I couldn't think of just one, so I picked 3;

Heather Nova - Glowstars.

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes.
(Before anyone gets smart and says "Y KANT TORI READ?", they should realise that was the band's album. Not a solo Tori album.)

Jewel - Pieces of you.

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

If we can't use Liz than Thea Gilmore - Burning Dorothy.

Liz - EIG
Patti Smith - Horses ( I think it was her debut )
Pat Benetar - Heat of the Night

now, this last one is a band debut (pj harvey's dry is one too, for that matter). but the energy that emanates from this album is rawly, shockingly female. bringing together the songwriting and vocal talents of tanya donelly and especially, kristin hersh. this is one of the most intense, hardest and most complicated records i have ever heard.

Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville

Bjork: Debut

No, you can use Liz...if you didn't know, BB2, She is female.

Just kiddin' with yah, boy.

EIG
Jagged Little Pill

Ashlee Simpson-Autobiography
Avril Lavigne-Let Go
Diana DeGarmo-Blue Skies

No offense. You can like the music you like but I think I just threw up a little.

I know ya'llz don't like the stuff I do (aside from Liz)

We confirmed that when I first came on.

If its any consolation I meant to take Avril's name off the throw up inducing list. She isn't horrible. I actually like a few of her songs.

What does Diana Degarmo Cd's sound like? I never liked her on Idol.

I only watched AI season 3.Then it got corny.

Here's my review for Diana DeGarmo's "Blue Skies"

One question comes to my mind:Why didn't she win American Idol Season 3?I have no clue.She has a great voice and the music she makes is really good.She deserves more credit.The only problem I have is that she doesn't write her songs.However,the songs on the album are all unique."Dreams" is,though odd for me to use these words,beautiful."Till You want Me" has to be my favorite song on the album."All I Never Wanted" and "Cardboard Castles" are my next two favorites."Dream,Dream,Dream" is either a wasted effort or an album filler."Then I Woke Up" chronicles the dreams of being a celebrity and having all the good stuff.You will love this album,trust me.

That review is from my amazon.com account

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Jennifer Trynin - Cockamamie
Aimee Mann - Whatever
Carina Round - The First Blood Mystery
Patti Smith - Horses

good call on carina round's first blood mystery. i love it. i wonder when we'll hear from her next. she's got an amazing voice.

and did i just diana degarmo's freaking name in this thread? wow. what a way to destroy a perfectly good topic.

Diana is good though Blair Haha.

Diana Degarmo < mierda

Haha I love it when we use Spanish against people.

You know when people say "Oh Sh---sugar!"

In Spain they say "Mie----Miercoles!".

Maria was telling me about it.

How dare you insult Diana!.....in spanish xD

I think I'll mention "On your shore" by Charlotte Martin here.
It really is great.

new bohemians - shooting rubberbands at the stars
eide brickell - picture perfect morning
abra moore - strangest places (her first official wide release. i don't count sing)
suzanne vega - suzanne vega
martha wainwright - martha wainwright
10,000 maniacs - the wishing chair
tracy chapman - tracy chapman
juliana hatfield - hey babe
leona naess - comatose
lisa marie presley - to whom it may concern
the sundays - reading, writing, and arithmetic

I love Leona's debut!

I don't like Martha though, she's very pretentious.

there's nothing pretentious about martha. hell tori is more pretentious than martha and tori isn't even that pretentious. really, you are missing out on the best cd of the year. she easily is the best female act to come out this year.

i like abra moore's strangest places. but it's not a debut. in sing though, her voice was noticeably lower. i don't know which her real voice is, that high pitched honey or that low rumble. i love to think it's the former. i love four leaf clover and happiness.

i don't count sing as her debut. it wasn't widely availible. that's why i said strangest places was her official debut.

No, having a song on your debut called "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" is pretentious. It's like having a song on your album called "LOOK ATTENTION STATEMENT."

And I allready bought my best 3 albums of the year....Redbird, Beekeeper, Year of the meteors.

wrong, wrong, and wrong . martha has the best cd of the year. and besides have you heard bloody motherfucking asshole? it's a brutally honest song that doesn't hold any puches. it's not pretentious in the least.

That made me laugh.
I could hear Martha saying
"I have a song called bloody motherfucking asshole and it's brutally honest! I'm not pretentious in the least! Please don't put me in a box!".
Yes.


Do you own Redbird or Year of the meteors? Then you know about as much as me about which is better.
So this is very pointless.
Good day.

no i don't own redbird. i don't plan on paying $35.00 for something that may well be crap (it's heather nova so i already know ). and yes the martha song is brutally honest. she's not holding back and she's not censoring herself. she's being blunt in a p.c. age where that isn't allowed. i don't call that pretentious. i call writing a song about your washing maching and trying to pass it off as high minded art pretentions (yes you kate bush). and i also call someone from detroit trying to act british with an accent and all pretentious (yes you madonna). what i don't call pretentious is martha wainwright. basing pretentiousness based on one song isn't really cool dude.

brutally honest does not necessarily mean good.

And we all know Extraordinary Machine is the best album of the year.

The second but close enough.

shut up!!!!!!!!!
no no no no no no!!!

how about saint low' realistic, giant drag's hearts and unicorns and the like's are you thinking what i'm thinking. not to mention a dozen others which were better than em!!
no!!!!!
no!!!!!!!!

:takes a breath:

avril lavgine's let go, it totally totally changed my life, I swear, even worst than tori and liz, you rock my world

well..............every girl can be a rock star when they hold a guitar in her hand, no more kidding!

one real feelig from Catatonia's Cerys, her voice kind of cynical that you can see it from their last album stone paper, finally she's my angel, try this album you won't disappear!

Oh gawd I can't believe I forgot about those!

Still "The Understanding" is an amazing album as well.

actually I do like extraordinary machine..........

you're so sarcastic. you sting me so.

Why do you insist on being a moron?

No I'm not going to rise to you. Cunt.

i like the one martha song, BFMA. it is very brash and honest. still have not gotten the album. i get the feeling she's a bit country.

no she's not country at all. she's college alt. rock in the same vein as early liz or in my tribe era 10,000 maniacs.



on a side note i apologize for anything i have said that may have caused problems (i can see the redbird comment might be upsetting, but truth be told i really have a hard time parting with $35.00 for one cd. no offense. sorry). forgive me.

I'd say she was Pop.

yes, but not pure pop. she's left of center as far as pop is concerned. she's not as pop as kelly clarkson. i don't see a lot of radio play for her, but yeah i see what you're saying light. not a true pop artist and i wouldn't have seen it but now i can see what you mean light. good call.

Yay, you've seen the light.

I don't think she's neccessarily "Radio-friendly", but I do think she's pop from the few songs I've heard. She's more "Singer songwriter adult contempary."

i can't say she's adult comtemporary, but i do see what you're getting at. i usually hold that title to artists like dave matthews, rob thomas, or sheryl crow. she reminds me of a rockier version of her brother. you are making some good points though.

Nico -- Chelsea Girl.

Melissa Etheridge's first one is pretty great.

Liz's tops them all.

goya dress - rooms

EIG.. duh.
but also
Jagged Little Pill
Madonna - Madonna
... more to come when I can actually think.

I'd have to say...

Throwing Muses-Throwing Muses
or
Breeders-Pod

JLP wasn’t Alanis’s debut. Remember her pop tart album that she delivered when she still had the You Can’t Do That On Television hair?

If you don't - it's for the best.

I like the Like.