The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women - Music

rkm

Not sure if this is on here already, but it's definitely worthy of discussion, and of being added to the database of charts.

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538307314...en-page-15

Komorebi-D

Gender: Male

Age: 27

This is something I bring up on here sometimes (I did today, ironically). This list is good and I agree with most placeholders but not with some of their positions.

Amy Winehouse, Spice Girls, Hole, Adele, Dolly Parton & Lauryn Hill (amazing album but more like top 10 material not top 2) are rated too high.

The Breeders, Robyn, Joanna Newsom, Cocteau Twins, Solange, Pauline Oliveros, Sonic Youth (does it actually count?), Fiona Apple, Alice Coltrane, Sleater-Kinney, Portishead, Destiny's Child (yes, I see a pop act as underrated), X-Ray Spex, M.I.A. & Kate Bush are rated too low.

And one final note...

WHY IN HELL DID THEY PUT POST ON HERE AND NOT HOMOEGENIC?
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rkm

Yeah, there's gonna be disagreement about every list, but the notion of this list is cool... "A list created by women re-imagining a women-centric view of pop music history". It goes a small way to bring a balance to things.

I'm male, but tend to like a lot of female artists, and having trawled this website constructing my own lists, my subjective opinion is that albums by women artists and black artists are generally underrated (which suggests to me that the majority of music geeks that use this site are white and male). YMMV.

rkm

There are many that I would've chosen a different album for:

Janet Jackson - Rhythmn Nation instead of Control
Shery Crow - Self-Titled instead of Tuesday Night Music Club
Madonna - Ray of Light Instead if Like a Virgin
Rickie Lee Jones - Self-Titled instead of Magazine
Patty Griffin - So many to choose from instead of Flaming Red
Ella Fitgerald - several other songbook albums ahead of Johnny Mercer
Bonnie Raitt - Road Tested instead of Nick of Time
Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back (produced by Ry Cooder) over Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

I'm sure there are others.

rkm

Some albums I wish were there:

Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy or Surfacing
Sam Phillips - Martinis and Bikinis
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
Edie Brickell and anew Bohemians - Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, or Ghost of a Dog

Some artist that should be represented:

St Vincent
Esperanza Spalding

Komorebi-D

Gender: Male

Age: 27

rkm wrote:

Some artist that should be represented:

St Vincent
Esperanza Spalding

Strange Mercy & Emily's D+Evolution would've been ideal for the list.

rkm wrote:

There are many that I would've chosen a different album for:

Janet Jackson - Rhythmn Nation instead of Control

Agreed. Also, I think for Fiona Apple it should've been The Idler Wheel... instead of Tidal.
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Komorebi-D wrote:

This is something I bring up on here sometimes (I did today, ironically). This list is good and I agree with most placeholders but not with some of their positions.

Amy Winehouse, Spice Girls, Hole, Adele, Dolly Parton & Lauryn Hill (amazing album but more like top 10 material not top 2) are rated too high.

The Breeders, Robyn, Joanna Newsom, Cocteau Twins, Solange, Pauline Oliveros, Sonic Youth (does it actually count?), Fiona Apple, Alice Coltrane, Sleater-Kinney, Portishead, Destiny's Child (yes, I see a pop act as underrated), X-Ray Spex, M.I.A. & Kate Bush are rated too low.

And one final note...

WHY IN HELL DID THEY PUT POST ON HERE AND NOT HOMOEGENIC?

The Miseducation is better than all your favourite albums.
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AfterHours

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rkm wrote:

Not sure if this is on here already, but it's definitely worthy of discussion, and of being added to the database of charts.

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538307314...en-page-15

Yikes.

Not to the idea of making such a list, but to the sight of so many mediocre/bad albums -- as usual, as to be expected ... unfortunately.

(and some way too elevated apparently because the singer tragically died ... sorry to be the one who said it)
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AfterHours

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I will say that it was startling and welcome to see Dolmen Music and Litanies of Satan make the cut.

Top 1/2 (or so) of my top 150 list would go something like...

Greatest Albums Made by Women

Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley (1971)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (1981)
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994)
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988) [Apparently Sonic Youth counts...]
Art & Aviation - Jane Ira Bloom (1992)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland (1992)
A Genuine Tong Funeral - Carla Bley/Gary Burton (1967)
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969) [largely composed by Carla Bley ... would it count?]
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969) [does this count?]
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
The Litanies of Satan - Diamanda Galas (1982)
Tragedy - Julia Holter (2011)
Bad Moon Rising - Sonic Youth (1985)
Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith (1976)
Chasing Paint - Jane Ira Bloom (2003)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
The Timeless Turning - Sky Cries Mary (1994) [does this count?]
Dimension Gate - Aurora (1994) [does this count?]
Another Mind - Hiromi Uehara (2003)
The Marble Index - Nico (1968)
When I Was A Boy - Jane Siberry (1993)
Thirteen Masks - Jarboe (1991)
Novus Magnificat - Constance Demby (1986)
Ceremony - Anna Von Hausswolff (2012)
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994) [does this count?]
After Bathing at Baxters - Jefferson Airplane (1967) [does this count?]
Post to Wire - Heather Duby (1999)
Spleen & Ideal - Dead Can Dance (1985) [does this count?]
Dummy - Portishead (1994)
Excerpts From A Love Circus - Lisa Germano (1996)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (1993)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
Evangelista - Carla Bozulich (2006)
Trust - Low (2002) [does this count?]
You Are Free - Cat Power (2003)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996)
Viscera - Jenny Hval (2011)
Watermark - Enya (1988)
No Borders Here - Jane Siberry (1983)
Watersports - Mi Ami (2009)
Apocalypse, girl - Jenny Hval (2015)
Long Division - Low (1995) [does this count?]
Joy Shapes - Charlambides (2004)
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae (2010)
The Red Quartets - Jane Ira Bloom (1999)
Surfer Rosa - Pixies (1988) [does this count?]
The Miraculous - Anne Von Hausswolff (2015)
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Under The Pink - Tori Amos (1994)
Jessica Bailiff - Jessica Bailiff (2002)
Shoot Out the Lights - Richard & Linda Thompson (1982) [does this count?]
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974) [does this count?]
Robin Holcomb - Robin Holcomb (1990)
Gallowsbird's Bark - Fiery Furnaces (2003) [does this count?]
Harmonious Creature - Sarah Manning (2014)
The Magic Place - Julianna Barwick (2011)
Marry Me - St Vincent (2007)
Low Kick & Hard Bop - Solex (2001)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos (1991)
Doolittle - Pixies (1989) [does this count?]
Horses - Patti Smith (1975)
LA - X (1980) [does this count?]
Head Over Heels - Cocteau Twins (1983)
Evanescence - Maria Schneider (1992)
The Return Of Red Emma - Lida Husik (1993)
A Day In The Stark Corner - Lycia (1993)
The Burning Circle And Then Dust - Lycia (1995)

I'm sure I missed some while blitzing through my "Greatest Albums" list and hastily copying them onto here. Also many others fell short of my list (or I just need to revisit them) but would, imo, top most of the albums on the one in the OP above.
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glynspsa

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Age: 53

Sorry but Beyonce and DESTINy's CHILD FREAKING SUCK ARSE! I have not looked at the whole list where's Betty Davis should be top 10 over Lemonade and that crap from Missy Elliot.