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)