary.What's yours?SELECTOR: Piers Martin
CHOICE: "Male Stripper" by Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish
DESCRIPTION: "Erm, this one is pretty fruity."SELECTOR: Dom Tunon
CHOICE: "Mr Bad Guy" by Freddie Mercury
DESCRIPTION: "A dark, throbbing gay gang-banger of a record. Title song off his incredible 80s solo album. What I listen to in the mornings when I wake up."SELECTOR: Ben Rayner
CHOICE: Black Fag by Black Fag
DESCRIPTION: "They describe themselves as 'An absolutely FABULOUS tribute to Black Flag' and that is exactly what they are. The video above is their cover of 'Wasted'. Pretty real."SELECTOR: John McDonnell
CHOICE: "Lonely" by Akon
DESCRIPTION: "What a lot of people don't know about this song is that it's actually a call to arms for gay men to unite. It's telling all the lonely gay men out there to get it on. It's a total gay anthem and everyone who listens to it is a ravenous gay, whether they know it or not."SELECTOR: Jan van Tienen
CHOICE: "Ready for Romance" by Modern Talking
DESCRIPTION: "This one's pretty gay."SELECTOR: James Knight
CHOICE: The self-titled Limp Wrist LP
DESCRIPTION: "This record is by a bunch of fags who had the balls to camp it up and come out in the most notoriously homosexually repressed scene in the history of music: straight edge hardcore. Above is a video of the band playing in San Francisco."SELECTOR: Andy Capper
CHOICES: "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" by Soft Cell and "Sometimes" by Erasure
DESCRIPTION: "This Out magazine poll is so boring. Where is Marc Almond aka King of the Non Boring Homos? Where is Andy Bell? Above are two of my fave gay songs, taken from the albums Non Stop Erotic Cabaret and Circus, respectively. The Soft Cell song is amazing."
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CHOICE: "Male Stripper" by Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish
DESCRIPTION: "Erm, this one is pretty fruity."SELECTOR: Dom Tunon
CHOICE: "Mr Bad Guy" by Freddie Mercury
DESCRIPTION: "A dark, throbbing gay gang-banger of a record. Title song off his incredible 80s solo album. What I listen to in the mornings when I wake up."SELECTOR: Ben Rayner
CHOICE: Black Fag by Black Fag
DESCRIPTION: "They describe themselves as 'An absolutely FABULOUS tribute to Black Flag' and that is exactly what they are. The video above is their cover of 'Wasted'. Pretty real."SELECTOR: John McDonnell
CHOICE: "Lonely" by Akon
DESCRIPTION: "What a lot of people don't know about this song is that it's actually a call to arms for gay men to unite. It's telling all the lonely gay men out there to get it on. It's a total gay anthem and everyone who listens to it is a ravenous gay, whether they know it or not."SELECTOR: Jan van Tienen
CHOICE: "Ready for Romance" by Modern Talking
DESCRIPTION: "This one's pretty gay."SELECTOR: James Knight
CHOICE: The self-titled Limp Wrist LP
DESCRIPTION: "This record is by a bunch of fags who had the balls to camp it up and come out in the most notoriously homosexually repressed scene in the history of music: straight edge hardcore. Above is a video of the band playing in San Francisco."SELECTOR: Andy Capper
CHOICES: "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" by Soft Cell and "Sometimes" by Erasure
DESCRIPTION: "This Out magazine poll is so boring. Where is Marc Almond aka King of the Non Boring Homos? Where is Andy Bell? Above are two of my fave gay songs, taken from the albums Non Stop Erotic Cabaret and Circus, respectively. The Soft Cell song is amazing."