http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207337,00.html

Pretty crappy list, but I thought it might be considered for inclusion.

1. Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution (1984)
2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill (1998)
3. Achtung Baby U2 (1991)
4. The College Dropout Kanye West (2004)
5. Madonna Madonna (1983)
6. American Idiot Green Day (2004)
7. The Blueprint Jay-Z (2001)
8. Graceland Paul Simon (1986)
9. Back to Black Amy Winehouse (2007)
10. In Rainbows Radiohead (2007)
11. MTV Unplugged in New York Nirvana (1994)
12. Stankonia OutKast (2000)
13. You Are Free Cat Power (2003)
14. Disintegration The Cure (1989)
15. The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem (2000)
16. Rain Dogs Tom Waits (1985)
17. Odelay Beck (1996)
18. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
19. Dangerously in Love Beyoncé (2003)
20. Tidal Fiona Apple (1996)
21. The Emancipation of Mimi Mariah Carey (2005)
22. 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul (1989)
23. The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips (1999)
24. Come On Over Shania Twain (1997)
25. Turn On the Bright Lights Interpol (2002)
26. Time Out of Mind Bob Dylan (1997)
27. Funeral Arcade Fire (2004)
28. Illmatic Nas (1994)
29. Breakaway Kelly Clarkson (2004)
30. Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses (1987)
31. FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake (2006)
32. Life's Rich Pageant R.E.M. (1985)
33. As I Am Alicia Keys (2007)
34. Is This It The Strokes (2001)
35. Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette (1995)
36. CrazySexyCool TLC (1994)
37. The Moon & Antarctica Modest Mouse (2000)
38. Raising Hell Run-DMC (1986)
39. Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow (1996)
40. Ready to Die The Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
41. Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers (1984)
42. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
43. Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys (1989)
44. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams (1998)
45. If You're Feeling Sinister Belle and Sebastian (1996)
46. Homogenic Björk (1997)
47. Exile in Guyville Liz Phair (1993)
48. American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash (2002)
49. A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay (2002)
50. Sounds of Silver LCD Soundsystem (2007)
51. The Score Fugees (1996)
52. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Spoon (2007)
53. King of America Elvis Costello (1986)
54. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson (1989)
55. It Takes a Nation of Millions... Public Enemy (1988)
56. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco (2002)
57. Harvest Moon Neil Young (1992)
58. Surfer Rosa The Pixies (1988)
59. Ray of Light Madonna (1998)
60. Crooked Rain Crooked Rain Pavement (1994)
61. Paid in Full Eric B. & Rakim (1987)
62. OK Computer Radiohead (1997)
63. The Joshua Tree U2 (1987)
64. Mama's Gun Erykah Badu (2000)
65. Elephant The White Stripes (2003)
66. The Chronic Dr. Dre (1992)
67. Metallica Metallica (1991)
68. Wrecking Ball Emmylou Harris (1995)
69. Give Up The Postal Service (2003)
70. My Life Mary J. Blige (1994)
71. Rock Steady No Doubt (2001)
72. 1984 Van Halen (1984)
73. The Queen is Dead Smiths (1986)
74. Play Moby (1999)
75. Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen (1984)
76. Heartbreaker Ryan Adams (2000)
77. Dummy Portishead (1994)
78. Vs. Pearl Jam (1991)
79. Let It Be The Replacements (1984)
80. Back to Basics Christina Aguilera (2006)
81. The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails (1994)
82. Grace Jeff Buckley (1994)
83. Learning to Crawl The Pretenders (1984)
84. Low-Life New Order (1985)
85. Home Dixie Chicks (2002)
86. Loveless My Bloody Valentine (1991)
87. All Eyez on Me 2Pac (1996)
88. So Peter Gabriel (1986)
89. Bachelor No. 2 Aimee Mann (2000)
90. Toxicity System of a Down (2001)
91. Siamese Dream Smashing Pumpkins (1993)
92. The Writing's on the Wall Destiny’s Child (1999)
93. Either/Or Elliott Smith (1997)
94. Synchronicity The Police (1983)
95. Trap Muzik T.I. (2003)
96. Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea PJ Harvey (2000)
97. Britney Britney Spears (2001)
98. Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie (2003)
99. Live Through This Hole (1994)
100. Faith George Michael (1987)

hope not, like the other lists it's just a big advert for Warner Bros.

below, Moonbeamer. :)

Is that Bachelor No. 2 cd any good? It only ranked as high as #25 which isn't that high compared to other females from that year or the year before like Beth Orton or Goldfrapp.

how the hell is Jagged Little Pill so far ahead of exile in guyville? That record(Exile)is the bible of all " angry woman" cds. If anything, Alanis owes a great debt to Phair. And beyonce and illmatic are also ahead of that great record? What kind of a list is this? It is widely known--and I mean widely--that Phair's record was ,and still is, the most acclaimed record by a woman since, I don't know, Blue by Joni Mitchell.

This is a predictably ridiculous list from EW, with a bunch of surprises, but none of them good. There are so many cds on here not even great--madonna's debut, american idiot, Rock Steady--that make you wonder who the hell made this list in the first place.

Has this list been added in the update? I dont like it, but it would give in rainbows a boost

I also love to see Ga Ga Ga Ga get a good spot... I don't even know if I would agree with it but I do love that album...

I don't think it's been added. Didn't Henrik say he mainly just added 2007 year-end stuff?

Is that supposed to be Vs. or Ten at #78 for Pearl Jam? If it is indeed Vs., then the year is wrong, but it seems like this list would more likely include Ten.

"It is widely known--and I mean widely--that Phair's record was ,and still is, the most acclaimed record by a woman since, I don't know, Blue by Joni Mitchell."

AM ranking of solo albums by females since 1971 (the year Blue came out, so I'm not including Tapestry or Janis Joplin's Pearl):

Patti Smith - Horses (1975) -- #22 on AM (ranked higher than Blue)
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (1974) -- #132 on AM
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (1995) -- #140 on AM
Bjork - Debut (1993) -- #142 on AM
Lauryn Hill -- The Miseducation of... (1998) -- #143 on AM
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985) -- #224 on AM
Joanna Newsome -- Ys (2006) -- #240 on AM
M.I.A. -- Arular (2005) -- #241 on AM
Liz Phair -- Exile on Guyville -- #254 on AM

I take a back seat to no one in my love and admiration for Exile on Guyville. It's my favorite album on that list above. According to the numbers, though, there are a number of albums more acclaimed, with Horses leading the way.

(BTW, this exercise made me really sad about the dominance of male artists on the critics' lists. In terms of female dominated bands, the only other albums that were in the top-250 were The Pretenders debut and, arguably, Parallel Lines by Blondie.)

a few more mainstream inclusions, albums you won't see on any other list, really (Britney Spears? And for that album?)

Madonna's debut is pretty well-regarded- a template for dance-pop to come after and such. And there's no denying "Holiday, ""Borderline" and "Lucky Star."