Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is perhaps the greatest musical achievement of the modern era.
So when the Flaming Lips announced that they would be issuing a full cover version of The Beatles' 1967 classic - titled With A Little Help From My Fwends - some music fans were understandably wary of the final product.
But those who are iffy on the Lips got some good news today: The band will be getting by with a little help from... well, you know.
The project took a big step forward on Monday with the announcement of its tracklist - a gauntlet of stars that includes Miley Cyrus, MGMT, My Morning Jacket and several other artists playing alongside Wayne Coyne and company.
The singer posted this picture on Instagram (and we did our best to decipher the message below):
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Flaming Lips)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (My Morning Jacket, Fever the Ghost, J Mascis)
- With a Little Help from My Friends (The Flaming Lips, Black Pus, The Autumn Defense)
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Miley Cyrus, Moby, The Flaming Lips)
- Getting Better (Doctor Dog, Chuck Inglish)
- Fixing a Hole (Electric Worms)
- She's Leaving Home (Phantogram, Juliana Barwick)
- Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (The Flaming Lips, Maynard James Keenan, Sunbears)
- Within You Without You (Birdflower, Morgan Delt)
- When I'm Sixty-Four (The Flaming Lips)
- Lovely Rita (Tegan and Sara, Stardeath, White Dwarves)
- Good Morning Good Morning (Zorch, Grace Potter, Treasure Mammal)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Reprise] (Foxygen, MGMT)
- A Day in the Life (The Flaming Lips, Miley Cyrus)
Radio.com notes that a portion of sales from the album will go to the Bella Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Oklahoma City - the band's hometown - that assists low-income, elderly, or terminally ill pet owners with veterinary care costs.
Stereogum also pointed out another Coyne Instagram post that stated the band will play their 1993 album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart in full at Minneapolis' First Avenue on Sept. 14.
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