Tom Caruana - Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers (2010)

Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello. Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse. Wu-Tang Clan and... The Beatles?! Yes, you read right. Not so much a collaboration as it is a mashup, Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers is a work of pure brilliance that holds street cred on both fronts. Oasis ain't got shit on Wu-Tang Clan, and The Beatles ain't nuthin' to fuck wit'.

For fans of: Girl Talk, Tor and Sufjan Stevens, Jaydiohead

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Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind (1983)

Respect your elders, kids, otherwise they'll melt your face off. This album is a monument among albums in the NWOBHM (that's New Wave of British Heavy Metal for those of you following along at home) genre. This album is home to lyrics influenced by everyone from Tennyson to Crowley and guitar licks without which there would be no Coheed and Cambria or Dream Theater. The most famous piece of music on this record is no doubt "The Trooper," inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade," which displays its famous "galloping" bass line and unforgettable intro. This is good for you, so eat up.

For fans of: Judas Priest, AC/DC, Saxon

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Bipolaroid - E(i)ther Or (2008)

When original Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett passed away a few years back, his spirit never left this plane. Instead, it set up shop in the body of a man from New Orleans named Ben Glover and started this band. Ben's singing and playing, but good old Syd is the one holding the strings. This record has the musical togetherness of "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," but still has times when it goes off its hinges in the style of "The Madcap Laughs" or "Barrett." My favorite track on the album has got to be "Jane Jubilee." In the mood for something new that reminds you a bit of the old? Look no further.

For fans of: Pink Floyd (the first two records), The Kinks, The Velvet Underground

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The Beatles - The White Album

The best. Classic. If you don't have it, get it.

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