12 non-metal albums you would recommend?

The Police - Synchronicity
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Prince - Purple Rain
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
George Michael - Faith
Duran Duran - Rio
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
Men At Work - Business As Usual

1. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
2. The Who - Sell Out
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
5. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
6. John Mayall - Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
7. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood
8. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
9. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
10. Bad Brains - Rock the Light

romeolimagolf wrote:

I only listen to metal. There is enough variety in the different genere's of metal to keep me interested. I do not need to look anywhere else.

Romeolimagolf, you're missing out on a lot of great sounds. I could probably list 100 more albums that are non-metal and all great.

I have only 2 that popped into my mind :

Huey Lewis & the News - Sports
Supertramp - Breakfast in America


I'm sure there are more but that's all I can think of right now

romeolimagolf wrote:

I only listen to metal. There is enough variety in the different genere's of metal to keep me interested. I do not need to look anywhere else.

Me too and i always thought that THIN LIZZY, ALICE COOPER, AEROSMITH or TED NUGENT for exemple were/are part of our metal movement even if they played heavy rock/hard rock. I would not call them non metal bands. This is just my opinion and i think yours too, no???

Hmmm good thread!

1. The Poor - Who Cares
2. Angel City - Face To Face
3. BOC - Tyranny & Mutations
4. BOC - Secret Treaties
5. Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter
6. White Witch - S/T
7. Trapeze - Medusa
8. KWS - Ledbetter Heights
9. Walter Trout - Relentless
10. Pat Travers - Makin Magic
11. Aerosmith - Rocks
12. Detective - Takes One To Know One

Wargod48

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Romeolimagolf, you're missing out on a lot of great sounds. I could probably list 100 more albums that are non-metal and all great

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Me too and i always thought that THIN LIZZY, ALICE COOPER, AEROSMITH or TED NUGENT for exemple were/are part of our metal movement even if they played heavy rock/hard rock. I would not call them non metal bands. This is just my opinion and i think yours too, no???

I like an occasionl song from some hard rock, alternative, classic rock, or even Nu-Metal artists, but not any whole albums - certainly not enough to recommend an album by any of them.

Kmorg- Aunt Mary? (the Stumblin' Stone, Joinin' the Crowd guys)? I haven't seen that band mentioned since my grandfather died. What's next? Neon Rose? November?

I should have added that Aunt Mary was a great band. Real pioneeers of the Scandinavian rock scene. Unlike their contemporaries November, they sang in English. Traditional Hard rock with a groove. My only warning about them would be that they did a cover of "Abraham, Martin & John" called "Jimmi, Janis, & Brian". That was a little over the top in retrospect.

Wargod48 wrote:

3. BOC - Tyranny & Mutations
4. BOC - Secret Treaties

krokus wrote:

romeolimagolf wrote:

I only listen to metal. There is enough variety in the different genere's of metal to keep me interested. I do not need to look anywhere else.

Me too and i always thought that THIN LIZZY, ALICE COOPER, AEROSMITH or TED NUGENT for exemple were/are part of our metal movement even if they played heavy rock/hard rock. I would not call them non metal bands. This is just my opinion and i think yours too, no???

I agree. Those bands were and are part of metal history. Aerosmith - Rocks for example is one of the heaviest albums to come out of the 70's.

The Thin Lizzy album I recommended was before they started playing heavy metal. Their self titled debut was heavily influenced by Irish folk. Thin Lizzy started out as a power trio in a similar manner to Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience combining early 70s rock and Irish folk. They would develop the lethal twin guitar attack and their heavy metal sounds until several albums later.

krokus wrote:

romeolimagolf wrote:

I only listen to metal. There is enough variety in the different genere's of metal to keep me interested. I do not need to look anywhere else.

Me too and i always thought that THIN LIZZY, ALICE COOPER, AEROSMITH or TED NUGENT for exemple were/are part of our metal movement even if they played heavy rock/hard rock. I would not call them non metal bands. This is just my opinion and i think yours too, no???

I agree with your statement, so I'm going to exclude some of the hard rock bands that were obvious inspirations for metal bands... I'll try to restrict this to rock/pop stuff:

Marvelous 3 - ReadySexGo (one of my favorite albums ever)
U2 - Achtung Baby
Huey Lewis & The News - Greatest Hits
Bon Jovi - New Jersey (I'm trying not to put pop-metal in here, but Bon Jovi's a pretty mainstream rock band, so they get the nod here.)
Richard Marx - Greatest Hits
The Cars - self-titled
Boston - self-titled
Kansas - Leftoverture
Journey - Greatest Hits

That's all I can think of off the top of my head, most of my CDs are in storage for now.

I am happy that some of you guys agree with me. Have a great weekend.

SAHB Healer wrote:

I should have added that Aunt Mary was a great band. Real pioneeers of the Scandinavian rock scene. Unlike their contemporaries November, they sang in English. Traditional Hard rock with a groove. My only warning about them would be that they did a cover of "Abraham, Martin & John" called "Jimmi, Janis, & Brian". That was a little over the top in retrospect.

Sorry, I didn't see this 'till now. Cool to hear about someone who knows this band!! The song you mention were their biggest hit here in Norway!

ashbury-endless skies
winterhawk- revival/there and back again
conspiracy(US)-s/t
nokemono-from the black world

Aerosmith--Toys In The Attic
The Who--Live At Leeds
Pink Floyd--Dark Side Of The Moon
Bruce Springsteen--coin toss between Born In The U.S.A. or Born To Run
Cream--Disraeli Gears
Fleetwood Mac--Rumours
King Crimson--In The Court Of The Crimson King
Yes--Close To The Edge
Led Zeppelin--any of the first six
Queen--A Night At The Opera
Rush--Moving Pictures
Van Halen--s/t

1. coin toss between Boy and Unforgettable Fire by U2
2. Permanent by Joy Division
3. coin toss between Love Removal Machine and Sonic Temple By The Cult
4. The Clash London Calling
5. Pink Floyd Off the Wall
6. that live album by Thin Lizzy
7. Black Flag First Four Years
8. coin toss between Freaky Styley and Mothers Milk by Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. Original Gangstar By Ice T
10. Rush Moving Pictures
11. The Police Greatest Hits
12. Roxy Music Greatest Hits

The Ramones-S/T
The Ramones-Leave Home
The Ramones-Rocket to Russia
The Ramones-Road to Ruin
Mountain-Climbing!
Johnny Winter-The Progressive Blues Experiment
Johnny Winter-Second Winter
Black Flag-Nervous Breakdown EP
Grand Funk Railroad-E Pluribus Funk
Foghat-Stone Blue
Cactus-One Way...Or Another
Blackfoot-Tomcattin'

Sacrifice wrote:

The Ramones-S/T
The Ramones-Leave Home
The Ramones-Rocket to Russia
The Ramones-Road to Ruin

Ramones = Best... band...EVER

Cranberries - No Need To Argue
Earl Klugh - Life Stories
Enya - A Day Without Rain
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Steve Morse Band - The Introduction
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
John Mayall - Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius

Oh how the list could go on.

This list is not my favourite non metal albums (although some would make my all time list), but their rock n' roll albums that incorporate heavy/hard rock guitars into their music but could not be called hard rock in the classic sense of the term. So these are albums that would appeal to those into hard rock/metal. If you ever come across these albums in your record store digs get them straight away, trust me!

1. Redd Kross - Third Eye (1990)
2. Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (1992)
3. Beasts Of Bourbon - The Low Road (1991)
4. Dogs D'Amour - Straight??!! (1990)
5. Generation X - Valley Of The Dolls (1979)
6. Smack - On You (1984)
7. Tex And The Horseheads - Life's So Cool (1985)
8. Lords Of The New Church - Lords Of The New Church (1982)
9. Pezband - Pezband (1977)
10. Thee Hypnotics - Soul Glitter & Gin (1991)
11. Flesh For Lulu - Plastic Fantastic (1989)
12. Hanoi Rocks - Oriental Beat (1982)
13. The Lime Spiders - The Cave Comes Alive! (1987)

Skunk Anansie
Fiona Apple
The Cure
The Police
Jeff Buckley
Kriss Kross (Uncle Saxon is my MACKDADDY)

Well, in keeping it to one album per artist, here goes ...

Xymox ~ Twist of Shadows
Enya ~ Watermark
Depeche Mode ~ Violator
The Cure ~ Wish
U2 ~ Achtung Baby
Switchblade Symphony ~ Serpentine Gallery
Sisters of Mercy ~ Floodland
KMFDM ~ Money
Rammstein ~ Seinsucht
Erasure ~ Chorus
Book of Love ~ Candy Carol
The Choir ~ Chase the Kangaroo
Mad at the World ~ Through the Forest

In no particular order:

The Who - Who's Next
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Queen - News of the World
Boston - Boston
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
The James Gang - Rides Again
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Yes - The Yes Album
Heart - Little Queen
Bad Company - Bad Company
Black Oak Arkansas - Hot and Nasty: The Best of BOA
Grand Funk Railroad - Caught in the Act