Digital Dream Door.com's "100 Greatest Female Albums"

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Albums were chosen on their impact, influence, initial and lasting popularity, and a number of smaller criteria. This list does not include "Live" or "Greatest Hits" albums. An album was excluded if the female(s) did not dominate the album the vocally. (60%+)

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  1. 1.
    Blue
    by Joni Mitchell
  2. 2.
    Lady Soul
    by Aretha Franklin
  3. 3.
    Pearl
    by Janis Joplin
  4. 4.
    Tapestry
    by Carole King
  5. 5.
    Horses
    by Patti Smith
  6. 6.
    I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
    by Aretha Franklin
  7. 7.
    Court and Spark
    by Joni Mitchell
  8. 8.
    Dusty in Memphis
    by Dusty Springfield
  9. 9.
    Pretenders
    by Pretenders
  10. 10.
    Rumours
    by Fleetwood Mac
  11. 11.
    Rickie Lee Jones
    by Rickie Lee Jones
  12. 12.
    Pieces of the Sky
    by Emmylou Harris
  13. 13.
    At Last!
    by Etta James
  14. 14.
    Like a Prayer
    by Madonna
  15. 15.
    Tracy Chapman
    by Tracy Chapman
  16. 16.
    Diamonds & Rust
    by Joan Baez
  17. 17.
    The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
    by Lauryn Hill
  18. 18.
    Exile in Guyville
    by Liz Phair
  19. 19.
    Cheap Thrills
    by Big Brother & The Holding Company
  20. 20.
    Eli & The 13th Confession
    by Laura Nyro
  21. 21.
    Heart Like a Wheel
    by Linda Ronstadt
  22. 22.
    Debut
    by Bjork
  23. 23.
    Parallel Lines
    by Blondie
  24. 24.
    Daydream
    by Mariah Carey
  25. 25.
    Hounds of Love
    by Kate Bush
  26. 26.
    Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
    by Lucinda Williams
  27. 27.
    Little Earthquakes
    by Tori Amos
  28. 28.
    Supa Dupa Fly
    by Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
  29. 29.
    Wrecking Ball
    by Emmylou Harris
  30. 30.
    Los Angeles
    by X.
  31. 31.
    Ladies of the Canyon
    by Joni Mitchell
  32. 32.
    Dreamboat Annie
    by Heart
  33. 33.
    Aretha Now
    by Aretha Franklin
  34. 34.
    It's My Way
    by Buffy Sainte-Marie
  35. 35.
    Chelsea Girl
    by Nico
  36. 36.
    Learning to Crawl
    by Pretenders
  37. 37.
    Dummy
    by Portishead
  38. 38.
    Imagination
    by Gladys Knight & the Pips
  39. 39.
    All Hail the Queen
    by Queen Latifah
  40. 40.
    Nick of Time
    by Bonnie Raitt
  41. 41.
    Sweet Dreams Are Made of This (Dlx)
    by Eurythmics
  42. 42.
    Madonna
    by Madonna
  43. 43.
    Joan Armatrading
    by Joan Armatrading
  44. 44.
    For the Roses
    by Joni Mitchell
  45. 45.
    Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
    by Janet Jackson
  46. 46.
    Blondie
    by Blondie
  47. 47.
    Give It Up
    by Bonnie Raitt
  48. 48.
    Young, Gifted and Black
    by Aretha Franklin
  49. 49.
    Private Dancer
    by Tina Turner
  50. 50.
    Dry
    by PJ Harvey

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Created by Dominicano561 on May 30, 2006.
 

Comments

MoogleFan

At last... — 3 years ago

A list of female albums which includes Siouxsie, Nico, and Donna Summer amongst all the others!

Sep 27, 11:09PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Greg

Nice to see this one here — 5 years ago

The gals are too often overlooked by critics (read Dave Marsh’s Heart and Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles of All Time for an eloquent statement of this.

May 30, 03:04PM | 1 comment | Reply to this



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