I bought this album for .50 in high school at a garage sale. This vinyl version is still complete with the cut-outs of Sgt. Pepper’s uniform that were slid inside of the album jacket. For me, I think it is the first album that I listened to as an album – and not a collection of unmarried songs. She’s Leaving Home and A Day in the Life have always stood out to me, but other popular choices include When I’m 64 and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. It is what I would argue, the best Beatles album.
But don't take my word for it:
"From the playful sounds of clucking chickens on “Good Morning Good Morning” and the fairground calliopes on “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!” to George Harrison’s soulful sitar on “Within You Without You,” to the magnificent orchestral crescendo at the end of “A Day in the Life,” Sgt. Pepper’s signaled to the world that the Beatles were no longer content to write songs about holding a girl’s hand."
"To everyone's complete lack of surprise, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has been anointed the best album ever in a new Rolling Stone poll. The Beatles' consecrated 1967 classic tops "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time," a collector's issue on stands Friday. Though typically the odds-on favorite for such rankings, Sgt. Pepper wasn't a slam-dunk.
"There was a horse race," says Rolling Stone music editor Joe Levy. "Early on, any number of albums in the top 10 were in the lead. The final result is no shock, but there's a reason for that. The Beatles, after all, were the most important and innovative rock group in the world. And Sgt. Pepper arguably set the tone for what an album could be.""
"There was a horse race," says Rolling Stone music editor Joe Levy. "Early on, any number of albums in the top 10 were in the lead. The final result is no shock, but there's a reason for that. The Beatles, after all, were the most important and innovative rock group in the world. And Sgt. Pepper arguably set the tone for what an album could be.""
"IT WAS 40 years ago today that the Beatles put out Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. With its orchestral arrangements, trace of eastern rhythms, collage art and reported inspiration in LSD, the album is said to be the most influential rock record of all time. Newsweek compared it to The Wasteland by T. S. Eliot. Critic Kenneth Tynan extravagantly called it "a decisive moment in the history of Western civilisation"." ...
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