MUSIC WOMEN
National Public Radio & Lincoln Center — the top all-time albums by women.
Kim Deal and The Breeders released Last Splash in 1993, 4AD/Elektra. Her songwriting made the album great; she did some co-writing for the album with her twin sister, Kelley, who was also in the band. The sisters had grown up listening to AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, and Kim had learned Roger Miller’s “King of the Road” when she was 11 years old. Last Splash was a platinum-selling album.
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The music from Kim Deal and The Breeders was different from most which came before it, both in subject matter and in instrumentation. One track, “S.O.S.,” was later sampled by The Prodigy in the international hit “Firestarter,” from their 1996 album, The Fat of the Land.
Kim Deal was different, too. She played in several bands and on several projects. She mostly wore jeans and t-shirts and boots — no special hairstyle and maybe no makeup at all. The thing I notice when looking at videos of her and The Breeders — she’s loving the music, she’s loving making the music, and she’s having a great time! Every single time.
Thanks to National Public Radio and the Lincoln Center for Turning The Tables, Greatest Albums by Women. Thanks for the back story to Kimberly Junod (World Cafe / NPR).
