what are the top 10 non-metal albums you would recommend?

Here's another few albums that I TOTALLY forgot about!!!

These are all faves of mine:

A-ha ~ Scoundrel Days




Alphaville ~ Afternoons in Utopia




Opus III - Mindfruit




Front 242 - Tyranny for You




Skinny Puppy - Rabies




Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine




Peter Schilling - The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)

Tom Petty- Wildflowers is a good suggestion too, its one of my most listened to Tom Petty albums

Here's my top 10 old-school hardcore punk releases

Misfits - Walk Among Us

Minor Threat - Complete Discography

D.O.A. - Bloodied But Unbowed

Black Flag - The First Four Years

Dayglo Abortions - Feed US A Fetus

Subhumans (Canada) - Incorrect Thoughts

Death Sentence - Not A Pretty Sight

Agnostic Front - Victim In Pain/United Blood

Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust Inc

Bad Brains - S/T (aka The RIOR tape)


ok that was tough trying to narrow it down to just 10 so here's a few honorable mentions

Circle Jerks - Group Sex

Descendents - Milo Goes To College

Negative Approach - Total Recall (ignore the crappy live stuff at the end of the disc)

The Germs - MIA

Addy wrote:

Tom Petty- Wildflowers is a good suggestion too, its one of my most listened to Tom Petty albums

I reach for that one quite a bit myself. Good album.

All the heartbreakers except Stan played on it I believe Its a good album, also The Last DJ is a good album too

I also wanna add

Alanis Morrisette- Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morrisette- My So Called Chaos
Natalie Imbruglia- Left of the Middle
Natalie Imbruglia- White Lillies Island
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon

I can't stand Pink Floyd (though I like some songs), but good call on Alanis Morrisette. "Jagged Little Pill" is a fantastic album!!! One of the best alternative albums of the 90s!!!

Also, anything by Dido or Madonna!!!

Good call on Dido

Pink Floyd isnt for everyone, my wife doesnt like them either

my list (excluding the stones and zz top):

Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery and Imagination 1987 Polygram Records
Anekdoten A Time of Day (Digi) 2007 Virta Records
Beck, Jeff Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop 1988 Epic Records
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 1998 Interscope Records
Black Bonzo Lady of the Light 2004 B&B Records
Cotton Soeterboek Band Twisted 2008 Caf Fine Records
Econoline Crush Brand New History 2001 EMI Records
Electrics The Electrics 1997 SaraBellum
Electric Orange Abgelaufen! 2001 MPL
Farflung A Wound in Eternity 2008 Meteor City Records
Georgia Satellites Georgia Satellites 1986 Elektra Records
Ghoultown Life After Sundown 2008 Zoviet Records
Gin Blossoms Near Miserable Experience 1992 A&M Records
Grobschnitt Jumbo 1975/2007 SPV Records
Hidria Spacefolk - Symetria
Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds 1992 Geffen Records
Moon Safari A Doorway to Summer 2005 Blomljud Records
Moon Safari Blomljud 2008 Blomljud Records
Ocean Blue Cerulean 1991 Sire Records
Orange Goblin Time Traveling Blues / Frequencies from Planet Ten 2002 Rise Above Records
Orbison, Roy Mystery Girl 1989 Virgin Records
Radio Active Cats Radio Active Cats 1991 Warner Brothers Records
Sixpence None The Richer This Beautiful Mess 1995 REX
Slipstream Be Groovy or Leave 1996 che Records
Soundtrack of Our Lives Behind the Music 2002 Universal Records
Stan Bush In This Life +2 2007 LA Records Records
Votchi Unicorn 2005 Barrandov Records
Winds Prominence and Demise 2007 The End Records
Youthful Heart Attack Mouthful of Love 2003 XL Records
Zevon, Warren Excitable Boy 1978 Elektra Records

Exact - good call on Gin Blossoms!!! Fantastic album!!!!

exact33 wrote:

Gin Blossoms Near Miserable Experience 1992 A&M Records
Ocean Blue Cerulean 1991 Sire Records

Two excellent choices there bro!!!

Soul Asylum- Grave Dancers Union

Addy wrote:

Soul Asylum- Grave Dancers Union

Good call! This one is on my playlist alot!

oh another one I love (make fun of me if you want, but there is some fanTASTic musicianship on this!)


Blind Melon ~ Blind Melon

Metallic Blaze wrote:

Addy wrote:

Soul Asylum- Grave Dancers Union

Good call! This one is on my playlist alot!

That one is a good call.

That opening song Somebody to Shove so reminds me of Sombrance

Another one I wanna add

Brian Setzer Orchestra- The Dirty Boogie

Addy wrote:

That opening song Somebody to Shove so reminds me of Sombrance

Another one I wanna add

Brian Setzer Orchestra- The Dirty Boogie

Ill second that!

Ugh.

I can't stand that whole retro-swing sound.

tohostudios wrote:

Ugh.

I can't stand that whole retro-swing sound.

its ok. no one is perfect.

tohostudios wrote:

Ugh.

I can't stand that whole retro-swing sound.

Same here.

I was going through my CDs last week and found a compilation of Nu Swing, called Swing this 2 I think it has the Flying Neutrinos ' "Zoot Suit" great great tune.

Actually the Dirty Boogie is mostly a covers album but all the covers are from the 40s and 50s it does have some originals and Gwen Stefani is on the album, I think its just a kick ass album I love it!

I won't list albums but some groups i'm listening to today:

77's
Vigilantes Of Love
The Call
Undercover

Just in one of those moods.

TheNazgul wrote:

I won't list albums but some groups i'm listening to today:

77's
Vigilantes Of Love
The Call
Undercover

Just in one of those moods.

Undercover - Balance Of power - GREAT ALBUM!!!!!!

Addy wrote:

I was going through my CDs last week and found a compilation of Nu Swing, called Swing this 2 I think it has the Flying Neutrinos ' "Zoot Suit" great great tune.

Actually the Dirty Boogie is mostly a covers album but all the covers are from the 40s and 50s it does have some originals and Gwen Stefani is on the album, I think its just a kick ass album I love it!

I just got some Cherry Poppin Daddies and Atomic Fireballs. Good stuff!

I got Cherry Poppin Daddies Zoot Suit Riot