Music: What are your Favorite Women's Albums

[Elvis P]

These are my top 10 women's albums, but also my top 10 vocals by any gender.​

Joni Mitchell - Blue​

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill​

Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You​

Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way, I Love You​

Beyoncé - Lemonade​

Patti Smith - Horses​

Janis Joplin - Pearl​

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black​

Carole King - Tapestry​

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[Hippasus]

I'm curious what makes a womens album a womens album. Lead singer, songwriter, etc?

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

the first 4 pat benatar albums
heart-little queen
unleash the archers-demons of the astrowaste
the first 3 madonna albums
stevie nicks-the wild heart
blondie-parallel lines
gwen stefani-L.A.M.B.

 

[VMBM]

Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Edith Piaf - Hymne à la môme (probably not the best compilation out there, but that's what I have)

Of the already mentioned Blue, Tapestry, Pearl... (BTW, anyone else think that "Move Over" is a helluva lot better song than "Me and Bobby McGee"?)

 

[Teemu]

Sleigh Bells - Treats
tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee
M.I.A. - Kala

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill

Jagged Little Pill gets overlooked now but that album was a force.

 

[Behn Wilson]

Joan Jett - I Love Rock & Roll (plus Runaways Live in Japan)
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Pretenders - Pretenders & Pretenders II
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors & Fleetwood Mac
Blondie - Eat To The Beat
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
Gogos- Beauty And the Beat
Girlschool - Hit And Run
Cyndi Lauper - Shes So Unusual (her voice is amazing!)
Carole King - Tapestry (one of few albums where Every song is good)

and I think my all time favorite female singer whose voice was absolutely haunting was Karen Carpenter from The Carpenters. cant name a specific album of theirs unless you count greatest hits. Id add Bangles to but same thing unless you include greatest hits.

 

[frisco]

Tried to stick with female solo or all female bands:

Mistaken Identity-Kim Carnes
Beauty And The Beat-Go-Go's
Gwen Stefani-L.A.M.B.
Laura Branigan-Hold Me
Stevie Nicks-Rock A Little
Mary Chapin-Carpenter-Come On, Come On

My Best-Carey

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

L7 - Smell The Magic
L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
L7 - Hungry For Stink
Kittie - Oracle

 

[beowulf]

What is a women's album? Only females or a female singer that could have males in the band?

I like Puscifer and there albums have Maynard as lead singer but also have as a co-lead Carina Round who is now credited as a permanent member of the band on their last album Existential Reckoning for which she also wrote some of the songs. I guess because I am not into rap/R&B/pop music it's harder to find female led rock and metal bands.


Now more historically stuff from Janis Joplin, Debbie Harry, Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett even early Alanis Morrisette stuff etc. are great.

 

[BMacLeafs]

M.I.A. - Kala

So glad I'm not the only persyn who remembers M.I.A. She's one of the greats.

Other great womxn's albums:

Cardi B- Invasion of Privacy
Summer Walker- Still Over It
Rihanna- Good Girl Gone Bad

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Amy Winehouse: Back in Black
Joni Mitchell: Blue
Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis
Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Woman
Carole King: Tapestry
Heart: Dreamboat Annie
Kate Bush: Hounds of Love
Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like a Wheel
Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman
Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston

 

[NyQuil]

Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

 

[R Zardo]

The Slits- Cut

 

[Bahama Mama]

 

[kook10]

The Breeders - Last Splash
ABBA - Gold (a cheat I know)
The Carpenters - Gold (I'll cheat here too. I do what I want)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
MIA - any
Pretenders - self titled
Beth Orton - Central Reservation
Courtney Barnett - Double EP
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup or Switched On!
Hole - Live Through This
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
The Shangri-La's - Leader of the Pack
ESG - Come Away With Me
Nico - Chelsea Girl
Staples Singers - Respect Yourself
Joni Blue
Taylor Swift - 1989
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour

 

[TheAngryHank]

hole

 

[The Marquis]

Probably half of the music I listen to features female vocalists... and a bunch more with mixed vocals, but I won't include those.

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow
Bjork - Homogenic
Ida - Ten Small Paces
Savages - Silence Yourself
Le Butcherettes - Cry is for the Flies
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
Bosnian Rainbows - Bosnian Rainbows
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
Zola Jesus - Stridulum II
Ida - Will You Find Me
Cults - Cults
Blonde Redhead - Fake Can Be Just As Good
Alvvays - Alvvays
Austra - Feel It Break
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Cafe
Feist - Let It Die
Fiona Apple - Tidal
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
Hop Along - Get Disowned
Neko Case - Blacklisted
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
Soccer Mommy - Clean
Blowout - No Beer, No Dad
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend


Those are just off the top of my head, there are many more.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Nora Jones - Come away with me