Here's a partial list of non-metal albums I considered in no particular order.

• Rihanna - ANTI
  
• Waveshaper - Station Nova
  
• Snaked - Year of the Snake
  
• Above & Beyond - Acoustic II
  
• Hiromi - Spark

For reasons I've already mentioned before, I like to maintain a separate list of non-metal albums.  Although the list of non-metal albums is significantly shorter, it was way more difficult to narrow it down than the metals.  These albums come from genres that are not in my wheelhouse, and I find it harder to find the words to describe my thoughts.  After playing around with the list for about a week I finally settled on this glorious top 10.

Here's a partial list of albums I considered in no particular order.

• Insomnium - Winter’s Gate
• Ricinn - Lian
• Myrath - Legacy
• Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika 
• Zhrine - Unortheta
• Lizard Professor - Eccentricity
• Darkestrah - Turan