Albums you like that are not typical of your usual preferences

Freebird

This is way off what I normally listen too, but I still like it after 12 years, so I think it's a keeper!

ICBM

Everything by Steve Vai. (Except Sex & Religion.)

thecolourbox

Ellie Goulding's Halcyon

TheMarlin

Ambivalence Avenue - Bibio
Music has the right to children - Boards of Canada
22, A million - Bon Iver
Bach: Six Concertos for Margrave of Brandenburg- European Brandenburg Ensemble, & Trevor Pinnock
Television Ears - Iced Ink
Jake in a box - Jake Thackeray 
Jet Set - Los Straitjackets 
Half the perfect World - Madeline Peyroux
What’s going on - Marvin Gaye 
Vampyros Lesbos (sexadelic dance party) - Original Soundtrack
Ultra Lounge: Space-capades vol 3
The Vermillion Border - Viv Albertine

EricTheWeary

We were discussing Gone to Earth by David Sylvian on here the other day which is one of my favourite albums of all time despite having little in common with anything that might make that list. 
And despite my general dislike of prog rock ( which usually fails as progressive and as rock ) I love pretty much everything Rush. 

digitalkettle

Trench - Twenty One Pilots

thecolourbox

thecolourbox said:

Ellie Goulding's Halcyon

I got a lol for this but I'm being genuine, it's a brilliant album and much better than her other efforts. Lovely synth textures that work quite well with her voice, much more ambitious than her other stuff

Philly_Q

thecolourbox said:

thecolourbox said:

Ellie Goulding's Halcyon

I got a lol for this but I'm being genuine, it's a brilliant album and much better than her other efforts. Lovely synth textures that work quite well with her voice, much more ambitious than her other stuff

Oh, I thought she was an athlete.  I must have been misled by those adverts where she says she strengthens her hair like she strengthens her body...

Philly_Q

I'm a fan of Thea Gilmore, who is definitely not metal. 

Can't remember how it happened really, I think I just heard a track from her Rules for Jokers album long ago and loved it.  I still buy all her stuff but I must admit I mostly listen to that particular album.

Paul_C

Goldfrapp - 7th Tree

SidNewton

I really like the first 3 or 4 Bjork albums.

steven70

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ICBM

steven70 said:

Camel- Rain Dances.
I hate keyboard and moog heavy prog, but I can't help liking this (and most Camel)
Edit- especially on vinyl, this one.

I love Stationary Traveller - it captures the atmosphere of the late Cold War better than almost any other music, for me - but I’ve never really been able to get into anything else of theirs, despite having tried - a friend was really into them at school.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

A friend of mine recommended me Ryan Adam's album of Taylor Swift covers. It sounded like an effing dreadful concept and was full expecting to hate it, but actually rather enjoyed it!

Even ended up coving a couple of the tracks myself with said friend at some acoustic gigs.

Winny_Pooh

At present probably this album,
Germanic Reggae

https://open.spotify.com/track/52pwjVcOEd74PTGYODKBzD?si=gXAeNm8tRk2qPdxf6E788g

dropbear59

Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
Ed Sheeran - X
Mika - Life in Cartoon Motion
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
Nightwish - Once

viz

ICBM said:

Everything by Steve Vai. (Except Sex & Religion.)

You’ll get there!

axisus

I guess I'm mostly prog, classic rock, hard rock, metal.

Love this album by tall head, round head and Buxom wench a lot though:

ICBM

viz said:

ICBM said:

Everything by Steve Vai. (Except Sex & Religion.)

You’ll get there!

No, it’s dreadful . I know he wanted to try something different so he didn’t just make another Passion & Warfare... but he succeeded.

Basically it’s everything I dislike about the sort of music that makes it surprising that I love everything else he’s done .

punchesjudy

Lorde - Pure Heroine. 
Proper good that album. So so good. 

viz

ICBM said:

viz said:

ICBM said:

Everything by Steve Vai. (Except Sex & Religion.)

You’ll get there!

No, it’s dreadful . I know he wanted to try something different so he didn’t just make another Passion & Warfare... but he succeeded.

Basically it’s everything I dislike about the sort of music that makes it surprising that I love everything else he’s done .

Listen to pig 50 times in a row and then come back to me.


(Don’t really)