33 Irma Thomas, 'Soul Queen of New Orleans'
Maison De Soul, 1978
A soul sister from the Big Easy with indelibly emotional pipes – she sobs in time with the raindrops in "It's Raining," but she reads her man the riot act in "Hittin' on Nothing."
Essential moment: Her own out-of-no

32 Dolly Parton, 'Best of Dolly Parton'
RCA, 1975
One of Nashville’s toughest songwriters ever, putting her complex psychological epics over – from "Travelin’ Man" to "Touch Your Woman" – with one of Nashville’s most deceptively pretty voices.
Essential moment: "Jolene" is one of the most obsessively complex love stories ever captured in a country song.

31 PJ Harvey, 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea'
Island, 2000
The otherworldly lass hits the concrete hard, sweaty from sex, looking for weapons and heading toward hope. With Stories, Harvey moved from punk to celestial, and took you with her.
Essential moment: "I can't believe that life's so complex/When I just want to sit here and watch you undress."

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29 M.I.A., 'Kala'
XL, 2007
Maya Arulpragasam took hip-hop places it had never been before, from Third World battlegrounds to the Pineapple Express trailer. The Sri Lanka-born provocateur sounds festive and enraged at the same time.
Essential moment: "Paper Planes," a Clash-sampling rap chant that somehow stormed the Top 10.

28 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 'It's Blitz!'
Interscope, 2009
The New York art punks crash the dance floor, juicing their guitars with robot-disco synth-beats until heads start to roll.
Essential moment: "Hysteric," Karen O's most nakedly soulful love song

27 Dionne Warwick, 'Presenting ... '
Scepter, 1962
Warwick, Hal David and Burt Bacharach galvanize early-Sixties girl-group longing with orchestral-pop sophistication, as Warwick's voice moves London's savoir-faire Stateside.
Essential moment: The goody-goody girl getting churchy on the chorus of "Don't Make Me Over."

26 Janet Jackson, 'Rhythm Nation'
A&M, 1989
The baby sister in the family grows up with a bang, flexing her girlish voice over those sleek, rocking Jam & Lewis funk beats. We still don't know what "1814" means, and we don't care.
Essential moment: "Rhythm Nation," biting a Sly Stone guitar lick for a headbanging good time.

25 Heart, 'Little Queen'
Portrait, 1977
Two sisters – Ann and Nancy Wilson – take over hard rock, led by Ann's supreme pipes and Nancy's ax-picking finesse. The boys fell in line, and the records flew off the shelves.
Essential moment:"Barracuda," an aggressive Zeppelin-esque stomp that burns, burns, burns it down to the wick.

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24 Hole, 'Live Through This'
Geffen, 1994
You know how you sometimes catch yourself wondering, "Remind me again – why did people ever take Courtney Love seriously?" This grim, passionate grunge masterpiece is why.
Essential moment: "Softer, Softest," the Widow Cobain's confession of her painful past – although she had no way of knowing that her pain was just beginning.

23 Donna Summer, 'Bad Girls'
Casablanca, 1979
The late great Queen of Disco pulls out all the stops for an album that sums up Seventies radio, from ladies-choice smooch jams to filthy funk.
Essential moment: The final minutes of the title hit, with the chant, "Toot toot, hey, beep beep!"

22 Liz Phair, 'Exile in Guyville'
Matador, 1993
A smartass indie-rock rebel grabs her guitar and cooks up a perfect debut album of wisecracks, obscenities, tortured love songs and freewheeling sex songs. She's never topped it, but who has?
Essential moment: "Fuck and Run," in which the ironic ice queen breaks down and admits to a sentimental streak. Of course, she takes it all back in the next song.

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21 Carole King, 'Tapestry'
Ode, 1971
The Brooklyn piano woman who co-wrote "You've Got a Friend" and "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" reaches the Seventies with her marriage broken but her soul intact, singing some of the most painful divorce songs ever.
Essential moment: "So Far Away," a wistful melody with all the loneliness of the album cover.