<B>Break out the flannel, scrunchies, and high-rise jeans and indulge in this nostalgic illustrated trip through the 1990s’ most influential albums across all genres.</B><BR/><BR/> In <I>501 Essential Albums of the ’90s</I>, Gary Graff leads a cast of fellow music journalists in presenting the music of everyone’s favorite decade…the last decade before the proliferation of social media and digital downloads.<BR/><BR/> With <B>lively descriptions</B> of the releases and <B>over 600 images</B>, <B>this hefty 448-page volume curates 501 albums</B> spanning genres and subgenres—pop, hip-hop, R&B, grunge, metal, country, world music—and features:<BR/>  <ul><li> Year-by-year organization </li><li> Knowledgeable rundowns of every album featured </li><li> Album art for each selection </li><li> Artist imagery </li><li> Record label, release date, and producer(s) for each </li><li> Soundtracks and compilation releases also included </li></ul><BR