Quick easy way to get high level exposure to a variety of albums from the 90s. The details/information on the albums was a little lack luster. It didn't really provide anything new or interesting.

I am a huge fan of music in general and of the music of the 90s in particular. Thanks to this very informative book, I could not only reminisce, but also learned new facts about my favorite decade in music.
All in all, a very interesting read that would make an excellent coffee table book.

Very interesting. This would make a great coffee table book for music lovers. Some interesting facts .

Overall, the book was well written, captured my attention and I did really enjoy it. Thank you for this advance copy!

This was a neat book to flip through and didn't take me very long to read. The pictures are great and I liked learning more about albums that I liked. The book starts out by stating that it's meant to cause arguments. I wouldn't argue over much in this book except for the fact that it relegated Freak on a Leash by Korn to a small blurb and didn't mention AFI at all.
A lot of different genres and artists are covered in the book. I hadn't even heard of some of them and I grew up in the 90's. I loved seeing Green Day's Dookie, The Offspring's Smash, The Spice Girls' Spice and Hanson's Middle of Nowhere in the book. It's also entertaining that Blink-182's Enema of the State and Backstreet Boys' Millennium are next to each other. If you know, you know.
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

501 Essential Albums of the 90s includes a wide range of artists and albums, and information about them. There were many that I have never heard of, so I am curious about the pool of sources used to put these all together. I also wonder how layout decisions were made (who would get a full spread, page, or half page). For example, NSYNC is mentioned in the description, but then was a half page mention, so that felt like a bit of a disconnect. It's an interesting concept and great for those feeling 90s nostalgia.

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group - Motorbooks and NetGalley for an eARC of this book for an honest review.