Classic Albums by Women

CLASSIC ALBUMS

BY WOMEN

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CLASSIC ALBUM SUNDAYS

Contents 6 8

Introduction by Colleen Murphy

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Lauren Murada ESG Says Dance to the Beat of Moody by ESG

Orbital

50

Daniel Wang Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall by Ella Fitzgerald Adrian McNally Dry by PJ Harvey

9

Phil Hartnoll Orchestra of Bubbles by Ellen Allien & Apparat

53

9

Paul Hartnoll Penis Envy by Crass

54

Paul Fogarty Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Declan McKenna The Red Shoes by Kate Bush

57

Victoria Broackes Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

12

Barbie Bertisch First Take by Roberta Flack

58

Michael Kurtz Rabbit Hole by Mindy Gledhill

13

The Black Madonna Madonna by Madonna

60

Alejandro Asencio Worldwide Underground by Erykah Badu

15

Mr Scruff Alice Clark by Alice Clark

62

Gina Lapsley The Kick Inside by Kate Bush

16

Peter Hook Chelsea Girl by Nico

63

Blues DJ Tracy At Last by Etta James

18

DJ Yoda Eyes on This by MC Lyte

65

Jon Savage The Marble Index by Nico

19

Robert Raths Dolmen Music by Meredith Monk

66

Soweto Kinch First Take by Roberta Flack

20

Gabriel Szatan Visions by Grimes

68

Tim Lawrence Live at Montreux by Marlena Shaw

23

Andrea Trout Quiet Fire by Roberta Flack

69

Phoebe Anastasia Scott Lungs by Florence + the Machine

24

Youth The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane by Alice Coltrane

70

Paul Morley I’m the One by Annette Peacock

26

Raj Chaudhuri It Is Finished by Nina Simone

72

Jenn D’Eugenio Soul of a Woman by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

28

Xanthe Fuller Island Life by Grace Jones

74

Steve Mason Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

29

Kate Hennessy Sweet Child by Pentangle

76

Jasmine Kent-Smith Take Me Apart by Kelela

30

Marcia Carr Before the Dawn by Patrice Rushen

79

Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy Blue by Joni Mitchell

31

Mari Kimura Viva! La Woman by Cibo Matto

80

Rob Mello Adventures in Paradise by Minnie Riperton

33

Alina Bzhezhinska Journey in Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane

81

Jo Kendall Smell of Female by The Cramps

34

Greg Wilson Rufusized by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

82

Fred Deakin Cut by The Slits

35

Nicole Melotte Dinah Jams by Dinah Washington

85

John Harris The North Star Grassman and the Ravens by Sandy Denny

36

Nick Mason Ladies of the Canyon by Joni Mitchell

86

Nancy Noise Brenda Russell by Brenda Russell

37

Elsa Hill Spice by Spice Girls

88

Keith Cameron Penis Envy by Crass

38

Don Letts Horses by Patti Smith

90

Oliver Keens Elastica by Elastica

40

Lee Zee The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

91

Alan Dixon The Moody EP by ESG

41

Yvonne Hawkey Horses by Patti Smith

92

Simon Harper Only for the Lonely by Mavis Staples

43

Yvette Young Ys by Joanna Newsom

94

Ian Tregoning Doin’ It Right by Denise LaSalle

44

Karen Gibson Everlasting Life by Kim Burrell

96

DJ Paulette Nightclubbing by Grace Jones

46

Owen Jones Grafts by Kara-Lis Coverdale

98

Gilles Peterson City Life by Alive!

11

101

Neil McCormick Lemonade by Beyoncé

147

Matt Johnson She Is Africa by Miriam Makeba

102

Takaya Nagase Irons in the Fire by Teena Marie

148

Ashley Beedle Gonna Take a Miracle by Laura Nyro and Labelle

103

Jenifa Mayanja Butterfly Dreams by Flora Purim

150

Kent Horne Crepuscular Hour by Maja S K Ratkje

105

Emily Moxon Who Is Jill Scott? Volume 1 by Jill Scott

151

Dean Meredith Just a Stone’s Throw Away by Valerie Carter

106

Leanne Wright Reggae Vibes by Love Joys

153

John Grant NunSexMonkRock by Nina Hagen

108

Queen Josephine Live and More by Donna Summer

154

Ruby Savage Come Away with ESG by ESG

109

Kate Wildblood Guilty by Barbra Streisand

155

Erica Shirley Solitude Standing by Suzanne Vega

110

Kate Hutchinson The Singles by Bikini Kill

157

Jeannie Hopper Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits by Janis Joplin

111

Joe Lapan New Amerykah Part One by Erykah Badu

158

Daddy Ad Lost & Found by Jorja Smith

112

Sara-Jane Power I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got by Sinéad O’Connor

160

Neil Mason Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club

113

Sophie Thurston Back to Black by Amy Winehouse

162

Amy Van-Baaren Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

115

Dom Lawson Everything Is Changing by Anneke van Giersbergen

163

Andrew Pirie Dancing for Mental Health by Will Powers

117

Rankin 1000 Forms of Fear by Sia

164

Lauren Martin Where Are We Going? by Octo Octa

119

KT Tunstall Tapestry by Carole King

166

Lauren Reskin Homogenic by Björk

121

Ralph Moore Under the Pink by Tori Amos

167

Megan Page Alas, I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling

123

Jamie XX It Is Finished by Nina Simone

168

Honey Dijon Island Life by Grace Jones

124

Joe Boyd Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

169

Martin Cullingford Elgar: Cello Concerto by Jacqueline du Pré

126

Emika The Best of Romantic Callas, discs 1 & 2 by Maria Callas

170

Mac DeMarco Ai ga Nakucha ne by Akiko Yano

128

Joanne Shaw Taylor Amazing Grace by Aretha Franklin

172

Kimberley Dunne Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia by Hannah Peel

130

Jim Poe Gala by Lush

173

Nina Kraviz Lady in Satin by Billie Holiday

133

Beardyman Hejira by Joni Mitchell

175

Mousse T Afro-Harping by Dorothy Ashby

134

Emerald Rose Lewis Arular by M.I.A.

176

Nikki Lucas Mother India by Lata Mangeshkar

135

Lucky Cat Jamaica’s First Lady of Songs by Hortense Ellis

177

Edowa Shimizu Comme à la radio by Brigitte Fontaine

136

Naoko the Rock Sharon by Sharon Forrester

179

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike Nightclubbing by Grace Jones

137

Miss Feelgood At Studio One by Marcia Griffiths

180

Pauline Moisy To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey

138

Sweetie Steppin’ by Marcia Griffiths

182

Frank Turner Sweet Kind of Blue by Emily Barker

139

Debbie Golt Cost of Living by Isha Bel

185

Tom Findlay Estate of Mind by Evie Sands

140

KIOKO Nightclubbing by Grace Jones

186

Captain Sensible El Perro del Mar by El Perro del Mar

142

Jocelyn Gonzales Crimes of Passion by Pat Benatar

188

Yvonne Turner Blessed by The Emotions

144

François K My Way by Nina Simone

190

Index of Albums

Barbie Bertisch

Classic Album Sundays/ Love Injection/DJ

Roberta Flack’s 1969 debut album First Take is the soundtrack that we need right now. It touches on political struggle, breaking with society norms, and divisiveness. It couldn’t be more timely or more beautifully rendered by Flack’s emotional delivery. It gets me every time and perfectly exemplifies the transformative power of music.

First Take Roberta Flack 12

DJ Yoda DJ/producer

MC Lyte is one of my alltime favourite female MCs (honourable mention: Roxanne Shanté), and this album came out in my favourite year for hiphop – 1989. It stands the test of time – I still play this!

Eyes on This MC Lyte 18

Robert Raths Erased Tapes

Meredith Monk has completely changed my perception of the human voice as an instrument.

Dolmen Music performed by her ensemble of four facing each other in a circle is among the most powerful things I’ve ever seen.

Dolmen Music Meredith Monk 19

Gabriel Szatan

Music journalist/Classic Album Sundays

Visions – Grimes

Xanthe Fuller Head of Community, Mixcloud

The compilation album Island Life summarises the immense talent of Grace Jones. It is powerful, delicate, sexy, beautiful, funky, fun, intelligent, subversive and outrageously unique. I never tire of it.

Island Life Grace Jones 28

Kate Hennessy Music writer

Growing up, English folk/jazz/ blues band Pentangle was the only music my dad, sister and I all adored. Jacqui McShee’s voice is as clear and pure as an alpine stream and this 1968 double album also features Anne Briggs’ song ‘The Time Has Come’.

Sweet Child Pentangle 29

Mari Kimura Worldwide FM

’Cibo matto’ means ‘crazy food’ in Italian. Japanese women (Miho and Yuka) cooking hip-hop, jazz, electronic and all sorts of sounds in the East Village of New York City in the ‘90s was and is sensational! And it still sounds fresh and original.

Viva! La Woman Cibo Matto 31

Nicole Melotte

Handel & Hendrix Museum

Dinah Washington could sing anything – jazz, standards, blues, pop – and make it her own.

And she could wear the hell out of a blonde wig!

Dinah Jams Dinah Washington 35

Nick Mason Pink Floyd

I love this album just because I do...great songs and really well performed.

Ladies of the Canyon Joni Mitchell 36

Elsa Hill

Stamp the Wax/Worldwide FM

The Spice Girls were revolutionary for third-wave feminism: popularising it as ‘Girl Power’ put it back on the mainstream map, albeit commercialised, and enabled it to develop into feminism today.

Spice Spice Girls 37

Don Letts

Film-maker/DJ/radio broadcaster

Released in 1975, Horses is an undeniable milestone that inspired women from that time until now. The thing is, Patti’s combination of beat poetry and strippeddown rock’n’roll delivered with a serious attitude struck a chord with the men, too. A stunning debut!

Horses Patti Smith 38

Kent Horne

Classic Album Sundays

Ratkje’s piece extends beyond limits by including physical light as an integral part of the composition, tweaking traditional elements using noise and randomisation to create new sounds and expand space.

Crepuscular Hour Maja S K Ratkje 150

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Across the genres, across the generations, across the board, this book presents more than a hundred inspirational albums by women, from top-selling hits to the indie and obscure.

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