top 5 non-metal albums of all time

[Anom@nder Rake]

these are the only five non-metal albums i listen to

raison d'être - Within the Depths of Silence and Phormations
Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - Stalker
Death in June - But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter?
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Colour Haze - Los Sounds de Krauts

 

[Baroque]

5 favorite artists which are non metal, non rock, non classical, non jazz

Michael Jackson
Bob Marley
Daft Punk
The RH Factor
DJ Tiesto

 

[Krow]

I have very little interest in non rock and non metal....

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
Camel - Mirage

Ugh, that made my head hurt.

 

[Nephilim96]

I have very little interest in non rock and non metal....

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
Camel - Mirage

Ugh, that made my head hurt.

that's all rock

 

[no country for old wainds]

i just spent like 2 minutes searching the thread for my past list before realising i made this thread lol

just to accompany the other one

mad river - s/t
captain beyond - s/t
radiohead - kid a
the cure - pornography
arcade fire - funeral

i still love all of the above, but my current list would look something like:
1) elend - the umbersun
2) mad river - s/t
3) the velvet underground - the velvet underground
4) bjork - vespertine
5) dylan - highway 61

props to HBoy for mentioning GOAT and pompey for mentioning TM&A, both favourites of mine.

p.s.
singles
1) lee moses - bad girl
2) dicks - hate the police
3) the clash - train in vain
4) jackson 5 - want you back
5) misfits - cough/cool (+she)

album tracks
1) the velvet underground - i'm set free
2) radiohead - idioteque (album version)
3) mad river - eastern light
4) the cure - a strange day
5) the national - baby we'll be fine/friend of mine

 

[Nephilim96]

Depeche Mode - Violator, Black Celebration
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Townes Van Zandt - s/t
Bjork - Homogenic

 

[Krow]

that's all rock

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Townes Van Zandt - s/t

Support.

Scorpions - In Trance
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain
Hank Williams - The Ultimate Collection
Gene Clark - White Light
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

 

[no country for old wainds]

in trance <3 i was kinda avoiding proto-metal stuff tho

 

[Mort Divine]

My list would be pretty drastically different nowadays. Also god that comment about pink Floyd might be the most cringe worthy thing I've ever said.

Still find them fucking boring as all can be, but Christ.

Will get around to an up to date list later.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

On the subject of top 5 non-metal songs...

Funkadelic - If You Don't Like the Effect, Don't Produce the Cause
The Isley Brothers - Work to Do
Scratch Acid - She Said
Thinking Plague - Warheads
Yes - Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (these belong as one imo)

 

[Satanstoenail]

I don't have a top 5 of all time, so I'll just put up 5 off the top of my head that I think are genius from start to finish.

Golden - Apollo Stars
Pixies - Doolittle
The Jesus Lizard - Liar
Shellac - At Action Park
NoMeansNo - Wrong

 

[J.]

i rarely listen to non-metal, but:

Swans - Great Annihilator
Dead Can Dance - Wake
Failure - Fantastic Planet
The God Machine - Scenes From the Second Storey
Lord Wind - Atlantean Monument

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Songs:

Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1
King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon
Modest Mouse - Cowboy Dan
Kent - Dom andra

Blanking out on a fifth pick atm.

 

[Nephilim96]

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Is your list in reply to Carpe or to the OP?

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain
The Crucifucks - Our Will Be Done
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always

 

[The Ozzman]

They only have few metal albums, and Stormbringer isn't one of them anyway. So it's not like you'd be wrong to mention that album here. Personally, i think Perfect Strangers is much better though.

Perfect Strangers has its moments (title track, Knocking at your Back Door and a few others) but I think it falls short as a comeback album. I don't find myself engaged the way I do when listening to Stormbringer.

 

[Burkhard]

Kate Bush - The Dreaming

+
Kari Bremnes - "Løsrivelse"
Ketil Bjørnstad - "Sunrise"
Tactile Gemma - "Tactile Gemma"
Gåte - "Iselilja"

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Perfect Strangers has its moments (title track, Knocking at your Back Door and a few others) but I think it falls short as a comeback album. I don't find myself engaged the way I do when listening to Stormbringer.

more like one of the greatest comeback albums of all time. I'm not a fan of Coverdale and Hughes and where they tried to take the band att. Stormbringer is actually where their downfall started.

 

[The Ozzman]

Very interesting Rush post Ozz. For what my opinions worth, Power Windows is my top pick from the "synth era", if you will but Grace Under Pressure is excellent. Hold Your Fire is the one I need to revisit soon. "Time Stand Still" and "Second Nature" are amazing songs but nothing else from that album really jumps out at me.

I totally agree with Hemispheres and Counterparts being their best from the 70's and 90's respectively. Test For Echo I find to be a bit underrated. Also interesting that you consider Snakes and Arrows "jam bandy". I've never really thought of that album in that way.

Power Windows is an underrated album. I never understood why the synth era Rush got so much hate. MUH KEYBORDES amirite?!

Hold Your Fire also has 'Force Ten' and 'Open Secrets'

'Jam bandy' is the only description I could think of for that album. Some of the passages just make me think of them just improvising in the studio and forgetting the 'Record' button was on. That is not necessarily bad but I think there are some disjointed parts on that record. Workin' Them Angels is a pretty good tune though.