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I thought about Madonna but I usually buy her singles. I guess her first album was good. According to Wikipedia, it had Lucky Star, Borderline, and Holiday. 3 pop classics for girls growing up in the 80s.
That album was my very first one that I had as a kid! Though not sure my musical tastes at that point were very well-refined. lol
I noticed there weren't a lot of female artists in this list. Here are some of my favorites: Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair whitechocolatespaceegg - Liz Phair The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey
I noticed there weren't a lot of female artists in this list. Here are some of my favorites:
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow
Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
whitechocolatespaceegg - Liz Phair
The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey
The above are not my taste, but on the theme & going back a bit further, I must add:
Blondie - Parallel Lines (because really great music, not because Debbie Harry was smokin' hot)
Pretenders - Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde = awesome)
The Bangles - All Over the Place (they made some crap later, but could really rock early on)
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Yeah, I really wanted to say Like a Prayer...but I always end up skipping a song or 2...
And I also really wanted to say Sinead's I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got...but I gotta be in the right mood to hear the title track (which, is thankfully the last song) - otherwise it's...just.too.much. Otherwise I think it's a solid album.
I think you're touching on an interesting point, and it's something I've mulled over in my own musical tastes. I don't have a lot of albums by women that I think are front to back players. Do you think music artists tend to resonate more with members of their same sex?
That said, I have plenty of albums by female artists. Here are a handful albums I frequently return to:
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Feist - The Reminder
Patti Smith - Horses
Blossom Dearie - Blossom Dearie
Camera Obscura (Band with female lead) - My Maudlin Career
Beach House (Band with female lead) - Bloom
I don't know. It could just be the demographic of RA and genres. (I've also noticed the dearth of country music recommendations on the music threads). A lot of the bands mentioned seemed to be heavy metal/rock bands and maybe there are fewer female leads for them?
She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper.
Do you think music artists tend to resonate more with members of their same sex?
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Thread within in a thread, threadception. Well for the Foo fans on here, whats is their best album? General consensus is that The Color and the Shape is #1, but did Wasting Light beat that out?
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In absolutely no order:
Drive - Bela Fleck
Workingman's Dead - The Grateful Dead
Blue Lines - Massive Attack
Hate to See You Go - Little Walter
Liquid Swords - GZA
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Workin with the Miles Davis Quintet
Atlanta 12 String - Blind Willie McTell
Odelay - Beck
I'm a huge fan of Ani Difranco, but she doesn't have one album I like most.
If you're a fan of Drive by Bela Fleck, look for a copy of The Superpickers from April 11th, 1989 on bt.etree.org. This combination is Tony Rice, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Alison Krause, Jerry Douglas and Mark Schatz (sp?). That's basically the same line-up as on Drive, with the addition of Allison Krause. Out of this world 120mph bluegrass picking.
That superpickers concert isn't on bt.etree.org anymore. Here's a link to it.
http://www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=8da083cdfab891ad7298893b636d2010079cfafe
Sorry, not sure how to do hyperlinks here, so you'll have to cut and paste, but well-worth it.
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Colour and the Shape is #1 for me, but Wasting Light is a darn, darn fine contender. Though it's worth noting, I don't own all of their albums for comparison.
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Steely Dan - Aja Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Pink Floyd - Animals Yes - Close To The Edge King Crimson - Discipline 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe The Doors - Waiting For The Sun Neil Young - Zuma Jethro Tull - Aqualung Black Sabbath - Paranoid Cream - Fresh Cream Led Zeppelin - IV
Steely Dan - Aja
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Pink Floyd - Animals
Yes - Close To The Edge
King Crimson - Discipline
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
Neil Young - Zuma
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Cream - Fresh Cream
Led Zeppelin - IV
You have excellent taste.
I'd also add Jackson Browne - Running on Empty. I'm not a huge JB fan, but this is a great listen while driving.
also
King Crimson - The Power to Believe
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing (and other stories)
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I would add Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet as a more recent perfect album. No weak songs on it, everything is quite listenable and flows together.
Another PT fan on this board! woot!
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You have excellent taste. I'd also add Jackson Browne - Running on Empty. I'm not a huge JB fan, but this is a great listen while driving. also King Crimson - The Power to Believe Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing (and other stories)
Ha ha.... thanks! - I do realize it just means we like some of the same kinds of music. But yeah - you can count me as another Porcupine Tree fan.
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