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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles' 8th studio album, released in May '67, revolutionised popular music composition & production. It had an immediate cross-generational impact, inspiring the '60s youth culture of fashion, drugs, mysticism & optimism. Dubbed as art rock, progenitor to progressive rock & start of album era, its release marked the Summer of Love & legitimization of pop music as art.
An absolute essential. No argument.