Edited sentence: A plausible answer to the curiosity may lie in an observation by USA Today.Despite the unquestioned impact and influence of Kate Bush on rock music, not one of her eight studio albums appears in Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, although the magazine itself has acknowledged her wide sphere of influence.It does seem ironic indeed that many of the people who claim to have been influenced by her appear on a list in which she does not.Predictably, the list is weighted toward testosterone-fueled vintage rock.Rolling Stone has not explained this inconsistency, stating that the list was "based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums.The top solo female is Joni Mitchell, whose 1971 Blue is No.While commenting on the list, the daily newspaper noted somewhat sardonically: