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Here are the essential albums for the Rock/Pop genre. Some of these helped to create and define the genre. Some of them are so universally loved by critics and fans, they are synonymous with the genre. Others are simply the pinnacle of artistic success from a particular artist. Whatever the case, a great collection would be incomplete without these essential albums.

Artist	Title	Format	Comments	Cost
Bowie, David	Heroes	CD	Remastered	$9.99	INFO
Green Day	Dookie	CD		$10.99	INFO
McGonigal, Mike	My Bloody Valentine Loveless : 33 1/3	book	136 page soft cover. My Bloody ValentineÕs Loveless is one of the most revered albums of the 1990s. Highly influential, shrouded in mystery, it has Ð so far Ð been an impossible album to follow up for its chief creator, Kevin Shields. Here, Mike McGonigal pieces together the often painful process behind the writing and recording of Loveless, and tries to separate fact from fiction in a story that involves (among other things) chinchillas, chicken-eating contests, countless engineers, and sleep deprivation. The result Ð with the help of Kevin Shields and the rest of MBV Ð is a fitting tribute to this remarkable record.	$10.95	INFO
My Bloody Valentine	Loveless	CD		$7.99	INFO
My Bloody Valentine	Loveless	LP	on 180 gram vinyl	$19.99	INFO
Nine Inch Nails	Pretty Hate Machine	CD		$9.99	INFO
Nirvana	Nevermind	CD		$9.99	INFO
R.E.M.	Murmur	CD		$9.99	INFO
R.E.M.	Murmur : Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition	CD	comes with bonus CD recorded live in July 1983	$26.99	INFO
Radiohead	OK Computer	CD		$9.99	INFO
Radiohead	OK Computer	LP	2 record set on 180 gram vinyl	$26.99	INFO
Radiohead	OK Computer	DVD	A Classic Album Under Review	$14.99	INFO
Radiohead	OK Computer : Limited edition	LP	picture disc	$25.99	INFO
Radiohead	OK Computer : Collectors Edition	CD	comes with bonus CD	$21.99	INFO
Radiohead	OK Computer : Special Edition	CD	Deluxe box set with 2 CDs and bonus DVD	$29.99	INFO
Smashing Pumpkins	Gish	CD		$15.99	INFO
Sonic Youth	Sister	CD		$7.99	INFO
Soundgarden	Badmotorfinger	CD		$9.99	INFO
Soundgarden	Badmotorfinger : Limited Edition	LP	pressed on blue vinyl	$25.99	INFO