Picking one Beatles album to recommend might be the hardest task of my adult life.

What endeavor could be more difficult and involve so much complication?

For starters, the most suitable Beatles album for any given individual fluctuates greatly, depending on that person's style and character: Maya Angelou enjoys Magical Mystery Tour, I imagine, while Christian Slater probably opts for Revolver.

Unfortunately, there is no way to really solve this problem.

I decided if there is only one album to propagate, it should be the most interesting and obscure -- the one that contains a lot of good music that isn't particularly well known.

If you ask me, that record is The Beatles, which is normally referred to as the White Album because -- surprise -- the cover is white.

Don't get me wrong, there are certainly some popular songs that are featured in the White Album: "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Revolution," among a couple others.

(Note: the album version of "Revolution" is slower paced and acoustical, compared to the version released as a single).

Even with a few popular hits, the White Album has more tracks than any other Beatles album, excluding "best of" compilations or the anthologies.

And therefore, there is plenty of great music, which is relatively unknown by the general public.

What's so amazing about this record is the disparity of songs.

There are warm love songs, such as "I Will" and "Julia." There are hard rock songs, like "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey," and Paul McCartney's fantastic "Helter Skelter."

Some of the works defy categorization, such as "Wild Honey Pie." There's even a Beach Boys knockoff entitled "Back in the U.S.S.R."

The White Album includes many songs, which are almost like children's books in terms of content.

"Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," for instance, features the title character going "tiger hunting with his elephant and gun." "Piggies" and "Rocky Raccoon" are just two more songs that are whimsical and slightly humorous, but also catchy.

Most of the songs make great use of multi-tracking, which gives them a layered sound with lots of different instruments and melodies taking place in the same composition.

"Sexy Sadie," "Cry Baby Cry," and "Birthday" all incorporate the piano to great effect; "Dear Prudence" and "Back in the U.S.S.R" benefit from backup singers, and "Glass Onion" even contains a string section in the background.

The only thing that holds the album together is the greatness of the Beatles, and even their attachment as a group is questionable.

In a way it is difficult to classify the White Album as a true Beatles record, because by this point, John Lennon and McCartney were going their separate ways and the creative process was very isolationist in nature.

But still, one can discern the influence of the entire group in the music, even if that influence was merely the result of competitiveness among the members.

Regardless, the songs on the White Album couldn't have been made without the Beatles aura, and this is one album both Mayo Angelou and Christian Slater would enjoy.