https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/0 ... women-list
Another answer list to the NPR one, mainly by one author but with contributions from two other people - see the article for specifics.
Annette Peacock, X-Dreams (Aura, 1978)
Betty Davis, Betty Davis (Sunshine, 1973)
Jo Johnson, Weaving (Further, 2014)
Julie Tippetts, Sunset Glow (Utopia, 1975)
Maria Teresa Luciani, Sounds of the City (Finders Keepers, 2017 reissue of 1972 recordings)
Klara Lewis, Ett (Editions Mego, 2014)
Sarah Davachi, Dominions (Jaz, 2016)
Marielle V. Jakobsons, Star Core (Thrill Jockey, 2016)
Éliane Radigue, Trilogie de la Mort (XI, 1998)
Andrea Parker, Kiss My Arp (Mo Wax, 1998)
Sonny & Linda Sharrock, Paradise, (ATCO, 1975)
Dasha Rush, Sleepstep (Raster-Noton, 2015)
Madalyn Merkey, Scent (New Images, 2012)
Au Pairs, Playing with a Different Sex (Human, 1981)
Young Marble Giants, Colossal Youth (Rough Trade, 1980)
Kleenex/LiLiPut, First Songs (Kill Rock Stars/Mississippi, 2016)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland, …Keyboard Fantasies (Atlast, 1986)
Mica Levi, Under the Skin OST (Milan/Rough Trade, 2014)
Kendra Smith, Presents the Guild of Temporal Adventurers (Fiasco, 1992)
Ut, In Gut’s House, (Blast First, 1987)
Dorothy Ashby, The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby (Cadet, 1970)
Tom Tom Club, Tom Tom Club (Sire, 1981)
Urszula Dudziak, Future Talk (Inner City, 1979)
Laurie Spiegel, The Expanding Universe (Philo, 1980; reissued by Unseen Worlds, 2012)
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes, Paix (Phillips, 1972)
Gal Costa, Gal (Phillips, 1969)
Moor Mother, Fetish Bones (Don Giovanni, 2016)
Pharmakon, Abandon (Sacred Bones, 2013)
Jlin, Dark Energy (Planet Mu, 2015)
The Knife, Silent Shout (Rabid, 2006)
Wendy Carlos, Beauty in the Beast (Audion, 1986)
Phew, Phew (Pass, 1981)
Laika, Silver Apples of the Moon (Too Pure, 1994)
Valet, Naked Acid (Kranky, 2008)
Lady June, Lady June’s Linguistic Leprosy (Caroline, 1974)
Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta, Syreeta (Motown, 1974)
Micachu, Jewellery (Rough Trade/Accidental, 2009)
Cate Le Bon, Cyrk (The Control Group, 2012)
Shop Assistants, Shop Assistants (Blue Guitar, 1986)
Delta 5, See the Whirl (PRE, 1981)
Linda Perhacs, Parallelograms (Kapp, 1970)
Throwing Muses, University (4AD, 1994)
Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang, The Face of the Earth (Ideologic Organ, 2012)
Mo-Dettes, The Story So Far (Deram, 1980)
Michele Mercure, Eye Chant (Quick Shower Music, 1986; reissued in 2017 by RVNG Int.)
Helena Hauff, Discreet Desires (Werk Discs, 2015)
Pylon, Gyrate Plus (DFA 2007 reissue of the 1980 original)
Teresa Rampazzi, Musica Endoscopica (Die Schachtel, 2008)
Joni Mitchell, The Hissing of Summer Lawns (Asylum, 1975)
Mavis Piggott, You Can Be Low (Flydaddy, 1996)
Sibylle Baier, Colour Green (Orange Twin, 2006)
Odetta, Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin’ (RCA Victor, 1962)
Tsunami, A Brilliant Mistake (Simple Machines, 1997)
Team Dresch, Personal Best (Chainsaw, 1995)
Kristin Hersh, Hips and Makers (4AD, 1994)
Tiger Trap, Tiger Trap (K Records, 1993)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Gospel Train (Mercury, 1956)
Angel Olsen, Burn Your Fire for No Witness (Jagjaguwar, 2014)
Geraldine Fibbers, Butch (Virgin, 1997)
The Dolly Mixture, The Demonstration Tapes (Royal Mint, 1983)
Grace Jones, Slave to the Rhythm (Island, 1985)
Judee Sill, Judee Sill (Asylum, 1971)
Electrelane, Axes (Too Pure, 2005)
Gossip, Movement (Kill Rock Stars, 2003)
The Delgados, The Great Eastern (Beggars Banquet, 2000)
The Feminine Complex, The Feminine Complex (Athena Records, 1969)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow (Geffen Records, 1988)
Nina Hagen, Fearless (Koch, 1983)
Cat Power, What Would the Community Think (Matador, 1996)
Fastbacks, Answer the Phone, Dummy (Sub Pop, 1994)
The Stranger: The Problem with NPR's '150 Greatest Albums Made by Women' List (70 more albums) (2017)
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