Nirvana made a bundle doing this. Even if it didn’t contain any unreleased material,demos or live versions, fans/collectors would still buy it. Some of them were only released in other countries so may have had something to do with a promotion or tour. There was no iTunes so this was a way for bands to cash in. Not to mention all the money made by record stores selling bootlegs. The music business was far more lucrative in the 90’s.

Agreed. My only knock would be that I’m not a fan of drum solos on albums.

Some of the early pre-Catch a Fire Bob Marley recordings have mistakes left and right, but they didn't do multitrack recording in those days and they could only afford one or two takes per song.

That would absolutely never fly today, everything must be perfect to the degree that it's kind of soulless.

that is true, a lot of my favourite artists have had brilliant b sides

Matt & the Mikes - Flint Meadow Lane

Sometimes when they released a single afterwards, it made that have a live track, various remixes, and b sides, etc.

Check out Beware the Beast by Carpenter Brut

I think my list is pretty solid, but I pulled it from another post I made with a different purpose. Also, it’s my list so it’s biased towards my preferences. For a more global resource, try the ranked list below. This is the best list of top albums I’ve seen, and it spans a lot of genres.

https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/

Rival Sons - Jordan

The entire album, and catalogue for that matter, is really fantastic.

For feeling in a instrument I would recommend kind of blue - miles davis. Also a great intro to jazz.

The other way to find stuff is to look at influences, if you’re a nirvana fan try pixies - doolittle , who nirvana copy a lot for their biggest hits, or Swans - young god ep if paper cuts is your favourite nirvana song.

The other suggestions for emotion through soundscape would be Devin Townsend - ocean machine, and Godspeed you! Black emperor - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven(only if you’re open to different music)

Melanie - Weird Al Yankovic

What about something by Barns Courtney? Like maybe Never Let You Down, You and I, or Supernatural?

Hot Snakes (85K)

Nick Lutsko (111K)

Bummers (18K)

Fee Lion (23K)

The Birthday Party (75K)

The Lawrence Arms (112K)

This was interesting to think about, b/c there are a lot of artists I thought would have fewer streams, and I thought Hot Snakes and The Birthday Party in particular would have way more.

it's funny that I don't know any of them I'll give some of 'em a listen when I finish the others, thanks btw

Early Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me?, From Her To Eternity

The Cure - Disintegration

Thom Yorke - Anima

Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Can - Future Days

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works

Low - Hey What

OutKast - The Love Below

Neil Young - Harvest (or Decade for a good comp)

Andrew Bird - Break it Yourself

St Vincent - Strange Mercy

Tune-Yards - WHO KILL

Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun

Nick Cave - Ghosteen

Sturgill Simpson - SOUND AND FURY (more rock) and/or A Sailors Guide to Earth (more country-ish)

John Prine - John Prine

——Metal/Hard Rock you may still like——-

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

Tool - Lateralus

Rage Against the Machine - s/t

Pixies - Surfer Rosa

Well, what is the style called then?

That sounds like a pitch-shifted violin - I don't think it's specifically Middle Eastern.

Wax Fang - The Astronaut

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland

I'll give it a listen

Shilpa Ray (42K)

The Geraldine Fibbers (1943)

Ike Reilly

Great suggestions, But unfortunately I listened to all of them and pink Floyd is my fav band, if you could suggest rock albums but calm with great music and not metal it'll be great, I like a good voice and great music

JoeJas - Nomad

I think it’s 1990-2000 maybe 2010