1 - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin (1967)
2 - Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
3 - Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield (1969)
4 - Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1977)
5 - Horses - Patti Smith (1975)
6 - Parallel Lines - Blondie (1978)
7 - Pearl - Janis Joplin (1971)
8 - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - PJ Harvey (2000)
9 - Anthology - The Supremes (2001)
10 - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams (1998)

11 - Proud Mary: The Best Of Ike & Tina Turner - Tina Turner (1975)
12 - The Pretenders - The Pretenders (1980)
13 - The Patsy Cline Collection - Patsy Cline (1991)
14 - Nightbirds - LaBelle (1974)
15 - The Hot Rock - Sleater-Kinney (1999)
16 - Like A Prayer - Madonna (1989)
17 - My Life - Mary J. Blige (1994)
18 - Presenting Dionne - Dionne Warwick (1962)
19 - Tapestry - Carole King (1971)
20 - Live Through This - Hole (1994)

21 - At Last! - Etta James (1961)
22 - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinéad O'Connor (1990)
23 - Heart Like A Wheel - Linda Ronstadt (1974)
24 - Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (1993)
25 - Little Queen - Heart (1977)
26 - Last Splash - The Breeders (1993)
27 - Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson (1989)
28 - Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988)
29 - Hot, Cool And Vicious - Salt-N-Pepa (1986)
30 - Broken English - Marianne Faithfull (1979)

31 - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)
32 - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)
33 - Wild Gift - X (1981)
34 - The Best Of Dolly Parton - Dolly Parton (1975)
35 - Soul Queen Of New Orleans - Irma Thomas (1978)
36 - Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go's (1981)
37 - D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette (1968)
38 - The Best Of The Ronettes - The Ronettes (1992)
39 - Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane (1967)
40 - The Wheel - Rosanne Cash (1993)

41 - She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper (1984)
42 - The Kick Inside - Kate Bush (1978)
43 - Post - Björk (1995)
44 - Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow (1996)
45 - Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt (1989)
46 - Germ Free Adolescents - X-Ray Spex (1978)
47 - Bad Reputation - Joan Jett (1981)
48 - Walking On Thin Ice - Yoko Ono (1992)
49 - Shadowland - k.d. lang (1987)
50 - Magnolia: Original Soundtrack - Aimee Mann (1999)

Where's Vanity 6???

This list is crap. No Annie Lennox anywhere? There goes the credibility of that list.

It's not bad. There are several women on there whose work I appreciate and I know there are many that you do too.

Fleetwood, Blondie, PJ, Pretenders, Madonna, MJB, Hole, Sinead, Liz, Heart, Breeders, Janet, TC, SNP, LH, GoGo's, Ronettes, Cyndi, Bjork, Joan Jett, kd lang.

20 out of 50 ain't bad at all.

TRON said:

Annie Lennox is criminally underrated.

Its ok Ian I think Janis should of been higher then #7.

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

At least she placed!

WTF is PJ Harvey at #8 for an album she did in 2002 that is assenine and recockulous at the same time.

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

PJ Harvey is a legend!

I did not say she was not good cause she is not that bad I am just suprised she is that high...for a 2000 album and again Annie is not even on there...let alone the Eurythmics.

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

True, true. "To Bring You My Love" and "Rid of Me" are classic though! Lucinda Williams but no Annie Lennox?

Moonbeam said:

As are "Dry", "4 Track Demos", "Is This Desire?" and the album they have listed.

Where is Madonna's 'Ray Of Light' album???

Rolling Stone and their list, without the Eurythmics and Annie Lennox.

DavidEye said:

She already had spot #16 David. But I agree, it should be higher than that album. She's moved far beyond 'Like A Prayer'.

TRON said:

Both albums are great,but 'Ray Of Light' should have made this list,imo.

Yoko Ono made 48 she is not even worth making the list.. neither is Dolly Parton who is at 34. Reading this list makes me

No artist has more than one album. I think they simply choose 50 women to include and select they album they think is best by each.

Of course they take the easy way out and do not rate them accurately. Rolling Stone, puting Janis at #7...Blasphemy!!!

Moonbeam said:

I used to think 'Like A Prayer' was Maddy's best album,UNTIL I heard 'Erotica' and 'Ray Of Light'

DavidEye said:

I still think "Like a Prayer" is top-notch and perhaps her best. "Ray of Light" is right up there though. If I were to attempt to objectively create such a list, I believe that Madonna would warrant at least 3 albums in there.

Glad to see Joni at #2.
Oh, and

TRON said:

LOL

Only one Kate Bush album!!!???!!!

And it ain't even her best one!

Fuck's sake.

Rolling Stone sucks!

Cloudbuster said:

Agreed

I remember that according to them (and not only) Liz Phair was supposed to become the 90's female superstar, then, her career went to toilet

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

Hey now! Dolly defnitely deserves a place on the list!

No Siouxsie?

I think this list is pretty good. I was glad to see Blue as #2 that is one of my faves albums of all time. Also glad to see Patsy Cline, The Pretenders (I am in love with Chrissie's voice!), and Carol King.

I agree, Annie Lennox should definately be on there (top 10 imo)...she is one of the best chick-singers out there. Much soul in her voice. I am listening to "I Saved The World Today" right now...and the drama and expression in her voice is just astounding.

As for Madonna...I am not real into dance music (except for Paisley Park dance music ) so Ray of Light and her latest stuff has never done much for me...I liked the video for the title song with her in that t-shirt though. My girlfirend is a Madonna freak so I hear her tunes just as much as she hears my Prince music. But the album I truly think is her best is definitely "Like A Prayer". It's the only one that even comes close to the artistry of Prince's music imo. Ray of Light songs all sound the same to me.

OK, what kind of crap list was that? Where is Joan Armatrading on that list? They could've at least added one of her albums: either her debut, "Whatever's For Us" or "The Key."