Category Archives: Album/CD

Mister D: No, Bette Midler is not on this list at all, but I’m putting this up anyway, so you can see how she was slighted. The album missing is “The Divine Miss M, “
considered a groundbreaking album upon it’s release. Not only did it introduce us to one of our most enduring recording artist and stars, the penultimate entertainer of our generation, it redefined what a female vocalist album could be with it’s eclectic mix of genres. It is also chock full of hits and classic performances.

Another album missing was Jennifer Warnes’ superb “Famous Blue Raincoat, an almost perfectly, pristine engineered album, from a great song interpreter. On this album, Ms. Warnes thrust cult pop icon Leonard Cohen’s songs into the mainstream. Another big slight by NPR. I own just about all these recordings, Female artists are my thing, and these two albums were glaringly omitted.

I own the majority of these albums and agree with most of the choices, however there are some that I wouldn’t include in this category and there are some on here that I think the contributors put on here just to give them the “coolness” factor.

Anyway, it’s a great list, but I just get tired of Bette Midler being slighted as to her accomplishments in the recording field. I think I almost would have added “Live At Last’ because it finally almost captured the manic genius of her live shows. It was a watershed album. – Don Read More