50 Alanis Morissette, 'Jagged Little Pill'
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Maverick, 1995
The jagged little Canadian with the jagged little voice manages to make sensuality and rage act like kissing cousins. So give her a hug. She's not angry at you. And her record is hook-y as hell.
Essential moment: From "You Oughta Know": "Will she go down on you in a theater?"

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49 The Breeders, 'Last Splash'
4AD/Elektra, 1993
The Pixies' Kim Deal eclipses her old band – if only for one album – with loud, crazy songs about summer, sex and cars – plus her twin sister Kelly on guitar.
Essential moment: "Cannonball," one of the most ridiculous songs ever to crash the pop chart.

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48 Bonnie Raitt, 'Give It Up'
Warner Bros., 1972
This scrappy redhead has been singing and playing the blues for almost half a century, but the blueprint for her whole journey is right here on her second album.
Essential moment: "Give It Up Or Let Me Go," her not-quite-laid-back theme song.

47 Lucinda Williams, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road'
Mercury, 1998
This country-rock veteran spent years fighting to make music her own way, turning ordinary lives into poetic ruminations with her melancholy yet indomitable voice.
Essential moment: "Jackson," the achingest, prettiest song this side of Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By."

46 Salt-n-Pepa, 'Hot, Cool and Vicious'
Next Plateau, 1986
Yo! baby, yo! Salt, Pepa and DJ Spinderella burst out of Queens to make a classic hip-hop debut, boasting "I'll Take Your Man" even though he's probably just a tramp. This dance ain't for everybody – just the sexy people.
Essential moment: "Push It," which got the entire world chanting "Ooh, baby, baby!" for months.

45 Taylor Swift, 'Speak Now'
Big Machine Records, 2010
She might get played on the country station, but she's one of the few genuine rock stars we've got these days, with a flawless ear for what makes a song click.
Essential moment: "Long Live," the best Bon Jovi song Bon Jovi never wrote.

44 Siouxsie and the Banshees, 'Once Upon A Time'
Polydor, 1981
Somebody needed to create the ultimate goth archetype. But only one woman had the style, the pretensions, and the demon-queen voice for the job, and she spelled her name with an X.
Essential moment: "Spellbound," a psychedelic guitar meltdown.