Five Favorite Albums By Female Artists

Holly Brook - Like Blood Like Honey
Jude Johnstone - Blue Light
Natalie Merchant - Ophelia
Cheryl Wheeler - Defying Gravity
Janis Ian - Breaking Silence
& many others??......

 

Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
Aimee Mann - Bachelor no.2

 

Carole King - Tapestry
Rosanne Cash - The Wheel
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
Olivia Newton John - Totally Hot
Joni Mitchell - Hejira

 

LaVerne Baker - Soul On Fire
Etta James - At Last
Teena Marie - Starchild
Irma Thomas - Live! Simply The Best
LaVelle White - It Haven't Been Easy

 

Tina Turner- "Private Dancer"
Carole King- "Tapestry"
Bonnie Rait- "Nick of Time"
Nora Jones- " Come Away With Me"
Carly Simon- "No Secrets"

 

Carole King -- Tapestry
Joni Mitchell -- For the Roses
Mary Chapin Carpenter -- Come On Come On
Linda Ronstadt -- Heart Like a Wheel
Bonnie Raitt -- Give It Up

 

Sade - Stronger Than Pride
Carole King - Tapestry
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Susie Quatro-s/t
Donna Summer-Bad Girls

 

Sandy Denny - Like and Old Fashioned Waltz or Sandy, can't decide
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams or Car Wheels, can't decide
Maria McKee - Maria McKee
Marianne Faithfull - Blazing Away

 

Judee Sill -Judee Sill
Aimee Man - Lost In Space
Carole King -Tapestry
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Patti Smith - Horses

Other female vocalist"s i like...Diana Ross,Nancy Sinatra, Claudia Brucken, Billy Holliday, Barbara Streisand (Stoney End) Ronnie Spector, Beth Gibson.

 

The Orange Album - Stefy

Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson

It's All In The Game - Nena

Hounds of Love - Kate Bush

Finally Woken - Jem

 

This thread got me realizing how few female artists I have in my collection (not sure why). Anyway these ones are in the collection and I love them all:-

Vashti Bunyan - Just another Diamond Day

Bridget St.John - Songs for the Gentleman

Dusty Springfield - In Memphis

Nico - Chelsea Girl

Cath Carroll - England Made Me

...also been listening to Sade "Diamond Life" recently for the first time in ages (what a great album!)

 

Lady's Choice - Bonnie Bramlett
It's Time - Bonnie Bramlett
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944)
Her Best - Etta James

 

Melissa Manchester - Better Days, Happy Endings
Ann Hampton Calaway- Blues In The Night
Carole King - Tapestry
Rosanne Cash - Kings Record Shop
Carly Simon - Another Passenger

 

Indeed! Is it OOP? I was just listening to it last night, and thinking it is highly under-rated.

Of others already listed by other posters, I'm also a big fan of HORSES, and HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS, and several kd lang albums.

One album I liked a lot is ANYDAY NOW - SONGS of BOB DYLAN by Joan Baez.

 

Grrls!

Just solo works as opposed to grrl bands:

Patti Smith: "Horses", "Radio Ethiopia"
Kate Bush: "Hounds of Love", "Never Forever"
P.J. Harvey "Dry", "Is This Desire"
Laurie Anderson "United States Live" (5-lp box)
Liz Phair "Exile in Guyville"


iggy pop on Metalic K.O. "......riot grrls!"

 

not very easy, from the time they were released

Pearl - Janis joplin
Miles Of Aisles - Joni Mtichell
Horses - Patti Smith
Show Some Emotion - Joan Armatradding
Black Woman - Judy Mowatt (Reggae)

 

Sade - Promise
Shirley Horn - You Won't Forget Me

 

"Heartbreak Express" - Dolly Parton
"Diva" - Annie Lennox
"The Memory of Trees" - Enya
"Bittersweet: The Love Song Collection" - Cher
"Vanilla" - Cybill Shepherd

 

Bjork-Post
Liz Phair-Exile in Guyville
Beth Orton-Trailor Park
Loretta Lynn-Van Lear Rose
Fiona Apple-Extraordinary Machine

 

Joni Mitchell, Hejira
Aimee Mann, Whatever
Luciana Souza, The New Bossa Nova
Sam Phillips, Omnipop (It's Just A Flesh Wound, Lambchop)
Joni Mitchell, Court & Spark

 

Kudos on the Jonis and the Sam. Omnipop is such a great unknown album.

 

Tough...
My list would have to include:
Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Björk - Debut
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out of Season
K.D Lang - Ingenue

but i find it impossible not to mention other favorites...
Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Annette Peacock - X-Dreams
Sarah McLachhlin - Fumblin' Towards Ecstasy
Sade - Promise

 

Joni Mitchell Court & Spark
Carly Simon No Secrets
Tori Amos Little Earthquakes
Loreena McKennitt The Visit
Belinda Carlisle Greatest Hits

 

Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Annie Stela - Fool
Cheri Keaggy - Child of the Father
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
Sierra Swan - Ladyland


...honorable mentions

Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles
Aslyn - Lemon Love
Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta
Amy Grant - S/T
Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2

 

PJ Harvey "Uh huh her"
PJ Harvey "Stories from the city, stories from the sea"
PJ Harvey "To Bring You My Love"
PJ Harvey "Dry"
PJ Harvey "Is This Desire"


love my Polly