The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

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May 26th, 1967.

The forward thinking, cinematic experience that is Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band takes it's 55th trip around the sun in all its esteemed pop glory. As influential as they come, Sgt. Peppers remains ahead of the curve to this day - things of this quality often do. Often imitated, but never bettered, The Beatles eighth studio album has become something that exists on its own plane. It's as crucial to pop culture as any. Released right before the summer of '67, the summer of love, Sgt. Peppers would go on to encapsulate and reign in an era of psychedelic sunshine and curiosity.

Sticking to the DNA of everything in the public eye for the rest of eternity, The Beatles crafted a record with overarching themes, reprisals to previously mentioned characters, ode's to those that came before - check out the cast on the cover! - and used the recording studio - Abbey Road - as an instrument in itself to take things to the next level. The fourth wall, which stands between reality and the dimension created through art, was well and truly blurred at this point. From here on out the question as to what was real and what was merely imaginary became severely obscured. The art world would slowly merge with the music world. Two months earlier in March of '67, Warhol and The Velvet Underground would align and cast a significant spell on future industry proceedings.

A Day in the Life caps off the album in lachrymose fashion. The day is done. The curtain call comes for us all.

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