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Q Magazine
Image:Q logo.png

Editor Paul Rees
Categories Music
Frequency Monthly
Publisher Emap
First issue 1986
Country Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Language English
Website www.q4music.com

Q is a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 140,282 and a readership of 731,000.[citation needed]

Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time which they felt did not cater for the generation of older music buyers who were buying the then new CD technology from artists other magazines would ignore such as Paul Simon, Level 42, or Dire Straits. Modeled after Rolling Stone, it was first published in 1986 and set itself apart from much of the other music press by being produced monthly and with higher standards of photography and printing. The magazine was billed in the early years by its sub-title, "The modern guide to music and more". Its name was originally intended to be Cue (as in the sense of cueing a record, ready to play) but was changed to avoid being mistaken for a snooker magazine. Another reason, cited in Q's 200th edition, is that a single-letter title would be more prominent on newsstands - an obviously pressing concern for a new publication.

Contents

[edit] Content

The magazine has an extensive review section, featuring: new releases (music), reissues (music), music compilations, film and live concert reviews as well as radio and television reviews. It uses a star rating system from one to five stars, indeed the rating an album receives in Q is often added to print and television advertising for the album in the UK and Ireland. It also compiles a list of approximately eight albums, which it classes as the best new releases of the last three months.

Much of the magazine is devoted to interviews with popular or new musical artists.

The magazine is well known for compiling lists; it has made lists ranging from "The 100 Greatest albums" to the "100 Greatest '100 Greatest' Lists". The most famous of these is the classic "50 bands to see before you die". Every other month Q and its sister magazine Mojo have a special edition magazine — these magazines have been about musical times, genres, or very important musicians.

Often promotional gifts are given away with the magazine, such as cover-mounted CDs or books. The January 2006 issue included a free copy of "The Greatest Rock and Pop Miscellany … Ever!", modelled on Schott's Original Miscellany.

Every issue of Q has a different message on the spine. Readers then work out what the message has to do with the contents of the magazine. This practice — known as the "spine line" — has since become commonplace among British lifestyle magazines, including Q's movie-centric sister magazine Empire, and the football monthly FourFourTwo.

Usual features include The Q50, wherein the magazine lists the top 50 essential tracks of the month; Cash for Questions, in which a famous celeb answers question sent in by readers, who win £25 if their question is printed; Ten Commandments, where a particular singer create their very own ten commandments by which to live; and Rewind, in which the magazine takes us back in time through the history of music through archive issues of Q. On March 4, 2007, "Q" named Elvis Presley the greatest singer of all time.

[edit] Q Today

Q's current editor is Paul Rees, former editor of the UK edition of Kerrang!, another musical Emap publication based on heavier rock/metal music.

In 2006 Q published a readers' survey; the 100 Greatest Songs Ever, won by Oasis' Live Forever.[1]

In the April 2007 issue, Q published an article containing the 100 Greatest Singers, won by Elvis Presley.[2]

Q has a history of associating with charitable organizations, and in 2006 the British anti-poverty charity War on Want was named its official charity.

[edit] Other media

The company behind the magazine, Emap, also produces a digital "radio station" called Q Radio, which is transmitted on the digital television networks in the UK and online. There is also a Q TV television channel in the UK, sharing airtime with another Emap property, FHM. Q also holds a yearly awards ceremony called the Q Awards.

[edit] Albums Awarded 5 Stars in Q

[edit] Music Releases

Q has numerous CD releases, including:

  • Essential Drive" (July 2001)
  • Essential Dance" (May 2001)
  • Best of 2001" (December 2001)
  • Rise and Shine (May 2002)
  • The Best Tracks From The Best Albums 2002 (Awards Issue 2002)
  • Q Rocks (Issue 203)
  • Best of 03 (Issue 209)
  • Essential Glastonbury
  • Ultimate Songwriters
  • Best of 2004 (Issue 221)
  • Rule Britannia
  • Glastonbury Jukebox
  • Here Comes the Sun
  • Lennon Covered #1
  • Mellow Gold
  • Best of 2005 (Volumes 1 & 2)
  • Best of 86/06
  • Covered: The Eighties (2006)
  • Take It Easy
  • Live From Glastonbury
  • Summer Festivals '98 (Issue 142)
  • Best of 2007 (Issue 257 December 2007)

[edit] List of Cover Stars

[edit] Criticism

Some critics and readers of the magazine have believed it to have lost its edge,[weasel words] and is now opting to play 'safe' with who and what it covers, focusing more on the popularity of the band rather than the actual music itself.[citation needed] Controversial reviews include James Blunt's 'Back To Bedlam' (Four stars), Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Stadium Arcadium' (Five stars), Kaiser Chiefs' 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob' all of which have been ridiculed by some press as being over produced, and made simply to please the mainstream audience.[citation needed] Other criticism comes from the magazine being "far too generous to british musicians" with it's ratings

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