Twenty four years later... on March 13, 2001, an English panel of judges composed of editors and artists gave their highest honor to the controversial artwork of Jamie Reid, calling it the "best record cover ever produced." The outrageous anti-monarchist image from the Pistols won the honor from the panel of judges for their book, 100 Best Record Covers Of All Time. Editor Andrew Harrison (one of the judges) put it this way. "The Sex Pistols is the best crystallization of all the excitement rock and roll gives you. It was also probably the first and perhaps the last time something was put on the front cover which collectively shocked a nation.'' Actually, there were two versions of this image. The one seen here, where the band's name appeared over the Queen's face in the style of a cut and paste hostage takers ransom note, the other version had little swastikas painted over the Queen's eyes and a safety pin stuck through her lips. Reid's image was directly inspired from the radical French 1968 poster, Youth Fearful of the Future. In fact the Sex Pistols popularized the slogan No Future... which was a rallying cry against a bleak and meaningless life in conformist merry 'ol England. As the cold war heated up and England became a base for US missiles aimed at the Soviet Union... the slogan of no future took on a frightening dimension.