Awesome-sounding non-metal albums

[Morgan C]

Every The Reign of Kindo has done. Just epic musically and production wise.

Have you heard their new album? I heard one song on MySpace and it was totally different to their first two efforts.. in a really bad way. edit:holy fuck I just watched vid, until the singer came in I thought this was their studio recording doing it live. Fucking impressive.
edit edit: I'm getting chills listening to Nice to Meet You live, this band is so fucking incredible.



Ulver - Shadows of the Sun

 

[HandsOfDespair]

Ulver - Shadows of the Sun

the atmosphere on this album is incredible

 

[Scott Horner]

I would have to say the Reign of Kindo as well. The level of talent in that band is absolutely amazing. Blows my mind every time I listen to it.

 

[Let it burn...]

Mono drums ftw






Really awesome if you know when this record came out

 

[Let it burn...]

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Alan Parsons Project: 'I wouldn't want to be like you.'

A little bit on the disco side, but damn what an amazing snare sound!
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[grywolf627]

Nice choice Glenn! I love Alan Parsons Project stuff. Thanks for getting me in the mood to listen to it.

 

[MarcusGHedwig]

Everything sounds so perfect, especially that snare and the bass

 

[GarethSE]

good call on bon iver - flume




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[robfromthedeep]

Ellie Goulding - Lights.

Seriously incredible.

 

[AudioPhile777]

Counting Crows - August and Everything After.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Ellie Goulding - Lights.

Seriously incredible.

Really digging this one so far!

 

[Mancha]

Black - Wonderful Life

Title song and Everything `s Coming Up Roses were hits, but the rest of the songs are absolutely awesome and a whole album is a masterpiece.

 

[The-Zeronaut]

Katherine Jenkins - Believe
Josh Groban - Awake

 

[Virgil.]

Inception soundtrack - Hans Zimmer
Mass Effect OST / Mass Effect 2 OST
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing / In Absentia / Lightbulb Sun
Queensryche - Promised Land
Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad of John Henry
Coldplay - X&Y
Kitaro - any of his albums really. Just absolutely amazing the atmosphere he creates.
Dido - No Angel
Bjork
Story of the Year - Black Swan
Frankmusik - Complete Me
Darren Hayes - Spin / This Delicate Thing We've Made

 

[guitarguru777]

Roll The Bones & Vapor Trails - Rush
Soundgarden - Bad Motorfinger
American Idiot - Green Day (love the drums!)
Yanni - Live At The Acropolis
Michel Jackson - Bad
NIN - Downward Spiral (so raw!)

 

[Virgil.]

American Idiot - Green Day (love the drums!)

+1

 

[LydonB]

I have always enjoyed the production on Kaki King albums. I'm also a fan of the most recent John Scofield stuff too. A lesser known guy, Ronn McFarlane has an album of original lute music called Indigo Road that kicks ass in terms of production.

 

[Atheist]

And Art of Noise's The Seduction of Claude Debussy album is the best produced electronic music album I ever heard

 

[Danny Drama]

Dirty Sweet, both albums.