I love My Chemical Romance! People write them off as scary, meaningless emo, but they're not at all. The vast majority of their lyrics have real meaning and the vocals are great for head-banging. =]

Panic at the Disco, post "Fever", post exclamation point, much matured as artists and ready to offer something more then emo pop (not that we were complaining). In this Beatles-inspired album, Panic shows off a whole new side of themselves, and the album's title just sums it up: the songs are pretty, the songs are odd.

Actually, this is my least-favorite Yellowcard album, but I'm putting it on here because it's still awesome punk pop music, with the earth-shaking "Ocean Avenue" single included.

I personally don't think Fall Out Boy sold out, and it's not even like I'm their biggest fan. Okay, so "Thanks for the Memories" was sorely lacking. It didn't show half of what FOB has to offer. But this album as a whole is still true to the core of FOB, and I love it.

So many hits on one album! It's ridiculous. I can't get enough of PWT's teen-love lyrics, though. I just can't.

Justin posesses soul found in singers far his elder, and yet he pulls it off beautifully. Easy on the eyes, too, not that that plays a role in whether you should buy the CD. ;)

My personal guilty pleasure. Metro Station is SO pop, usually more than I allow myself to listen to, but they're also SO talented and SO addicting. They're not commercialized, either, which is refreshing. They're pop just 'cause they want to be. Most all the songs on this CD were recorded by the boys when their fanbase was still Myspace-centric.