Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the most successful albums by anyone! It is considered as most influential album in the 20th Century. It was #1 hit when it was released in 1967; especially, in the U.S. the album stayed top over 175 weeks.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band#Track_listing)
It is also considered as a 1st concept album ever made and of course, it’s made by The Beatles. Not to mention, it was very experimental and innovative by using multi-track recording to produce different layers of sound into one, and they used tape-based keyboard sampler for magnetic tape… This is back in ’67, but you have to give The Beatles credit for creating the sound of future. The unique sound of this album tells you this is the psychedelic album. For those who do not know about psychedelic means, it means to manifest your mind. “Within You Without You” is made by George Harrison. Predominately writers in The Beatles are John Lennon and Paul McCarthy, but George Harrison usually makes 1 or 2 tracks in The Beatles album. In this album, It would be “Within You Without You,” inspired by Indian music and you could notice the many Indian instruments are used in this song. The sitar guitar is played by George Harrison with Indian musicians. The sound of music is very calm that you could probably even meditate through this song, and using numerous tradition Indian instruments like drums and strings produce very mystical tunes. It creates very spiritual sound which makes George Harrison almost sound like as if he is a Guru. (Guru means a mentor who practices meditations).Not to mention, the lyrics deal with idea of Hindu and reincarnation. It fits perfect with the concept of this album, psychedelics.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L6kfPnNMGKA “Within You Without You”- The Beatles