The Simpsons of the UK television channel Channel 4 have voted "The Simpsons" at the top of two polls: 2001's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows, and 2005's The 100 Greatest Cartoons, with Homer Simpson voted into first place in 2001's 100 Greatest TV Characters. Homer would also place ninth on "Entertainment Weekly" list of the "50 Greatest TV icons". In 2002, "The Simpsons" ranked #8 on "TV Guide"s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2007 it was included in "Time" list of the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time". In 2008 the show was placed in first on
Different Class in Channel 4's "The 100 Greatest Albums". In 2006 "British Hit Singles & Albums" and "NME" organised a poll in which 40,000 people worldwide voted for the 100 best albums ever and "Different Class" was placed at number 54 on the list. The album was ranked at number 35 on "Spin"s "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985–2014)" list. "Select" ranked the album at number one in its end-of-year list of the 50 best albums of 1995. Released in 1995 at the height of the Britpop era, it is often considered an album which best defines Britpop