Album of the Day

This month in 1977, Queen Elizabeth II was celebrating her Silver Jubilee, and to mark the occasion, the Sex Pistols set sail on the Thames to perform a blistering version of “Anarchy In The U.K.” outside of Parliament (resulting in several arrests when the boat docked). While there was little the pioneering punk quartet did during its all-too-brief original lifespan that didn't engender controversy, their sole album is much more than a Malcolm McLaren publicity stunt. With such explosive anthems as “God Save The Queen,” “Pretty Vacant” and “Holidays in The Sun” among its dozen songs, NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS debuted at No.1 on the British charts and in the years since has been called one of the 100 greatest albums ever made by the likes of NME, Rolling Stone and Time.