Defiance defines this record. Not the kind that casts out rules or decorum. Not the kind of defiance that refuses a norm, or creates contentions. That kind of defiance can be for its own sake, and seen, sometimes, as idle, or insincere. Make no doubt about it, this is not an insincere record.
The defiance here is a proclamation. A statement of inherent fact, but one you must discover for yourself. And once you do, the defiance will be yours as well. One you’ll use to defy anyone to claim, that this isn’t one of the greatest records of all time.