Music: What are your favorite Albums By Women?

[Xelebes]

Since I grok too few albums, the list is going to be short. Singles and tracks? Oh, I have a lot of those.

Austra - Spellwork (2010)

And that's it. The list of albums that I actually enjoy is very small.

 

[Roo Returns]

Joni Mitchell-Hijera

Love both albums by Warpaint. New one is out end of September I believe.

Xenia Rubinos-Black Terry Cat, might be the album of this year.

Janet Jackson-Control/Rhythm Nation 1814

tune yards with Whokill.

Bjork and St. Vincent have put out some wonderful albums.

Andreya Triana who has sang on Bonobo's Black Sands has put out some cool solo music.

Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack

Martha and The Vandellas have some great work

For all you guitar fans, check out Sister Rosetta Tharpe's complete recordings (she was like Elvis and Ray Charles before they were around).

The Glamorous Life by Sheila E

Cate Le Bon is an up and comer. Her album Crab Day should be on a best of 2016.

Finally there's a lady from Japan Shina Ringo who is pretty amazing. She has a very 90s alternative rock sound but sometimes goes noisy Sonic Youth style, sometimes Chili Peppers funky, and sometimes big band. From the late 2000s until the early 2010s, I was consistently listening to her material along with her band the Tokyo Jihen (Tokyo Incidents).

 

[kook10]

In addition to those mentioned, some great albums:
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
Blondie - Parallel Lines
M.I.A. - Kala
Fever Ray
Beth Orton - Stolen Car
The Breeders - Last Splash
The Slits - Cut


Best ofs (cheats, I know):
Edith Piaf
Carpenters
ABBA
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Loretta Lynn

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Hey, that's cool.

She hooked me haha. Voice, production, everything.

Hat tip to you.

 

[MoreOrr]

Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
Kate Bush - The Whole Story
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Enya - Paint the Sky With Stars

I like a lot of individual songs by female artists but, beyond Kate Bush and that Confessions CD by Madonna and a collection of favorites by Enya, there's really not many independently performing female musicians that I could rightfully say are among my favorites.

I'd like to give HM though to Stevie Nicks, Cher, and Annie Lennox.

 

[Tim Calhoun]

It's really difficult to read this thread with people posting the album cover image, it clutters things up too much. How hard is it to type out the album name and artist?

 

[Leafsdude7]

Melissa Etheridge - My Little Secret
Enya - The Celts and Amarantine
Amanda Marshall - Tuesday's Child
Tegan & Sara - If It Was You
Stacy Wilde - Tear Down The Sky

Although I do have more songs by male artists, I think it's still pretty close to even, especially considering how saturated some of my favourite types of music (rock, alternative, etc) are, but somehow I still have very few albums by those female artists.

It'd probably be a much longer list if it was for bands/groups that had both male and female artists (bands like Fleetwood Mac or The Cranberries).

 

[ghostnights]

Banks - Godess
Julien Baker- Sprained Ankle

 

[Osprey]

Zelia Barbosa:

Is that man doing to that poor animal what it looks like he is? The kid in the back is even so disturbed by it that he's covering his eyes.

(I'm sorry if I've forever ruined the way that you look at that album cover)

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Kittie - Oracle

 

[Beef Invictus]

Toni Childs' "Union." It's likely nobody hear has heard it, which is a shame because it's a really good album. She's got a great voice and I believe she played several of the instruments herself.

This ought to link to a playlist of the album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-rnEAtkkU&list=PLOC9LaW_Ki3m7ViY21AIt3vdoF4HvVmxn


Edit: That playlist is missing the best song, that's dumb.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Santogold by Santigold

 

[quoipourquoi]

Liz Phair - "Exile in Guyville"
Sahara Hotnights - "Kiss & Tell"
Lady Gaga - "The Fame"
Tegan and Sara - "The Con"
Goldfrapp - "Black Cherry"
Portishead - "Dummy"
Glitter Mini 9 - "Breakup at the Rock Show"
Lily Allen - "It's Not Me, It's You"
Mazzy Star - "She Hangs Brightly"

 

[cupcrazyman]

Stevie Nicks-Bella Donna
Heart-Bad Animals
Whitney Houston-Whitney Houston
Madonna-Immaculate Collection

 

[Behn Wilson]

The Runaways - The Runaways
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
Joan Jett - I Love Rock & Roll
Doro - Force - Majeure
Warlock - Triumph & Agony
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Heart - Little Queen
Pretenders - Pretenders
Pretenders - Pretenders II
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood mac - Rumours

 

[DNE3]

Brika - Voice Memos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb5khV0WwMk&list=PLJ27gNhDR92ifWyxC7rk8CN2SEd6siMl0

Marta Ren & The Groovelvets - Stop, Look, Listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na1uufZjlBo&list=PLs3XrfgvTbO7McVVTyiDJFNXTeOJRYO6_

 

[TNT87]

Adele - 21

 

[Hivemind]

 

[Sleemans]

Toni Childs' "Union." It's likely nobody hear has heard it, which is a shame because it's a really good album. She's got a great voice and I believe she played several of the instruments herself.

This ought to link to a playlist of the album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-rnEAtkkU&list=PLOC9LaW_Ki3m7ViY21AIt3vdoF4HvVmxn


Edit: That playlist is missing the best song, that's dumb.

That song is from her 1991 album "House of Hope". Union was released in 1988, and I agree that it's a great album.

 

[sully1410]

No mentión of Amy Winehouse or Janis Joplin yet.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Gloria - Gloria (just check them out, Swedish but sing in English)
https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/party-on-my-own/id40637278

Katie Meloua - Pictures


Texas - White on blonde


Whitney Houston - My love is your love


First aid kit - The lions roar

 

[Skip Bayless]

Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Tove Lo - Queen of the clouds
Laura Pausini - Primavera Anticipada
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
The Cardigans (Nina Persson) - Long Gone Before Daylight
Robyn - Bodytalk
Iamamiwhoami - Blue

 

[KapG]

The Runaways - The Runaways
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
Joan Jett - I Love Rock & Roll
Doro - Force - Majeure
Warlock - Triumph & Agony
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Heart - Little Queen
Pretenders - Pretenders
Pretenders - Pretenders II
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood mac - Rumours

Finally someone mentioned the pretenders

 

[Jumptheshark]

here are my top female performers

in no order
Bif Naked
Lee Arron
Darby Mills
Joan Jett/Runaways
melissa etheridge
Janis Joplin
Pat Benatar
Heart Sisters
Tina Turner
Chrisse Hynde
Grace Slick
Linda Ronstradt
Sheryl Crow
Annie Lennex
Suzi Quatro
Cyndi Lauper
Areatha Franklin
kate bush
Pink
PJ Harvey
Patti Smith(her version of Because of the night is one of the greatest songs of all time)
Darby Mills
Bangles
Go Gos
Allanah Myles
Patty Smyth(still cracks me up Worrior was banned due to no male getting the song)
Karen Carpenter
Johnette Napolitano
Bonnie Raitt
The Rankin Sisters
Amy Winehouse


then I have my Jazz/Blues favorites--if you know Jazz and Blues--you do not need a last name)
Ella
Sarah
Billy
Nina
Dinah
Bessie
Etta
Betty(both of them)

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Toni Childs' "Union." It's likely nobody hear has heard it, which is a shame because it's a really good album. She's got a great voice and I believe she played several of the instruments herself.

This ought to link to a playlist of the album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-rnEAtkkU&list=PLOC9LaW_Ki3m7ViY21AIt3vdoF4HvVmxn


Edit: That playlist is missing the best song, that's dumb.

That song is from her 1991 album "House of Hope". Union was released in 1988, and I agree that it's a great album.

FWIW I had House of Hope on my list earlier in the thread. I preferred it to Union, but I can see the inverse.