Must have non metal albums.

geez, there are way too many to mention. here are a few i've listened to recently though, that i would definitely list as necessary...

Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Queen Latifah - Black Reign
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
Black Flag - Everything Went Black
Juice Newton - Juice
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Mary J. Blige - My Life
2Pac - Strictly for my N.I.G.G.A.Z.
Prince - Purple Rain
Nirvana - Nevermind
Waylon Jennings - The Ramblin' Man
Ice-T - O.G.: Original Gangster
Ramones - Road to Ruin
Helen Reddy - I Don't Know How to Love Him
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
ABBA - Arrival
Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors

Juice? Dolly? Reddy? Psst, someone hacked you account mc.

Dark Horseman wrote:

Juice? Dolly? Reddy? Psst, someone hacked you account mc.

artists i grew up with. my mother's musical influence.

Here's one:

Nazareth-Hair Of The Dog
Journey-Infinity
REO Speedwagon-Hi-Infidelity
ELP-Brain Salad Surgery
Mark Bloomfield, Stephen Stills, and Al Kooper-Super Sessions
Rory Gallagher-Irish Tour '74
Butterfiled Blues Band-East/West
Allman Brothers Band-At Fillmore East
Canned Heat-Boogie With Canned Heat
Savoy Brown-Looking In
Gov't Mule-Dose
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Pronounced
Foghat-LIVE
Humble Pie-Performance:Rockin The Fillmore
Stephen Stills's Manassas-S/T
James Taylor-Sweet Baby James
Carol King-Tapestry
Eagles-Hotel California
Jim Croce-Photographs & Memories:His Greatist Hits

The Band -The Band
Paul Simon -Graceland
U2 -Achtung Baby
Yes -Close to the Edge
Ben Harper -Diamonds on the Inside
Bob Dylan -Blood on the Tracks
John Coltrane -Blue Train
King Crimson -In the Court of the Crimson King
The Waifs -Up All Night
The Smiths-The Queen is Dead
Neil Young -Harvest

[quote="mc666"]geez, there are way too many to mention. here are a few i've listened to recently though, that i would definitely list as necessary...

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell[/quote

Those and Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (the 1975 album) and Then Play On
plus
Pink Floyd - Not the Wall...instead Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, Relics, Wish you were here
REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish
Foghat - Fool for the City
Dire Straits - Dire Straits, Communique
Bob Dylan - Street Legal
Billy Preston - Organ Transplant
Creedence Clearwater - Cosmos Factory
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors
Depeche Mode - Violator
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedos
Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
Grobschnitt - Ballermann (I need to mention some german Krautrock/Prog Rock)

Thought of another:

N.W.A.--Straight Outta Compton

(I had a gangsta rap phase back in the early '90s, LOL)

Where are you from?

"Straight Outta Compton"

When you got rich where did you go?

"Straight Outta Compton"

(Chris Rock's Roll with the New CD)

I liked Straight Outta Compton and Boys in the Hood

The Pixies - Doolittle
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Belly - Star
Radiohead - In Rainbows
The Fugees - The Score
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
The Distillers - Sing Sing Death house.
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
The Creepshow - Sell your soul.
Orbital - In Sides
Air - Moon Safari
Public Enemy - It takes a nation of Millions.
Joy Division - Closer
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lulabys
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head.

This list could go on forver!

I don't disagree in the essential nature of most of the stuff listed but for me personally I'm a bigger fan of a lot of the groups other albums. From Boris' list I'd go with The Pixies - Bossanova, Belly - King, Smashing Pumpkins - Gish, and Iggy Pop - Brick By Brick. Just my own personal preference.

Three from the alternative rock late 80s/early 90s that I'll add

The La's - s/t

The story behind the album and the implosion of the group alone makes this a must have. Oh yeah, the music is incredible too. Was lucky enough to see them live at a festival before it all went to hell for them.

The Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul

I know as a 'Mats fan you're supposed to hate this. I've always loved it and it remains my clear favorite of theirs.

Connells - Fun & Games

If you have any interest in alt-rock from this era get this record now. One of my all-time favorites.

Anything by Rammstein

Uh, No! Sorry, I hate that sound.

Live - Throwing Copper

Well, after the slaughter that was laid down upon black metal in that thread, I don't know if I feel like being very diverse. But here is one for you.

I'm not seeing much of anything on these lists that I need to hear or must have. I could go the rest of my life without hearing another Springsteen or U2 song and be just fine with it. Reggae? Rap? Pass. And this one?



I don't see this one as a "must have". Maybe if I'm donning my pantaloons and mounting my steed to storm the castle and rescue a fair maiden. Since that doesn't happen much in the big city, pass.

Guess I like my hard rock & metal too much. I'll dip my toes in some blues or jazz if I want to expand my palate.

I recently dug out my old Bryan Adams collection of his first five albums:

Bryan Adams
You Want it You Got it
Cuts Like a Knife
Reckless
Into the Fire

I played them back in the day until my ears bled.

Not into anything after the 5th album, but man do I love Bryan Adams.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I don't see this one as a "must have". Maybe if I'm donning my pantaloons and mounting my steed to storm the castle and rescue a fair maiden. Since that doesn't happen much in the big city, pass.

I live near Birmingham England and we do this every week! Castle storming, maiden rescuing Tuesdays we call it.

You've reminded me to iron my Pantaloons ready

I think that all of the albums on my must have list are must have, that's why I have them. I'm not trying to convince anyone else, it's just cool to see what people on here love, when the're not listening to metal

A few more

Rancid - Out Come the Wolves
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Prodigy - Music For the Jilted Generation
Nouvelle Vague - Nouvelle Vague
The Cult - Love
Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule

Well, my exposure to English culture is pretty much limited to Monty Python and Benny Hill, so I just assume that's what you folks do.

It's not like my musical tastes are all-metal-all-the-time. Far from it. But I'd say that 90% of my collection is guitar-based hard rock & metal. The stuff I own outside of that realm, while I like it, doesn't strike me as "must haves" for other people.

I never took the premise of this thread as being "must have" for anyone aside from the person posting their lists. Kinda/Sorta a glimpse into what we listen to besides metal/hard rock.

James B. wrote:

I never took the premise of this thread as being "must have" for anyone aside from the person posting their lists. Kinda/Sorta a glimpse into what we listen to besides metal/hard rock.

Ahhh, different perspectives. See, I took it as just the opposite. Like when we do the "Must-have albums every metalhead should own" type of thing. Eh tomato, to-mah-to.

James B. wrote:

I never took the premise of this thread as being "must have" for anyone aside from the person posting their lists. Kinda/Sorta a glimpse into what we listen to besides metal/hard rock.

Well, if that is the case, here are some albums among my personal, no-one-else-would-have-this-same-list, must-haves.

Homecoming--America
File Under: Easy Listening--Sugar
Dance--Gary Numan
Ferment--Catherine Wheel
Gaudi--Alan Parsons Project
Rage In Eden--Ultravox
Duke, Foxtrot, ...And Then There Were Three, Trespass, Trick Of The Tail--Genesis (yes, I'm quite fond of Genesis)
Metamatic--John Foxx
Fable Of The Reconstruction--R.E.M.
Sirocco--Australian Crawl
Blackbird--Alter Bridge
Passion Factory--The Twins
Become What You Are--Juliana Hatfield Three
Instincts--Romeo Void
Raise--Swervedriver
Love Spit Love--Love Spit Love
October Rust--Type O Negative
100% Fun--Matthew Sweet
Without A Sound--Dinosaur Jr.
Bakesale--Sebadoh
Phantasmagore--Deadsy

Well, I tried to pick one that was both and a favorite AND something I think would be a great introductory kind of album, and a milestone type of thing, but at the same time all someone has to say is "I don't like jazz/fusion, I never will, I won't give it a chance" and then that would mean what I recommended is not must-have. so...

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here are some albums among my personal, no-one-else-would-have-this-same-list, must-haves.

Don't have the same list, but would include several of the same artists.

I'd swap out File Under Easy Listening for Copper Blue for Sugar (truthfully I'd be more inclined to list Mould's solo records Workbook or Black Sheets Of Rain - but all good IMO).

Happy Days for the Catherine Wheel. Hey Babe for Juliana Hatfield. Green Mind for Dinosaur Jr (their new one is great). And Bubble & Scrape for Sebadoh would be my personal picks.

Fables Of Reconstruction has become my favorite REM record by a mile.

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