Music List A Month (June): Top 50 Albums By Women

 In July 2017,  NPR published the NPR Top 150 Albums by Women.   A strong list.  A year later they asked listeners to vote on their Top 10 Albums by Women, since 1964.  This is what I came up with in 2018. In my original post I listed my Top 10, plus 20 more albums.  For this updated list, I picked 20 more albums which gives me a chance to correct some of the women I overlooked.  I also got rid of the only albums after 1964 stipulation from the original poll. 

Original List (2018)
1.  Carole King - Tapestry
2.  Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
3.  Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
4.  Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
5.  Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
6.  Pretenders - s/t
7.  Madonna - Like A Prayer
8.  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
9.  Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
10. Janet Jackson - Control
11. Joni Mitchell - Blue
12. Lucinda Williams - s/t
13. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
14. Whitney Houston - s/t
15. Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel
16. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
17. Tina Turner - Private Dancer
18. Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
19. Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
20. Adele - 21
21. Bangles - All Over The Place
22. Heart - Dreamboat Annie
23. Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw
24. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - s/t
25. Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
26. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
27. Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel
28. Janis Joplin - Pearl
29. Shania Twain - Come On Over
30. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella In Berlin

Updated Post List: 31-50 (2022)

31. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul

32. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - s/t

33. Blondie - Parallel Lines

34. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow

35. Billie Holiday & Lester Young - A Musical Romance

36. Mandy Barnett - I've Got A Right To Cry

37. Tina Turner - Private Dancer

38. Lauryn Hill - Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

39. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

40. Dixie Chicks - Fly

41. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park

42. Diana Ross - s/t

43. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the LIghts

44. Carpenters - Song For You

45. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

46. Tracy Chapman - s/t

47. Ashford & Simpson - Is It Still Good To Ya

48. B-52's - s/t

49. Etta James - At Last

50. Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat

Bonus compilation

Girl Group Greats - Various (Rhino)