NIST Top 40 Music Album

NIST standard reference material #4421: Top 40 Popular Music Album. STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL® 4421 Top 40 Popular Music Album www.nist.gov/srm NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce

A photograph shows a CD case on a wooden table labeled as NIST Standard Reference Material #4421, supposedly containing a “Top 40 Popular Music Album.” The joke is that an official-looking scientific reference material has been repurposed as a music compilation, parodying technical government documentation and absurdly bureaucratic album packaging. EN: A photograph shows a CD case on a wooden table labeled as NIST Standard Reference Material #4421, supposedly containing a “Top 40 Popular Music Album.” The joke is that an official-looking scientific reference material has been repurposed as a music compilation, parodying technical government documentation and absurdly bureaucratic album packaging.

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