The August edition of the English gay magazine Attitude, which hit newsstands this week, features a special edition “The Musica Issue”. With the music theme, the magazine decided to choose the fifty gayest albums of all time. “What exactly is a gay album? It's difficult to define as an exact science, but there are certain tonal sensibilities in music that speak directly to the homo hearts of all of us”, explains the article about the election process. To the surprise of some, first place went to the album Scissor Sister, released by the New York band Scissor Sister in 2004. The album is also a favorite of David Furnish, Elton John's husband. “The Scissor Sisters were brilliant in managing to bring back the fun and hedonism of the 70s, but in a refreshing and modern way”, argued the filmmaker. In second place went to Arrival, by Abba. Followed by Vauxhall and I, by Morrisey, in third, Light Years, by Kylie Minogue, in fourth position and, in fifth, Older by George Michael. In the election process, compilations, such as Abba's Greatest Hits, by Abba, nor more than one album per artist were accepted, otherwise only Madonna would occupy most of the positions, right? And speaking of divas, they weren't very successful. Among those who had an album on the list are Christina Aguilera, with Stripped (37th); Diana Ross, Daiana (34th); Cher, Believe (31st); Barbara Streisand, Guilty (28th); Judy Garland, Judy At Carnegie Hall (17th); Donna Summer, Bad Girls (9th); Madonna, Erótica (7th) and Kylie Minogue, Light Years (4th). Check out the full list here: 1.Scissor Sister – Scissor Sister 2.Abba – Arrival 3.Morrissey – Vauxhall & I 4.Kylie Minogue – Light Years 5.George Michael – Older 6.Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome to the pleasuredome 7 .Madonna – Erotica 8.Antonyu & The Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now 9.Donna Summer – Bad Girls 10.David Bowie – The Man who Sold the World 11.Pet Shop Boys – Introspective 12.Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 13.Take That – Take That and Party 14.Grace Jones – Nightclubbing 15.Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret 16.Kate Bush – Lionheart 17.Judy Garland – Judy at Carnegie Hall 18.Rufus – Wainwright wants one 19.Sylvester – Step II 20.Bronski Beat – At age of consent 21.Lou Reed – Transformer 22.Bette Midler – The Divine Miss 23.Jesus Lover You – The Martyr Mantras 24.Klaus Nomi – Klaus Nomi 25.Steps – Step One 26.Sued – Sued 27.Prince – Controversy 28.Barbara Streisand – Guilty 29.Bananarama – Wow 30.The Beatles – Please Please Me 31.Cher – Believe 32.Lil Kim – Hardcore 33.Freddie Mercury – Monstserrat Caballe Barcelona 34.Diana Ross – Diana 35.Dead or Alive – Nude 36.Larry Levan – Live at paradise garage 37.Christina Aguilera – Stripped 38.Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis 39.A Chorus – Line 40.Malcolm McLaren – Waltz Darling 41.Deee-lite – World Clique 42.KD Lang – Ingenue 43.The Associates – Sulk 44.Dionne Warwick – Sings the Bacharach and David Songbook 45.Jobriath – Jobriath 46.Tori Amos – From the Choirgirl Hotel 47.Tom Stephan – Drag Addict 48.Belle and Sebastian – Tigermilk 49.Girls aloud – What will the neighbors say?
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