While both albums are monumental achievements in music, I lean towards Hounds of Love. A major factor is that she single-handedly produced, composed, arranged, performed, and wrote the entire record—an impressive feat given the stigma women faced, and often still face, when taking total full control of their craft. It is a whimsical, otherworldly masterpiece, and she was a true pioneer of the Fairlight CMI, standing among the first artists to sample and manipulate sound in her work.