This past weekend I went to an H-Mart (kind of like a Korean grocery store chain here in the US) to look for ramyun, soju and rice cakes. My mission was only a partial success (no soju) but on the way out of the store, I landed upon a bonus level..a kpop shop!

There were calendars, photo cards, phone cases...AND CD'S!!!!!!!!!!!

Guys, I didn't have the ability to think clearly so I went for what was the prettiest. There was SHINee, but the Sherlock album was the Taemin cover, there was no Misconceptions of Us (just you and me) and only Lucifer version B. So I ended up with Grown by 2pm version B and EXO-K Overdose. They were not cheap (2pm was $30 and EXO was $27 US) but they were brand new and came with a poster (they were sold out of the 2pm poster so I got a SHINee poster). Once I got out of the store, I had so many regrets. Regrets that I didn't choose a different title or version and regrets that I didn't have more money on me to buy more albums. But I am not one to live in the past so with that in mind, please help me choose.

What Kpop albums should I order? I have mp3 albums, so please don't base your decision only on music. I am posting a few unboxings below (NOT ME) and would appreciate your input because right now my collection is very small. I only have 4 actual albums:

Rain - Back to Basic

Shinee - Amigo

EXO-K - Overdose

2pm - Grown (version A)

My favorite groups/artists are

SHINee (duh),

Big Bang,

2pm,

EXO-K,

Sistar,

Miss A

and 2ne1

.........but I like a lot of other groups.

I plan to buy 2 albums a month and I will post an album packaging review soon so please help me make the tough choices!!

TO BE CLEAR: the unboxings on this post are not necessarily the albums I want, but merely examples of all you get when you spend the money for a physical copy. Don't feel limited to the examples above.