Holy trinity: your top 3 albums made by women

This thread is inspired by NPR’s list of the 150 greatest albums made by women (solo, band member, etc) which caused a lot of controversy. I personally think it’s quite a good list, of course not a definitive one, but they did a remarkable effort IMO.

My top 3 would be:

3. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey
2. Juju - Siouxsie & the Banshees
1. Pearl - Janis Joplin

Honorable mention: Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, Donna Summer’s Bad Girls & Dolly Parton’s Jolene.
What’s your top 3?!

 

For The Roses - Joni Mitchell
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro
A Creature I Don’t Know - Laura Marling

 

Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
Little Queen - Heart
Janis Joplin - Pearl

 

I like that title!

 

Anything You Choose - Spanky & Our Gang
Double Fantasy - John and Yoko
Starpeace - Yoko Ono

 

Joni Mitchell "Court and Spark"
Rickie Lee Jones self titled debut
Carole King "Tapestry"

Yes, I recognize everything here is ancient but it is still my top 3.

 

Sure:

Patti Smith- Horses
Kate Bush- The Kick Inside
PJ Harvey- To Give You My Love

 

Yoko! I have to be honest I didn’t think she would get mentioned, but she surely has fans here!

 

Are you kidding me? They’re classics! 1971 was a good year for women in music (Blue, Tapestry, Pearl, etc)

 

Too hard to pick three for me (I also liked the NPR list)

But one particular jumps to mind:

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin; that's an album that would also probably top my list of greatest soul albums.

After that, I dunno that I could pick two from these:

Hole - Live Through This
Mary Halvorson - Away With You
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Patti Smith - Horses
Beyonce - Lemonde
Taylor Swift - Red
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Joanne Brackeen - Ancient Dynasty

 

Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Shannon Macnally - Cold Water
Emmy Lou Harris - Elite Hotel

 

I recommend her song Hell In Paradise, its perhaps my favorite song of her's

 

That's why they're my top 3!

 

Lauryn Hill - Miseducation
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton
Diana Ross - Everything Is Everything

Terribly daunting task but that's what I've come up with so far, I could've easily put any of the following there as well.

Diana Ross - Diana Ross (1970)
Beyoncé - Beyoncé
Xscape - Traces Of My Lipstick
Tamia - Tamia
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man
Minnie Riperton - Come To My Garden
Mary J Blige - Share My World
TLC - Crazysexycool
Janet Jackson - Janet.
Janet Jackson - Velvet Rope
Erykah Badu - Baduizm
India Arie - Acoustic Soul
Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect
Mariah Carey - Fantasy
Chrisette Michelle - Epiphany

I've been on a huge Soul/Neo-Soul trip recently, in couple months things will be different

 

I’d pick those two, but Lauryn Hill’s great too. And I agree - Aretha shows she is indeed the Queen of Soul on that album. A classic.

 

According to my last.fm:

Hejira - Joni Mitchell
Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro

 

Meg Baird - Don’t Weigh Down the Light
Suzanne Vega - s/t
The Breeders - Last Splash

 

01. Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares 1
02. Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
03. Yma Sumac - Mambo!

Honorable mention:
04. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
05. Millie Jackson - Caught Up
06. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
07. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
08. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
09. Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music
10. Maria Callas - Puccini Arias
11. The Shangri-Las - Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las
12. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
13. Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown
14. Etta James - Come A Little Closer
15. Buffy Sainte-Marie - It's My Way!
16. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of...
17. Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America
18. Joanna Newsom - Ys
19. Joni Mitchell - Heijra
20. Girlschool - Demolition

 

Patti Smith Group, Easter
Heart, Heart
Françoise Hardy, Tout les garcons...

 

Yeah, my list keeps changing too. I could tell by your list you really like Soul music haha.
Your list is mostly made of black women, who are often so overlooked, but they have made some wonderful songs & albums. I forgot to put Donna Summer on my honorable mentions!

 

Second mention to this album...well, it seems I’ll have to listen to it!

 

Tori Amos - Boys for Pele
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna

 

Ahh...cool album! Love it.

 

Yeah, this past week it's been non-stop 90's R&B girl groups. Which is funny because a couple weeks ago it was 60's pop.

Xscape (especially), SWV, TLC, En Vogue, Total, 702, Destiny's Child, Blaque etc.

Just really love the harmonies.

 

Now how do you pronounce this? haha. Gotta love some Sleater-Kinney!