What are your top five albums by a female artist?

[LagaLover]

Mine:

Carole King - Tapestry
Allison Moyet - Alf
Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul
Annie Lennox - Medusa
Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time

[vi5]

1. Good question....

In no particular order:
Sarah McLachlan - Fubling Towards Ecstasy
Carol King - Tapestry
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlilly
Beth Orton - Trailer Park
Joni Mitchell - Blue

If female bands are allowed, Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped would be at the top of the list.

[mac56]

2. Carole King - Tapestry

Joan Armatrading - Love And Affection
The Roches - (self-titled)
Tracy Chapman - Matters Of The Heart
Phoebe Snow - (self-titled)

Had to edit a couple of times.

[bif]

3. Ricky Lee Jones

"Girl at her Volcano"
Janice Joplin-Cheap Thrills
Jonatha Brooke-Live
Cassandra Wilson-Blue Moon Daughter
Sarah Vaughn-Sassy swings the Tivoli

[JaySherman]

4. Mine

1. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
2. Sarah McLaughlin - Surfacing
3. Garbage - Garbage
4. Roze Polezani - Anybody
5. Concrete Blonde - Recollections

[MissMillie]

5. My list

Aimee Mann - Whatever
Sara McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
Shawn Colvin - Steady On
Barbara Streisand - Christmas Album
Aimee Mann - Bachelor #2

[SiouxJ]

6. Great question

In no particular order:

Shawn Colvin - Steady On
Rosanne Cash - The Wheel
K.D. Lang - Shadowland
Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions

[mac56]

11. Hi SiouxJ!

:hi:

[SiouxJ]

15. Hi Mac!

So you're an Armatrading fan too huh? I couldn't choose one album of hers as a favorite. I would have to go with "Classics" which is a compilation of all her best stuff. Joan rocks!

:hi: :loveya:

[mvd]

24. Hi, Sioux!

I haven't compiled my faves, but great list - I don't know about the k.d. lang album, though. I think I'd have to include one Joni album. Right now, it would be Ladies Of The Canyon.

[NashVegas]

7. I'll Play

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Pretenders - 1st (does it count if it's a band?)
Throwing Muses - the Real Ramona
Patti Smith - Peace and Noise
Shannon Worrell - Three Wishes

[LagaLover]

8. Hounds of Love was

#6 for me!

[NashVegas]

9. Over Alf?

OY!

Don't get me started :)

[LagaLover]

10. For personal reasons

I prefer Alf more!

[NashVegas]

12. I Shouldn't Talk

Some purist is gonna hit me for neglecting Horses

[SCDem]

13. Agree with all of you - Best compilation of female artists

Boys on the Side soundtrack... one of my absolute favs.

[SiouxJ]

16. That is a great album!

I always list it when people ask about favorite soundtrack albums.

[LynneSin]

14. Mine:

Not in any particular order:

Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill
Madonna - Her first album (will always be legendary)
Annie Lennox - Medusa (but I also love Bare)
Anything by Patsy Cline (she just has a fabulous voice!)
Aimee Mann - Big fan, love her stuff on the Magnolia Soundtrack

[GOPisEvil]

17. OK - Lemme play

Any Kelly Willis cd (Well-Travelled Love is my all-time fave.)
Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw
Patty Griffin - 1000 Kisses
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands On The Bad One
Can't go wrong with Tapestry.

[RandomKoolzip]

18. Ooooh...been waiting for a chance at this one...

K. McCarty: Dead Dog's Eyeball
Sandy Denny: Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Box Set)
Joni Mitchell: Hissing of Summer Lawns
The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World
The Bellrays: Grand Fury

[TXlib]

19. Here's mine

Loreena McKennitt
Maeve
Karen Matheson
Sarah McLachlan
Maire Brennan
Medieval Baebes

Yes -- I tend to like the Celtic babes!

[skippysmom]

20. Tough to choose

Sarah McLachlan: Surfacing
Indigo Girls: Rites of Passage
Dixie Chicks: Home
Alison Krauss: New Favorite
Natalie Merchant: Ophelia

[OneBlueSky]

21. pick any five by Joni Mitchell or Ella Fitzgerald . . .

mix and match if you like . . . maybe even toss in a Billie Holiday . . . however the list comes out would be an acceptable top five for me . . .

[regularguy]

22. Joni Mitchell!

Joni: Court and Spark (doubles as the greatest album ever)
Liz Phair : Exile in Guyville
Sarah Vaughn: Duke ELlington Songbook
kd Lang: Absolute torch and twang
Joni: Hijira

[adriennel]

23. Not a Pretty Girl

by Ani DiFranco is my fave album by a female artist!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

25. Mine changes all the time...

RIght now it's :
Sarah McLachlan Possession
Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Norah Jones Come with me
Norah Jones Feels Like Home
Fiona Apple (her first CD...Can't remember the title)

Sarah is my all time favorite. Especially Possession...Her earlier stuff is her best.

Duckie

[Dookus]

26. Mine:

Ella Fitzgerald - Live in Berlin
Ella Fitzgerald - The Cole Porter Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald - The Duke Ellington Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald - The Harold Arlen Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald - all her other albums

[ronnykmarshall]

27. Only 5?

Carole King - Tapestry
Aretha Franklin - Never Loved A Man, the Way I Love You
Stevie Nicks - Trouble In Shangra-La
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Cindy Alexander - Smash

[FunBobbyMucha]

28. Nellie McCay's debut stacks up to my faves of all time.

Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits. That voice, that voice, that voice.
Barricades and Brickwalls by Kacey Chambers.
Fly by the Dixie Chicks.

[slackdude]

29. Sleater Kinney!

Sleater Kinney - Call the Doctor
Helium - Pirate Prude
PJ Harvey - any album
Beth Orton - Trailerpark
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville