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1967 was the year that psychedelia ruled. It's music was very much in tune with the drug and hippie culture of its time. Today, the two Beatles' albums from this period feel like relics from a different age.  That's not to say there aren't any great and timeless songs on these LPs because there are. Read about them below and feel free to agree or disagree. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) In 2007, on the fortieth anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band , Bloggerhythms posted a lengthy reevaluation of this all time classic. In short, the LP many have considered to be not only The Beatles' masterpiece, but also the greatest album of all time, has become a record you love more with your head than with your heart. It is indeed an artistic triumph of production, sophistication, and originality but it lacks excitement because it is short of great songs. However, "A Day In The Life" is outstanding and a fabulous...

Smooth jazz is often boring and redundant. In the worst cases I would even call it modern elevator music, the kind of stuff you hear on the telephone when you're on hold for twenty-five minutes waiting to speak with a customer service rep you swear doesn't exist. Fortunately, the music's stature may be improving due to San Francisco’s Joyce Cooling . She is an anomaly in the world of smooth jazz because her work is quite compelling. The award winning Cooling is not a musician who should be heard only on your speaker phone. Global Cooling , her seventh CD, needs to be experienced on a good set of headphones and it must have a permanent home on your ipod so you can take her jazz with you everywhere you go. In addition to being a fine electric guitarist Cooling is also an appealing vocalist. Her singing adds an extra dimension to five of the eleven tracks on her latest disc but it’s her love of world beats and foreign instruments, more than her axe playing, that make t...