Album of the Day

Not everyone in England celebrated Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee; on this day in 1977, the Sex Pistols released a scathing attack on the monarch, “God Save The Queen.” Though widely banned, the single sold briskly and became one of three Top 10 U.K. hits (along with “Pretty Vacant” and “Holidays in the Sun”) on the quartet's sole studio collection, NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS. Also including the explosive anthem “Anarchy In The U.K.," the album has a snotty power that likely inspired ten people for every one it offended. The classic set debuted at No.1 on the British chart and in the years since NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS has been called one of the 100 greatest albums ever made by the likes of NME, Rolling Stone and Time.