since this is the talk about music you like thread, i'm going to list off some non metal albums i love. these are just on my hard drive, i have too many non metal albums, that i love, to list. so here's a few. if you relate, feel free to make recommendations.
air - talkie walkie
arcade fire - funeral, the arcade fire ep
bauhaus - volume 1 & 2 (best of thingy)
beck - sea change, mellow gold, one foot in the grave
bjork - homogenic
bloc party - silent alarm
broken social scene - you forgot it in people
brian eno - another green world, music for airports
can - tago mago
the clientele - strange geometry
david bowie - 2 cd best of
explosions in the sky - the earth is not a cold dead place
gang of four - entertainment!
GY!BE - lift yr skinny fists like antennas to heaven, slow riot for new zero kanada
interpol - turn on the bright lights
joy division - unknown pleasures, closer
mogwai - rock action, young team
nick cave & the bad seeds - from her to eternity
pavement - slanted & enchanted, crooked rain crooked rain
portishead - s/t, dummy
radiohead - anything and everything (not so much pablo honey)
sisters of mercy - first and last and always, some girls wander by mistake, floodland
slint - spiderland
sonic youth - sister, evol, daydream nation, washing machine, murray street, sonic nurse
talking heads - more songs about buildings and food, fear of music, remain in light
television - marquee moon
the cure - seventeen seconds, faith, disintegration
smashing pumpkins - gish, siamese dream
the smiths - s/t, meat is murder, the queen is dead
the stooges - funhouse, raw power
tom waits - small change, rain dogs, swordfishtrombones, blood money
ween - pure guava, quebec, the mollusk
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
wire - pink flag
xiu xiu - a promise, fabulous muscles, la foret