Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
2. Tell Mama - Etta James
3. Crazy - Patsy Cline
4. Remember (Walkin' in the Sand) - The Shangri-Las
5. Dancing in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas, Martha & the Vandellas
6. Stop! In the Name of Love - Diana Ross, The Supremes
7. Walk on By - Dionne Warwick
8. I'll Be Your Mirror - Nico, The Velvet Underground
9. Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
10. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
11. Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
12. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
13. I Shall Be Released - Joan Baez
14. Eli's Coming - Laura Nyro
15. It's Too Late - Carole King

Disc 2:

1. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
2. Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Pips
3. You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt
4. Lady Marmalade - Labelle
5. At Seventeen - Janis Ian
6. Luxury Liner - Emmylou Harris
7. Oh Bondage, up Yours! - X-Ray Spex,
8. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
9. Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
10. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
11. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
12. We Got the Beat - The Go-Go's, The Go-Go's
13. What's Love Got to Do With It? - Tina Turner
14. I Feel for You - Chaka Khan
15. Would I Lie to You? - Eurythmics
16. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
17. Manic Monday - Bangles

Disc 3:

1. Luka - Suzanne Vega
2. Side of the Road - Lucinda Williams
3. Express Yourself - Madonna
4. Ladies First - Monie Love, Monie Love, Queen Latifah
5. Tunic (Song for Karen) - Sonic Youth
6. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos
7. Free Your Mind - En Vogue
8. Feed the Tree - Belly
9. Shoop - Salt-N-Pepa,
10. Possession - Sarah McLachlan
11. Down by the Water - PJ Harvey
12. One of Us - Joan Osborne
13. Your Little Secret - Melissa Etheridge
14. Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel
15. If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
16. Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76549 in Music
• Released on: 1998-09-15
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .45 pounds

Customer Reviews

If you like rock and roll...you'll love this.
What a great CD! I have a radio show that focuses on women in music, and I got this CD for christmas this year. I was more impressed with it after I listened to it, finding gems like Belly's "Feed the Tree," Lucinda Williams' "Side of the Road," Gladys Knight and the Pips' "Midnight Train to Georgia" and even Dionne Warwick's "Walk on By" sounding even better among other top women's music of the times. Rolling Stone shows a strong interest in women's music not only through this album but also through their book 'Women in Rock' which goes hand in hand with this album (check it out too). Some of the people Rolling Stone could've included in this compilation are Joni Mitchell (I am really surprised she doesn't appear on here), Siouxie Sioux, Karen Carpenter, and Liz Phair, but the collection they do have should only be added to, nothing should be removed. This is an anthology for women of our times, an anthology of anyone who likes rock and roll, and it should be a staple in any music lover's collection.

It's great, but...
...how could they overlook such artists as Blondie, Paula Cole, and (gasp!) Alanis Morrisette? How could you, Rolling Stone? I hope they make up for this terrible mistake. In spite of it, I really liked this album. Every CD in the album gets better than the others; my personal favorite was the second one (1972-1986), with singers like Pat Benatar, Chrissie Hynde, and Annie Lennox but I just loved the whole collection, so pleeeease, do release a new, improved version with more artists. All in all, this collection is a great buy, so do yourself a favor and take it home.

A Great Beginning...
...as long as Rolling Stone puts out another one, and soon! If they had been thinking they would have put out a top 50 (this compliation features 48 artists) and could have followed up with another 50. Then they could have waited a year and sold a 6 disc box set of The 100 Greatest Women In Rock. Still, there is no one on this collection who shouldn't be, and I am amazed at how well selected the best song by each artist was. Top quality overall.