Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

There's some great songs on here, the first three or four in particular. It's weird, in that I don't think I'd ever properly heard this one all the way through before. There's definitely a lot more expansive stuff on here compared to other Beatle's records, but I personally think there's a lot of misses in here too. There's also some stuff I actively dislike as well. I'm not digging 'Within You Without You' at all (sorry George).

This is a me-thing, but I'm very meh on The Beatles. This album is fine-ok.

It's a great album, loved it since I first heard it in high school. I can remember where I was the first time I heard this record and it really changing my understanding of the Beatles' music. It led me into their later albums and will always hold a special place for me. It's a 5/5. Standout Tracks: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, With a Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds, Getting Better, Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Within You Without You, Lovely Rita, Good Morning Good Morning, A Day In the Life

Putting aside the profound significance of this album as a cultural landmark of the 1960's that would have a pronounced influence on generations of individuals, musicians and otherwise, I also like to remind myself that the music on this album is just so amazing to listen to, some 60 years on. "With a Little Help...", "Lucky in the Sky...", "Getting Better", "Being for the Benefit", "Within You Without You", "A Day in the Life"....virtually every song on this album is not only a must-listen, but a straight up Beatles classic.

Score: 70 Some good songs. Some mid songs. At least they admit they beat women on this album

The Beatles beat all their instruments and sing about drugs.This is my first time hearing a Beatles album in full. It sounds ahead of its time. Very good production and a great mix of all kinds of songs, but they all feel like they belong and make a complete project. Its cool to hear experimental music and sounds this early on. Listening to it now, I believe that this would change the industry.

brilliant!

Kinda as always with the Beatles, and especially this era of them, the production history of this is a lot more interesting to me than the music itself. It's good, but I find it musically less interesting than Revolver, and historically less interesting than White Album

I did enjoy the show. Fixing a Hole to Within You Without You is a bit of a bore but it picks up again with When I’m Sixty-Four.

nice album, middle is a bit weird, sounds foreign like musically. I love with a little help from my friends.

So far the Beatles make up only 2% of the albums I have reviewed on this site, so much lower number than anticipated. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of the few albums that I have already heard start to finish on my own (which is something, I guess?). There is no denying - this record probably revolutionised popular music and started countless experimentation, that resulted in new music genres of all kind. Sound as of late 60s is definitely unique. As it stands right now, I think the reception of the album is still good, but not as amazing as you would think. It starts with a great trio of songs, Self-titled, "With a Little Help of my Friends" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". All three are now in popculture, many covers were made (some even better than original), and they still sound fresh and quite epic. After those songs, I couldn't find anything that would be as interesting, it all felt like a filler to this great opening. Small exception maybe to "A Day in the Life", which nicely mixes McCartney and Lennon style. Other than that, slightly disappointing for the "Greatest Band in History".

Keigoe aja

I was going to under-rate this to make sone sort of statement, but the break after “64” to the intro of “Lovely Rita” is one of my favorite sounds.

Love it.

Whelp

LP

What more can be said? Easily one of the top 5 rock albums of all time and a timeless masterpiece. There is not a wrong note or a bad song on the entire album.

One of the best albums ever.

This was a better listen than The White Album and Rubber Soul, and I enjoyed some of the more experimental parts.

I have been waiting for this one. Without a doubt, Sgt. Pepper's is one of the most (if not THE most) innovative and influential albums of all time. Everything from the songwriting, sound, production, and even the artwork, was like nothing else I had seen at the time - even from the Beatles themselves. The Beatles had a voracious appetite to learn. You can tell that by listening to the boundless variety in the songs on this album. The musical metamorphosis of the Beatles from "Please Please Me" (1963) to Sgt. Pepper's (1967) was unparalleled. Finally, the band had the innate ability to absorb their daily experiences and beliefs and translate them into the most creative music and lyrics. Just amazing, or maybe just A Day in the Life.

Favourites: Fixing A Hole, Shes Leaving Home, A Day In The Life - Gutes Intro + Ende - keine langweiligen lieder, gute abwechslung - kann man gut am stück hören - skit-songs sind gut, lockern auf

260 streams for The Beatles but only one listen through Sgt Peppers - seems criminal doesn't it? Artist #64 Who am I to give this album anything less...

no need to say more

so close to a four but just doesn't make it for me

Another album that is more notable due to who made it rather than the album's own merits. It's fine.

Very interesting and unique style. Some of the lyrics threw me off but the instrumentals make up for it. Somewhat nostalgic but very quirky overall. Fave track(s): She's Leaving Home, Being For The Benefit Of Mr.Kite!

A 5 all day. Not my favourite Beatles album but an incredible achievement. A Day in the Life is one of the best songs ever recorded

It's an undeniable classic. There's nothing I can say about it that hasn't been said already. I do want to add that I feel that When I'm Sixty Four is a lot better than it often gets credit for. I find it fun, relaxing, and "cute".

This is the definition of an overrated album. The amount of hype portraying this as perfection in musical form hurts it and forces you to listen more critically and decrease your own rating. This album is not bad. It's much more important to the Beatles and their mythos than it is important to music as a whole. It's decent but not great. There are better Beatles albums for sure.

Can't write anything about this album that's not already written. i just don't care about the beatles and this has not changed anything. i've always found they make me a little bit nauseous. that said...credit where credits due

Fantastic!

Interesting album, didn't bore me. Many songs came through for me. They touched chords in my soul that the previous two proposed works did not. I undoubtedly reconfirm what many critics before me have said, an album that has had its day. I would add that despite the years it is still able to tell us something, I refer to the more strictly musical aspect.

My first CD!

I don't love love the Beatles but that's top tier stuff

Controversially, this is not even close to my favorite Beatles album, but it's still got some awesome songs.

It had been so long since I’d listened to the album in its entirety and maybe had taken for granted now amazing it is as a whole.

Classic, always a good choice.

Ive always liked this album probably not actually a 5 based on my rating scale but who cares

I will most likely rate all Beatles albums as 5's. I enjoy this one because of it's psychedelic experimentation.

3rd best Beatles album

Never been a big Beatles fan, but also never hated them. Enjoyed their LSD journey.

Would be a weird album to not give 5 stars. Appreciate that it’s also a bit of a story/theme. Realistically, very few of my favorite Beatles songs are here, but it’s still very fun.

Perfection

There is literally nothing more to say about this album

Well, it’s SPLHCB. One of the greatest albums ever produced. I listened to it more carefully this time as a concept album, rather than the individual songs I’ve heard many times, and realized I’ve never really appreciated it that way before.

It’s the Sgt Pepper’s of Sgt Pepper’s, innit? All cheekiness aside, the album is a significant cultural touchstone, much like Nirvana’s Nevermind. It encapsulated a generational mindset. It was/is IMPORTANT. And Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is about LSD and you cannot deny it, Paul. Nope.

As a Gen Z kid, this album does nothing for me. It’s got some good tracks (the self titled track), some great ones (Lovely Rita and A Day In The Life), and some totally dreadful ones (Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, I will never think to myself that I want to hear this song ever again.) I will say that The Beatles themselves are an overrated band, though they are incredibly important. Sweet Bob Dylan cameo in the cover, 4/5.

Nothing is left that hasn't been said about this album, and it's largely right. The hottest take I have is that Within You Without You is crap. Like a diet Tomorrow Never Knows. Other than that, pretty bloody perfect.

Uno dei miei album preferiti di sempre. Ho iniziato ad ascoltare i Beatles da adolescente, perché le canzoni erano orecchiabili e soprattutto semplici da capire per qualcuno che non conosceva ancora bene l'inglese. Questo album però di semplice ha ben poco, almeno a livello musicale sono presenti così tante sfumature che è impossibile parlare dell'album nella sua interezza senza andare a parlare nello specifico delle singole canzoni. In ogni caso, 5/5. Best tracks: She's Leaving Home Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Reprise A Day In The Life

The best Beatles album. One of the best albums of all time. This album created so many different styles of music and was vastly influential. My short blurb does not do the band justice on the impact this album has made on society. An amazing album from beginning to the spectacular end. One of the best album covers. Everything about this, even George’s eastern inspired tracks, make this album so interesting to listen to each time. 10/10

When I was twelve years old, I bought my first album — a cassette tape of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band that I saw at the Smitty's grocery store in Mesa, Arizona. I think I liked the colorful album cover and the outlandish outfits. I took it home and pressed play, and began a musical journey that has led me in many different directions but always — ALWAYS — back to the Beatles and this glorious, wonderful album. Thank you, lads.

First Beatles album I’ve heard start to finish and thought this was good. First few tracks are great, Lucy in the Sky is far and away my favourite on here. After the song start I thought it fell into a lull of lames tracks, that wasn’t snapped until Mr.Kite but then When I’m 64 comes on and that was kinda lame too. From there on out they finish strong. It’s good, I liked it best when they were leaning heavy on the psychedelic sounds. Strong album 4 stars

I'll be willing to wager that there isn't much to be said about this album that hasn't already been said. Almost 30 years ago, I "studied" this album for my music GCSE. It was nearly 30 years old then, and plenty had been written at that point. This album is exceptional. Musically wonderful, diverse and each track is curated wonderfully. Stand-out tracks are Within You, Without You and, of course, A Day In The Life. A Day In The Life might be one of the best tracks ever recorded... well, ever. I'll say something though - when I last listened to this album, I sure wasn't listening to it on the kit I have now. I've heard more of the instrumentation this time around, and it all fits together splendidly. Even the de-tuned piano at the start of A Day In The Life fits perfectly. I remember thinking, at the age of 15 or 16, how the language used in She's Leaving Home was extraordinary. I'm not usually one to apply literary criticism to song lyrics - but this is just a masterclass in it. No reason is given by the girl for why she left. No reason is given by the parents. Despite this, it is clear as day why she did. Every utterance of the parent's lament is about themselves - "How could she do this to us" - "What did we do that was wrong?" - at no point did they attempt to see that their daughter was an individual, with her own thoughts, feelings and wants. It's just great.

I was raised on this album. It's a part of history. Part of a very special moment in time, It was a gift to us all.

Great album!! A classic.

The Beatles is certainly not my thing. I don't get any excitement from their songs. Didn't like it.

Moeilijk om het objectief te zien maar dit is wel echt een goed album. Hoe heb ik dit nooit in z'n geheel geluisterd? Heb hem meteen nog een keer opgezet.

Blues chords and catchy chorus’. Not much else going on don’t really get the hype.

There isn’t much to say about this album which hasn’t already been said ad nauseam. It’s a frequent entry in “Greatest Albums of All Time” lists, and more often than not it takes the prize. For me, the Beatles were suffering diminishing returns from Revolver onwards, and this record is no exception. Experimentation is used to mask the more dispensable tracks on this album, but that’s not to say it doesn’t at least partially live up to the hype. The soaring conclusion is deserving of masterpiece status on its own, so you can overlook missteps like “When I’m 64”. The Beatles were never a rabble-rousing group of revolutionaries, at least in their lyrical sentiments, but the musical leap forward on this album is indeed a great one. It’s not quite deserving of 5 star status for me (there is just too muy throwaway fodder here for my liking) but its highs are indeed among the most significant in pop music history.

Above Beatles average

A Day In the Life is one of the best songs written, so this album should be 5 star. A couple of other nice songs too, but there is way too much filler and the album as a whole is quite a bit behind Revolver (10/10).

Finally a Beatles album that I can get fully behind.

The 500th album to rate and it's got a massive status. I can't help comparing it to Revolver, which we had just a week ago. Both records share an incredible richness but to me Sgt. Pepper is weaker in terms of song material, coherence and flow. I'll leave it at 4.

Greatest Beatles album. So many good songs in this album

This album is unique with the case that it's sonically cohesive with a theme, but it all sounds refreshing and not regurgitated.

cool show, mr. pepper

Iconic band, but I think I need to smoke whatever they are smoking

Not to my taste

Just an awesome, colorful, all-over-the-place album. Each song has it's own personality and character to it, with great topics and lyrics to support. I wasn't able to get the concept connection for a few of the songs, but I wouldn't say this takes away anything from the songs or album as a whole. 9/10

Top 5 njihovih albuma. Al opet, ima puno boljih od ovog - Revolver, Rubber Soul i Abbey Road, definitivno su ispred ovog albuma.

I know this is sacrilege but I've never listened to a full Beatles album. This one is pretty good, though I can't help but feel a bit disappointed. Too much hype. I've always loved A Day in the Life though, didn't know it was the closer of this album!

It was okay.

What can we say about Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band that hasn't been said before? Well, the cut-out of Marilyn Monroe was actually in colour, but before the layout was assembled the lads had a competition, where they would take turns to ejaculate onto the cut-out, maximum of three minutes from flop to pop, the winner being the one who lasted the most laps. By the time of the photoshoot, the Monroe cut-out was coated in so much Fab Four baby gravy that it appeared black and white. For the record, Ringo won the contest.* Unusual historical titbits aside, Sgt. Pepper is probably the most famous album of them all, and the most memetic. I've sat down with mates trying to name the various people on the cover, and I'm not an especial Beatles fan. The cover is also the accidental originator of many a supposed Paul-is-Dead hint (Paul has his back to the camera on the back cover, he's wearing a badge saying O.P.P., if you take the top half of the LONELY HEARTS writing on the bass drum, then reflect it, it spells I ONE X HE DIE (some people have simply lost touch with reality)). Regardless of its revolutionary reputation, Sgt. Pepper was a transitional work for the Beatles. Having recently decided to quit touring, the four lads took a three month break to follow their individual interests. George predictably went to India, Ringo just as predictably spent time with his family, John acted in the film How I Won the War, and Paul dropped acid for the first time (George and John having tried it previously). These solo pursuits fed ideas into what became Sgt. Pepper. George's love of Indian culture inspired Within You Without You (well, duh). John, being a bit of a tosser, had become more introverted and artsier, wishing to continue his psychedelic experimentation. Paul also wanted to try out those crazy new thoughts, man, and conceived of a fake band called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which would allow the band to probe exciting, far-out genres, from avant-garde classical to music-hall. The result is a Beatles album. It has all the same strengths of a standard Beatles album and all the same weaknesses. And the honest soul will admit it rates at the standard honest Beatles rating: 4/5. There are genuinely great songs on here: that is true of pretty much every Beatles album. There's also some filler that mars the album: that is also true of pretty much every Beatles album. I know that sounds rather hedging, rather wishy-washy, but how radical do you expect an assessment of the Beatles to be? How radical? Isn't this supposed to be the album that blew the doors off the world? As a 30something man in the arse end of 2022, it may well be impossible for me to hear Sgt. Pepper as innovative. Sure, I can intellectually dig how new all this tape looping and reverb was at the time, but I have lived my whole life in a world where such techniques were commonplace and, in some instances, obsolete. However, other contemporary trailblazers have retained some inventive freshness, such as The Doors' The End or Trout Mask Replica, and in fairness to the Moptops, A Day in the Life has remained sparksome. But perhaps the Beatles were just too big for their brainwaves to stay their brainwaves, and their ideas would inevitably diffuse to become everyone's ideas. That may bring the advantage that I'm not being distracted by all the novelty and can thus assess the songs independently from the whoosh of the new. And it's a few great songs, a bit of filler. The great ones are the obvious ones (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, A Day in the Life), the filler tends to be mildly dull rather than unpleasant (She's Leaving Home, Good Morning Good Morning). One can see how certain beret-wearers might find the whole music-hall, band-playing-a-band playfulness to be just irritating, but one also tends to feel that to be the attitude of a churl. However, it doesn't warrant five stars, much less the status as possibly the greatest album of them all. Just be content that it's rather good, and avoid every album attempting to be their band's take on Sgt. Pepper (Their Satanic Majesty's Request et. al.). Seriously, they're all crap without exception. *That might possibly not be true, but nobody's said it before, have they? NoRadio, signing off.

Should I ever return to Amsterdam and do shrooms with the same mfs in the same shitty hostel at the same cluttered desk of crushed Heineken cans, a half drunken espresso, and a disassembled “spliff” (there was zero green, only tobacco), “Within You Without You” will most certainly be blaring on full blast from a busted laptop. Otherwise, this would be a 3 for me, but it is Sgt. Pepper’s and “A Day in the Life” is truly a masterpiece.

Let me tell you a story. My grandma, born in 1950, grew up with the Beatles in her life. In 1964, the Beatles began their North American tour: 32 venues in 31 days. Every girl aged 10-18 in the country was begging to get tickets, willing to sell a kidney just to get a sniff of the Beatles. Finally, the day came where tickets went on sale, and my dear grandmother’s cousin got tickets! What joy! As luck would have it, my grandmother’s cousin and her friend were quite young, still a preteen, and they needed a responsible older girl to go with them. A 14 year old they trusted. Wait…that’s my grandmother!!! Any normal teenage girl would have been beaming, thrilled to have the once in a lifetime opportunity to see the Beatles live at the Boston Garden. My grandmother, however, was not a normal teenage girl. She HATED the Beatles with a passion. She thought their music was boring and that girls were too into them. She has in fact stated many times that she only listens to “real rock”. In fact, to quote her on her concert experience, my grandmother despised going, saying “You couldn’t actually hear anything they were singing because the crowd of girls was just shrieking the whole time”. She puts it up there as one of the worst concerts she has ever been to, and to this day refuses to listen to the Beatles. For that reason, along with other inconsistencies I found within the album, I cannot give this a 5 as many others have. This one’s for you Grammy!

The apple of music. Let's hear it... Sometimes it's hard being a contrarian (I'm a Samsung guy). This album deserves all the praise it's getting. It's funny, I remember in high school people thought it was cool to dislike the Beatles, what a rubbish lot. She's leaving home surprised me, i like it, same with being for the benefit of Mr kite. I enjoyed within without you. I'm gonna say a 4.75, it's nearly a 5, but I've decided that to be a 5 I have to know nearly every song and this isn't that for me.

So nice to have a good album after all the recent 90s hip hop treesha

This used to be my favorite Beatles album. I listened to it way too much as a teen. I’m a Paul fanboy so When I’m Sixty Four and Lovely Rita hit diff. Give me all the fluff! John called that style “old granny s***”. Also, She’s Leaving Home is my all time favorite Beatles song. Then you got LSD and the intro and outro. Damn, maybe this was my favorite album all along, I just got bored of saying it. Fixing a Hole is another just, wow, random Beatles song that’s pure greatness. Okay I’m looking at the track listing now to see what I forgot. Okay, Within You Without You is flaming hot garbage, it irks me to my core that it’s on this masterpiece of an album. Fuck you George. Oh how could I forget A Day in the Life, one of the greatest ever songs. Gee Zowy this album is amazing. I want to listen so bad but it’s 5 AM and I have to get up early. Ahhhhh, so excited that this is todays album! Re-listened and I was grinning ear to ear the whole time. This album is an antidepressant. Within You Without You deserves to be publicly beheaded tho. You can argue the merit of the sitar all day long, but this track sticks out like a sore thumb. And not in a good way. For those I haven’t mentioned yet, With a Little Help is great. Getting Better is more Paul Fluff, which I eat up. Being for the Benefit is a wacky song that gives this album the spine to be a concept album. Good Morning is fine. Final words: I love this album and it holds a very, very special place in my heart.

An obvious classic. From start to finish this is an album that has earned its status as an all-timer. Great production quality and even better songwriting strays sometimes a bit too much into the psychedelic for my tastes.

It’s Sgt. Pepper’s. Nothing more to be said.

What a fluid album! Great stuff.

muito bom, mas já ouvi tanto que não distinguo o que tem de novo. ao menos eu tinha tomado umas microdoses - viva a psicodelia!

What is there to say about this that hasn't been said yet in 1000's of articles, hundreds of documentaries and dozens of books on just this album? Mainly my opinion that it's not the Beatles' best work. That would be Revolver.

I’m not a Beatles fanatic. My view has always been tepid or meh. But I recognize musical genius and the Beatles have it. I recognize most of these tunes. Most are perfect and revolutionary. The Beatles started it. I enjoy this album and will rate it a 5/5. But I will move on.

Perhaps my favorite album ever. Every songs sends you into another world. Sgt. Pepper is perfect in every way, whether it's writing, singing, performance, production, arrangement, musical vision, or imagination. Exceptionally ambitious for its time and still sounds incredible.

good. like seeing the experimental stuff come out, but still just good.

I really like this album. The songs are great bops and I enjoyed almost every song. Definitely a fun album to listen to. Plus the Sgt Pepper intro and reprise are fun intros and decent songs themselves. Favorite song: With A Little Help From My Friends Worst song: Within You Without You

they fucked around and showed me sgt pepper

Not the same remarkable work I remember when I first listened to it years ago, a bit of the shock and historical significance is lost on us in 2022 with how far we have come, but still a top album with 3 legendary songs, cool sounds, a good run time, and probably one of the top 20 best songs of the 60s in Day in the Life.

While I liked it better than some other Beatles Albums since it's shorter and easier listening since it's not as "artsy", it is lacking a few more memorable songs to be 5 stars

Third listen. I feel strange only giving this a 3. I do love “A Day In The Life”, but the other songs still don’t really stand out to me. I don’t know why, just personal taste. Don’t have much specific to say about this.

It’s one of the greatest rock albums

We all know this one of course, but I haven't heard a few of the songs. My saved tracks: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!, When I'm Sixty Four, A Day In The Life

Some unsettling experiences for me in the album, but obv so much to love and contemplate

3. Good. Might listen again every now and then.

Never heard of these before. Bright future ahead of them. It sounds at times like they’d had a little bit of drugs, but that’s ok. Fixing a Hole was my favourite track of first run through. When I’m Sixty Four had elements of the theme tune from One Foot In The Grave, and sounded a bit novelty compared to the rest of the album. Will definitely return to this, from these bright young upstarts

Clearly groundbreaking and influential but lots of odd kitschy songs (when I'm 64 is like an 80s sitcom theme), surprised this gets so much praise from a music standpoint. Was alright

Not a classic - I found it incredibly indulgent. About 4 good (and to be fair they are very good) songs, and the rest wanky psychadelic nonsense.

Great album with so many good tracks Highlights were: With a little help from my friends Lucy in the sky with diamonds When I'm sixty four

Sgt pepper, Lucy in the sky, and a day in the life are all really good songs...... I'm just not sure the rest of the album is all that interesting! Yes it was probably revolutionary, but I'm just not that into the Beatles

It's a masterpiece. A day in the life. Everyone was firing on all cylinders. Accidentally hit skip on good morning. Zero stars

I knew all the tracks but had never listened to the album front to back. It’s insane that they have so many great songs on this album. Wow.

Rubber soul>>

It was great to see an iconic Beatles album for the weekend and it was a nostalgic listen. I loved it when I was a teenager but since then, and with their influence, music has proliferated and I’ve matured so much as I thought I’d score it 5* it has to be 4*

Pleasant enough. As with all the Beatles albums I've listened to there are some good songs that are rightly iconic but also some clangers.

I literally gre up with this album, it was released a week before i was born. I think it is one of the most perfect albums ever - start to finish. 5/5 Favorite songs: She’s leaving home and A Day in the Life

A.K.A. The Beatles get high AF and make an album

Admitting to abusing your partner in the 4th track of a keystone album is a bold move. The album open strong with some of my favorite tracks by the band, which is kind of impressive considering I never really gelled with m9st of The Beatles catalogue, but kinda fades into a series 9f tracks that fade into the background and just sound like commercial jingles, in like the best way possible. Catchy ear worms that kinda don't matter or ask much of you as a listener. Really fun background music but hardly something that's engaging my attention on a deeper level. But then that last track really forces you to confront the lyrics. Pretty baller way to end TBH. 3/5

Best band of all time? ✅ Best band’s best album? ✅ Best album of all time? ❌ It’s great. It’s innovative - revolutionary in fact. It’s fun, it’s heartbreaking. It’s top 10 for sure, but I think I maybe came into this whole thing expecting Sgt. Pepper to take number 1. And there are a few albums on here that our shine it for me.

I'm going to just go out and say I always thought this album was far too overrated. I mean, obviously there are some excellent songs on here that defy expectations of what a "pop" song can do, but then you have songs like "Fixing A Hole" that just come off as awkwardly paced and boring. I just always felt this was the worst of latter half of The Beatles musical career, and that includes Yellow Submarine and Let It Be, and that Magical Mystery Tour was just a better version of this album. Now, it sounds like I hate this alblum, but of course, a less than average Beatles record is still better than most albums in all of the history of music, and this album is no exception. A Day In the Life is fantastic, She's Leaving Home really shows that Paul just excels in more than just "silly love songs" and the beginning of the album until Fixing A Hole is hit after hit, really showing how important this album is. I view this album as an important stepping stone as to what we would see in the future, but doesn't quite hit that mark for me to be a perfect album.

Remastered in a very interesting way. Vocals in the beginning of songs are in only one ear, which was a first for me.

The only problem with this record is that it doesn't include "Strawberry Fields Forver", recorded during the same sessions. Had the Beatles found a way to add it to the tracklisting of *Sgt. Pepper*, instead of releasing it as a single or putting it in the *Magical Mystery Tour* compilation, this legendary album would have become my number one entry in their discography. But hey, it's still *Sgt. Pepper*, right? Between the title track, "With A Little Help From Friends", "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds", "Getting Better" "She's Leaving Home", "When I'm 64" and "Life In A Day"--the most formidable mystical/metaphysical closer ever penned this side of the English Channel--there are enough wonders for everyone here. As is the case with some other five-stars albums, I won't write a full-blown review about this particular record, because others have already written wonderful stuff about it and there's not much I can add that I feel could be relevant and interesting. It's just a gem. Go and listen to it a.s.a.p. if you haven't already. Number of albums left to review: 745 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 126 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 63 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 67

great album no skips!!

I don’t love all Beatles tracks but it’s hard to not recognize and appreciate how amazing their sound is. Within you without you and day in the life are the standouts for me. Deeply pensive tracks. Haunting.

Stunning, some favorites from childhood are imbedded in my mind from this. Listening to this and abbey though I have to give it to abbey road.

One of the best

It took me awhile to get into the Beatles. I can appreciate what they did for music. Amazing talent.

How shall I put it... "No other album comes even close to this when it comes to originality and innovation"? Not my favourite of the Beatles albums, but - wow, this is such a special album. I can always re-listen and feel as if I'm listening to it for the very first time. P.S. A Day in the Life has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever.

have already heard, it’s the beatles what do u think, it’s brilliant

What's left to say that hasn't already been said countless times? Thanks, I truly did enjoy the show.

55 years after its release this sounds as incredible, fresh and progressive as ever. What is there to say about Sgt. Pepper’s that hasn’t already been said a million times? A landmark in music history.

How you can not love this album. The production is outstanding and way head of its time.

A lot of iconic songs

p100. 1967. 5 stars. Not a weak track on it, and it has aged astonishingly well for something that is over 50 years old. There are more ideas and quality tunes on this album that most bands manage in a 10 year career.

Good album not as good as it praised. I THOUGHT YELLOW SUBMARINE WAS ON IT BUT I WAS wrong

super allucinato, ma non tutte le canzoni mi piacciono, forse non sono il mio genere

Non male ma un po' da beatles

As a big Beatles fan, I actually look over Sgt. Pepper a lot because there's other albums of theirs I prefer. But upon listening to it, I realise enjoy this album quite a bit as well. I was gonna give it a 5 no matter what, but listening to it all together in one sitting made me respect it me. My favourite songs were She's Leaving Home, Within You Without You, and Lovely Rita.

One of the greatest albums ever by one of the greatest bands ever. From start to finish, it’s a 10 out of 10. It’s an album that everyone needs to listen to at least once in their lives. I don’t know what else to say, it’s amazing and definitely worth the listen!

probably need to sit with it a little more but was great

Here’s another album I have been listening since birth. I remember looking for hours into the cover image, trying to figure it out, as it would not be rare that I would see it somewhere else, on tv, magazines, movies, parodies and stuff. So, I’ve been always aware of its influence. I remember hating the Cocker version of WALHFMF for some reason. Hearing with a bit of fear that LITSWD was about LSD lol. Also I remember all of the revisionists takes about how not so great this was, or about how this was very undermined by Paul’s songs (LOL^2), or how there were signs in the songs about his death (LOL^3!!). But well, I have always loved the record and still listen to it every now and then. It’s true, some of the songs have not grown old as good as others, but the work is amazingly coherent and cohesive, I mean, you don’t see muh albums as perfect as this one only 40 minutes long. I love how highly even it is, how experimental but digestible it turns out to be, I don’t like that much songs like fixing a hole, but the lyrics actually are meaningful af. Maybe the lower point could be, WYWY but it’s actually a great song. I’m learning today that Penny Lane and SBFF where from this album sessions and it does nothing but to increase the records legend (and lower even the one I had from Yellow submarine lol). But well even if you are not convinced by it when you hear it, you will have bite your tong if you say anything against the perfection of ADITL. Now we are in the best tracks ever league and yes, treating with one of the top contenders. I mean, it’s just a beautiful glorious sad song, I’ve heard many versions, and many masters and recordings, and it never fails to get me or ceases to amaze me as well. If someone happens to find themselves into this high grounds of creativeness and are available to give it form in such a glorious way, they deserve to live forever, and this album and its creators forever will.

Listened to on 10/6/22 4.5/5 Favorite song: when I’m sixty four, st peppers lonely hearts club band If there were ever a time to try psychedelic drugs it would be when listening to this album but in the best way possible - lots of different music styles blended together but so good

This album is fricken awesome

One of my favourite albums of all time. It's got hits, deep cuts, versatility and it perfectly captures the psychedelic phase of The Beatles career with their classic songwriting. Makes me happy from the first note. 5 stars isn't enough.

This is a middling Beatles album at best. A number of gimmicky songs take away from the overall product. It is a little silly at times. Beatles albums always gotta have a yellow submarine-esque song I suppose, but it dont need more than one, do it?

Ein af þessum plötum sem hafa verið í blóðinu mínu frá því ég fæddist. Svo margir gimsteinar.

YES!!!!

Quite uneven but an absolute classic.

Great album but doesn’t hit the way “Abbey Road” does.

I agree with Sean. This album is too inconsistent and weird. But it does have a few very good songs.

Never loved this. Too inconsistent, especially knowing what they were capable of. (previously listened)

That “dum-dum-dum” drum fill before the chorus of “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” is so simple but so effective. Ringo’s drumming isn’t flashy on this album (or any Beatles album really) but he always complements the songs nicely. “Getting Better” is a great pop song and it’s got that weird little dark part in the middle where the speaker sings about beating his woman. Such a strange section that complicates the tone of the song. Feels almost like a joke, especially the way the song cuts back to the upbeat chorus afterwards. I love that this weird, druggy album has achieved a such a high level of status and appreciation in our society. It’s talked about as this grand masterpiece but it’s got a lot of strange, trippy moments. I love that. Man, “Within You Without You” is a jam. “Lovely Rita” is a great song with these big, dramatic moments. And it’s about having a crush on a woman writing parking tickets 😂 “Good Morning Good Morning” into “Sgt. Pepper (Reprise)” is ridiculous. Some of the best rock the Beatles have ever recorded. “A Day in the Life” has to be a top 10 Beatles song. I don’t know many other songs like it. As a teenager I gravitated toward this one — it opened my mind as to what songs and art could be. It also reassured me that being bored with my daily routine was a normal emotion. The song is about feeling overwhelmed and disillusioned with the state of the world while simultaneously feeling stuck in a meaningless daily rhythm. It struck me as a high schooler and it resonates with me now too. This album was an absolute pleasure to revisit. And I have to shout out that album cover. One of the all time best ever. 💯

There are many mysteries in the universe; like what is the meaning of life? Why do we live on rocks floating around in space? Why and where did it all start? One of the most interesting to me are all of the mysteries surrounding the Beatles. Is Paul dead? Did all the Beatles die and get replaced? How did they pump out 12 studio albums of A++ material in only 7 years of activity? What's going on with this album cover? Shirley Temple is on it several times. Philosophers and psychologists appear on it. The Beatles even appear several times and not even in some hidden easter-egg sort of way. It does appear to be more than just a collage of people right? The music is fantastic. As per usual for a Beatles record it has some bonafide slappers, like "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With a Little Help From My Friends", "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", and "A Day In The Life" (which happens to be one of my favorite Beatles songs). Even the not-smash slappers on this album have higher play counts than some other albums on this lists' top tracks. That's pretty telling. All in all, this isn't my favorite Beatles album but it's yet another masterpiece. 5/5.

Productions good, songs kinda jump around

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The first album I ever heard. Still a stone cold masterpiece even if my music tastes have expanded beyond the fab four since then.

Not my favorite album but automatically gets 5 due to it's historical value.

I was actually listening to this the day before I wrote this review and thought to myself does this album truly deserve a 5/5 if you were to go through the album track by track? The simple answer is no. The long answer is it’s probably more of a 4/5, arguably (excluding the white album) this is the Beatles album with the most filler and sgt peppers, to me anyway, is rather front loaded and only amazing song on side 2 is a day in the life. Actually let’s test this out and go track by track sgt peppers review/analysis: Side 1 Sgt peppers lonely hearts club band: The album opens with it’s title track a song that is really a track that sets the scene for the album. They wanted to escape being the Beatles (and that makes sense in the 60’s). It’s not one of my top Beatles songs but I like it for what it is. With a little help from my friends: This track is an all time greatest song I can’t deny it, (even though the album didn’t have singles) this is the equivalent of the song 2 hit single it’s absolutely amazing i’am actually a big fan of Ringo’s singing (well when he gets the chance) so this is a true treat. Lucy in the sky with diamonds: I know John Lennon said this was about some drawing but I just don’t believe him to be completely honest; the song is trippy as fuck and LSD it just can’t be denied. The song is absolutely amazing though absolutely no flaws. Getting better: Getting better is a banger, if it were a modern album with 4 singles this would be guaranteed to be one it’s so singley! I especially love the chord that runs through the intro and chorus and the Indian style bridge is class, probably my favourite track on side one. Fixing a hole: I like fixing a hole, is it one of my favourite Paul McCartney songs, no, do I always forget about it being on side one, yes, do I enjoy it and sometimes sing along to it, yes! It’s great just not the absolute best. She’s leaving home: I love the chorus of she’s leaving home the vocals are amazing, the verse are good though I especially like how it’s telling a story throughout. The track feels so powerful and has real gravitas to it, I’ve actually herd people say it’s filler, but how it’s perfect! Being for the benefit of mr kite: This song is fucking bonkers, it has John Lennon written all over it! Admittedly, while not my favourite, it’s probably the Sgt peppers track I’ve listened to the most, I love it too much! Side 2 Within you without you: Like how mr kite has Lennon written all over it within you without you has George Harrison written all over it, it’s this amazing classical Indian style track and it’s truly incredible, but I prefer love you too on revolver by a tiny bit as this song does drag just a little and putting a really slow track like this as side 2 track one is a really odd track-listing choice in my opinion. When i’am 64: This is the song that’s closest to early Beatles it’s sweet I really enjoy it the melodies are amazing. I don’t know why but I always think of a Scottish Granny when Paul says “grandchildren on your knee, Vera, Chuck and Dave”. The song isn’t as good as anything on side one though. Lovely Rita: Now we’re at the point of Sgt peppers that makes me skeptical of the “best album of all time” title, this song has a nice melody but other than that I find it filler. Good morning good morning: Lovely Rita isn’t the best thing ever but at least it’s not actively shit, I don’t like this song it’s so dumb and the repeated “good morning good morning’s” are so annoying. But I guess every album (even the classic’s)has that one runt of the litter (e.g. oh daddy on fleetwood mac’s rumours, Lounge act on Nirvanas nevermind and star on David Bowie’s Ziggy stardust). Sgt peppers lonely hearts club band (reprise): The fast version of the first song similar to the first song it’s great for the album but not one I would listen to in my own time. A day in the life: The best album closer of all time, my favourite tracks off Sgt peppers , my favourite Beatles song, possibly the only Beatles song on my top 10 songs of all time it’s just amazing!!! The album does have filler I can’t deny that I would be very suprised if even the most devout Beatles loyalist doesn’t deep down in their heart believe there’s filler even if they don’t admit it. But my original statement of it not being a 5/5 is somewhat ludicrous nowadays it stands as one of the most well received albums of all time it’s an album that hit number 1 everywhere and it’s also one of 2 Beatles albums (the other being abbey road) that I would call genuinely culturally significant to everyone. It’s absolutely amazing 5/5 (even with the flaws)!

Overated album and band.

Don't want to waste too much time writing about this one, honestly it's such a standard "classic" album that it's boring. It's the free square on a Bingo board. It's vanilla in the best and worst ways, 5 stars out of obligation. Favorites: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds When I'm Sixty-Four A Day in the Life

4.5

it's an early concept album i liked it

every song on this album is great. How many albums can say that?

couldn't really get into it

When I set aside the impact and 'being the first to do X', judging it purely on what I hear. It's alright, maybe I expected more.

never really listened to beatles but i enjoyed it

Its a Beatles album I guess. Not sure if I went into it with too high of expectations or it was something else.

Koji su ovo😄

Starts quite nicely, slows down to a drawl by the middle, picks up again by the end

What else is it possible to say about this album that hasn't already been said? Fantastic on all levels.

Bon voilà quoi

la loi de l'attraction est réelle je pense

Greatest album ever made? Quite possibly. There's definitely a sense that in popular music there was Pre-Pepper and Post-Pepper. My dad was a musician at the time and he said when it came out everyone in his local scene said, "Well, we might as well all go home now!" 😆 It's absolutely brilliant from start to finish, and that opening track still absolutely smacks you round the head. "She's Leaving Home" used to scare and sadden me as a child but I couldn't stop listening to it. Still can't. Masterpiece.

When I was a kid, this was a 5. I knew every word and we often sang songs from it on our many drives between Washington DC and home shuttling between parents. I think now it has faded for me, possibly fueled by angst and resentment. lol. #overshare.

I love Revolver, but Sgt. Pepper's is flawless. The album is so rich with content. I love the lore behind it, the album art, the music ... absolutely everything. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is probably my favorite album of all time.

Apparently I never put in my review of "Rubber Soul" 50 albums ago. I'll have to revisit that one, but one thing I remembered standing out was its fallibility. Ok, maybe fallibility is too strong a word. But I came away from "Rubber Soul" realizing that some Beatles' songs are just quite good. As in, they aren't all the transcendent epitome of rock n roll. "Sgt. Pepper" is transcendent though, from start to finish. The Beatles (like Led Zeppelin), may have many imitators and have influenced untold numbers, but I'm not sure anyone since or yet to come will ever quite reach their level. They break all charts, scales, and molds.

I don’t have a lot of flowery, over the top words to write about this album. It’s just awesome and the music speaks for itself. The Beatles pushed the envelope with intricate layered production that was “out there”. I love A Day In The Life. I love the multiple songs with complete style changes in the middle. I love the crisp, clean guitar opening to Getting Better. Lots to love here.

Sgt Pepper gets 4/5 from me because while it's great when it's great, there's stuff in there that passed me by entirely, and none of it truly grabs me like a 5/5 should.

What a start to the album! The title track has tonnes of energy, then leads off really nicely into With a Little Help From My Friends and LSD which is great, but from there it loses its way a bit. It's all quite disjointed - the songs all sound very different and don't fit together particularly well as an album. The next three are a bit fluffy, then we go back into the psychedelic stuff with Mr Kite and a strange sitar interlude, before two more very nice but very twee ballads. Then we go back to the energetic and psychedelic stuff from the beginning. 4/5 for me, there's so many good songs on here, but it doesn't quite fit together well enough and there's some filler.

This was my second beatles album and this one actually blew my mind!! Definitely a 8/10 for sure

I've listened to it a billion times, it's amazing, possibly the greatest ever.

Perfect. More albums like this

Very influential, great productional experiments but ultimately only song that really intrigued and touched me (A day in a life)

I liked the album, very experimental, unlike the typical beatles' songs

Really good. Personally, I like it better than Abby Road.

My favorite Beatles album

I want to take longer than I day to appreciate this one. You get by with a little help from your friends.

I mean, come on. It's the Beatles! Even if you don't like everything they did, you have to respect it. I'm not sure I've ever listened to a whole Beatles album - I've always focused on the Ones album (their number one hits) or the essentials playlist. I like how the mostly 2-3 minute songs segue into one another, almost like one giant tune. So, let's get some of this out of the way - Sgt. Peppers, With a Little Help from my Friends (Wonder Years, anyone? But wasn't that Joe Cocker??), Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, When I'm 64, A Day in the Life - classics. Now that we can lay those aside - we're left with some late 60's psychedelic, pseudo-Indian (Within You, Without You - WTF?), and otherwise pretty forgettable tunes. It was a good reminder that Paul McCartney is responsible for BOTH Hey Jude AND Wonderful Christmas Time (shudder). Still, the classics and the fact that you have to take the good with the bad pushes this review over the top for me (4.5, but rounded up)

So what is wrong with me that I don't LOVE LOVE LOVE the Beatles? I've always known this, of course. But the time had come to listen to my first Beatles album from beginning to end. Maybe it's just this one that doesn't resonate with me? But once "Fixing a Hole" kicked in I steadily became more and more irritable and impatient. I felt like I was listening to some Sesame Street knock-off (which, OK, Sesame Street music is obviously a Sgt. Pepper knockoff but whatever). Maybe its something about the Dee-Do, Dee-Do, Dee-Do rhythm that just disagrees with my personal frequency. I tried to like it, I really did. But truthfully, it just puts me in a bad mood.

I listened to this so much as a teenager.

classic

Still cooks

A classic, but not their best work, 4/5 Highlight- "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"

Production and variation are great for their time. Musicality doesn't get stale moving from one song to another. A variety of genres and topics. After a few listens, it sounds like commentary on people, relationships and interpersonal searches in front of an audience. The song feels like it's being performed in front of an audience and then gets meta with a day in the life. This is just a very general knee jerk thought. Honestly wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't an over arching theme.

I've listened to this album before and love it. 1-classic and a fantastic opener for an album 2-love this song too 3-an absolute trip 4-i mean how can you be upset when listening to this song. He doesn't even beat his woman anymore 5-like this one a lot too 6-slow song, its okay 7-bass slaps. Love the whimsicalness of this song 8-this is what you hear when the acid hits and youre watching the walls dance 9-this songs jokey 10-meter maid? 11-bambambam Fell off towards the end tbh

Not a huge fan of the Beatles, this album didn't change my mind

Not for me

What hasn't been said about Sgt. Pepper? Suffice it to say that this is a brilliant album and a major milepost in music as we know it. There were great albums before SP and great albums after it, but it was a true inflection point for the Beatles, as well as what our expectations should be of the album as an art form. I love how this album showcases the Beatles' individual personalities and varying musical tastes. Paul's English dance hall ditties... John's psychedelic exploration... George's embrace of Indian culture and mysticism... Ringo's likeable, just glad to be here vibe. The band glides easily across a broad range of styles and moods. But the music never feels forced and it never loses that deep pop sensibility that is central to the band's work. The two songs where Lennon and McCartney share writing credits ("She's Leaving Home" and "A Day in the Life") are two of the best songs the band ever recorded. My favorite little non-"Day in the Life" moment is that last 30 seconds of "Lovely Rita," which sound like they were created in a time machine. The songs are elegantly arranged and endlessly charming as well, toeing a line between artful and entertaining in a way few artists can touch. Musically, the band is at their creative best, the songwriting is nuanced and clever, and George Martin remains the steady, guiding force who helps pull it all together. Taken individually, some songs are stronger than others, but collectively, it's a powerful, memorable work, a real gem. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): A Day in the Life, She's Leaving Home, Lovely Rita, Getting Better, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Within You Without You, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, With a Little Help from My Friends, When I'm Sixty-Four, Fixing a Hole, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Good Morning Good Morning, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

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Everyone wanted to be like them, and this is one of those works that changed music forever.

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is the eighth studio album by The Beatles and, needless to say, is considered one of the best albums of all time. There is a lot of critique and history on this album. Maybe, its biggest accolade is that it is credited and recognized as taking the album to an art form by some critics. Some critics also disagree with that. It is also credited as advancing the roles of sound composition, extended form, pyschedelic imagery, record sleeves and the producer, ushering in the Summer of Love, influencing youth culture (fashion, drugs, mysticism and sense of optimism and empowerment) and being the first "art rock" album and start of the album era. Wow! It is cited as having music styles in British pyschedelia, vaudeville, circus, music hall, avant garde, Western and Indian classical music. It is also categorized as a concept album with the Beatles as the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band playing to an audience. Listening to it in a lot more detail, one of the things that stood out is the variety of styles especially from song to song. Yet, the song order is important especially when it ties in the loose band concept at the start and end. So many highlights...the important contributions of all members, Ringo's drumming, Harrison's song, the collaborative singing/writing of Lennon/McCartney and the amazing production. The album begins with the self-titled "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" with its background audience noise and iconic guitar riff. McCartney, the master of ceremonies, introduces the band...the band-audience interaction. The songs segues right into "With a Little Help from my Friends." It's hard to imagine anyone but Ringo singing this. Ringo asks questions and then gets his answers at the end. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" begins with that unmistakable sound blending the Indian tambura and organ. This is the Beatles at maybe their most pyschedelic. According to Lennon it was inspired by Lewis Carroll's book "Through the Looking Glass." Maybe some other things too? The second side starts with "Within You Without You." This song was all George Harrison, producer George Martin and Indian-based musicians combining Indian music and Western strings. Maybe the soul of the album and about Western materialism. I've always liked "Lovely Rita" with its great vocal chorus. The Sgt. Pepper's Band returns, more rocking this time, and goes straight into the album closer "A Day in the Life." Four verses, a bridge, a dream sequence, a middle part. Everday life made dreamy. Quite a finish to a great album. I can't really debate the significance of this album without doing a whole lot more research, maybe a lifetime's. All I know is that this album still sounded as wonderful as it did when I first heard it.

Folks, its Sgt. Pepper. Nothing else needs to be said.

Already very familiar. Lots to love and an all time classic.

A wonderful classic!

I cannot imagine being there when this album first came out. That would mean being in a world BEFORE this album existed. I have only witnessed such a world-changing piece of art like this once or twice. Nirvana's explosion was one such moment, but it still does not totally depict how much the world changed from this album. But let's talk about the songs by themselves, shall we? Almost every single one of these songs I've heard on the radio, except for a few. There's one or two albums where every song is playable on the radio, this one is not one such album. Probably my least favorite song on this is "She's Leaving Home," and even that is not a bad song. It's just a little... sappy. "Lovely Rita" is... ok. On an album with great songs, being ok is a slight. The sides of John songs and Paul songs can easily be detected. As opposed to some of the earlier albums where it wasn't so easy to say "oh that's a Lennon song." That's not a bad thing, but it's something you start to notice. From here, you can tell how the band started to shoot off in separate directions, particularly in The White Album. But here on this one moment, they were really firing on all cylinders. And even just "ok" songs are enough.

Yes, it may be one of the finest albums of all time but it's not perfect. And not my favorite album ever. A Day in the Life is a brilliant song and one of the best album closers ever, but I always found it weird it comes after the Sgt. Pepper reprise, which also would've made sense to end the album from a pure concept perspective. Maybe they could've made Day in the Life feel more like an encore? And I will forever be thankful that the Beatles inspired albums and not just singles because of this album, though I wish that didn't have to mean so much studio tinkering. Ah well. I'm nit picking. The first three tracks are fantastic - Lucy in the Sky is psychadelia, not that Happy Mondays stuff that was the previous selection on the 1,001 list. Imagine if Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane had been included on this album rather than left off to be singles. I also quite enjoy Getting Better and how it blends into Fixing a Hole (both conceptually and musically). Within You Without You is such an exceptional display of musicianship. Such a great start to side two. When I'm 64 to Lovely Rita to Good Morning Good Morning (even to the reprise) is such a fun section I can overlook how it is such a departure from the two beautiful tracks that open and close side two. So yeah, I've got other albums that are at the top of my list but this one is still an absolute classic.

It's considered one of the greatest albums of all time for a reason. It was groundbreaking in a ton of different ways. Every song is amazing - when I was a kid I used to skip over Within You Without You because it bored me. I learned to appreciate it much later...I think it was after I heard Dead Can Dance's Indus and learned about its roots in WYWY. There's so much I could say about every song, from the great opening riff right to the final thundering piano chord at the end of A Day in the Life. I've been listening to this album my entire life yet still notice something new every time. Sheer brilliance and an obvious 5. Favorite Tracks - the first three together are perfect (Sgt. Pepper, Little Help, Lucy), She's Leaving Home (which I hear differently as a parent than I did when I was younger), Mr. Kite (along with Lucy, a perfect psychedelic song), When I'm 64 (what can I say, I'm sentimental), A Day in the Life (an absolute masterpiece - the verses, the middle bridge, the "fell into a dream" sequence, the orchestra - that 24 bar build-up, that final E major chord! The song gives me chills every. single. time). Simply amazing.

Classic

I always hated on the Beatles for no real reason. Glad to see I was wrong with that opinion.

Lucy in the sky

I’ve listened to this album many times. I think everyone has a Beatles phase and this was one that perplexed me. I never really understood why this album is held in such high regard.

A true classic. Very good songs in a nice mix of styles. Surprisingly modern production.

inherited vinyl (low quality) - not fanatic about the beatles but i can appreciate this album. i love anything that goes meta about pop music. my favourite beatles son is a day in the life. i would have gone 5 stars but side B drags.

Lots of incredible songs (Day In the Life has to be one of the best songs ever written) but there are a couple of mediocre ones. Even those have parts that are incredible. I would probably give it 4.5 stars if I was just going by my own opinion but I will gladly pump it up half a star for how influential it is.

classic

Man, I don’t even have to listen to this to review it. I’ve had it memorized for over 30 years.

It's fucking Sgt. Pepper's. What the hell am I supposed to say. I've known these songs all my life and will continue to listen them for another 50+ years.

Don't need to listen to this one - it's been a part of my life all of my life. Some odd choices in there, but mostly just a wonderful nostalgic journey through some of the best melodies, riffs and harmonies we'll ever hear

This was my favorite album before I even knew who the Beatles were (mainly for the music hall stuff!). Didn't last, but still an amazing record

Easy 5

One of the greatest.

Some songs I loved others… you can tell they were on drugs…

Never heard of this! Kind of random but pretty good!

It's good but there's some rubbish on it

It's all been said before. A stone cold classic. Even George's Indian song has grown on me. Difficult to analyse when you know it so well all your life!

This one's a tad over-rated. To me more and more filler starts to appear on this album. I guess they might call songs like Lovely Rita and When I'm 64 whimsical, I call them filler. There are some very good songs, but not enough to hold my interest through the whole album. Give me Revolver or Rubber Soul anytime. 4 🌟

So many ideas crammed into the whole thing, influenced such a wide variety of artists in the following years it's hard to listen back and feel quite how much of an impact it would go on to have

Only two good songs i enjoyed. With a little help and a day in the life. Others seemed cheesy and not what i enjoy hearing from the beatles usually.

bra, men endo bedre baklengs ;););)

Hjalp ikkje på intervallene mine, men nice album uansett

Not my favorite of their albums, but has some great songs.

3rd best Beatles record

8/10. Kinda weak as Beatles albums go in my opinion, but When I'm 64 and With a Little Help from my Friends are great.

I forgot how good this was as an album. It’s so tight and clean I really could listen to it multiple times in a row. You wouldn’t think that looking at the track list but it’s just kinda something you have to experience. 10/10

In the everlasting list of dichotomies like "Tea or Cofffee?", "Pepsi or Coke? "Stones or Beatles?", there is "Sgt. Pepper or Abbey Road?". In this question, I'm firmly in the Abbey Road Camp, but not because I love Sgt. Pepper less, but Abbey Road more. Because, really, Sgt. Pepper is as superb and iconic a masterpiece as it gets. It starts with the cover photo, a psychedelic collage of famous people from all over world history, which is one of the most famous album covers ever. And that is even before listening to a single note of music. The music, then, was absolutely revolutionary on release, and still holds up extremely well to this day. The Beatles continued the (r)evolution of their sound that started on Revolver, but here they turn that aspect to 11. From a songwrighting perspective, every single song is superb. Standouts are certainly With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite! and - of course - A Day In The Life. Sonically, the Beatles have gone further on this album than on any of the predecessors: Uncommon Instrumentation for a rock record (Sitar, Clarinet, ...) meets novel production techniques - tapes played in reverse, the almost infinite reverb at the end of A Day in the Life, tape loops and much more, made complete with an impeccable, great sounding production. Of the many albums that have found their way on this list, not-so-many are truly great. This one is. 5/5

Classic! Probably the most imaginative album they have. 8/10

4.75/5, a very solid Beatles album. Psychedelic pop-rock.

Onhan tää hieno levy mutta itse ehkä tykkään muutamasta edellisestä enemmän. Oon kuunnellut tätäkin pitkälti sterona vaikka varmaan monona pääsis paremmin oikeuksiinsa 4/5

Mahdollisesti toiseksi paras Beatles Rubber Soulin jälkeen. Vähän tosin vie tehoja, kun parhaat biisit miljoona kertaa kuultuja. Alkupuoli ja A Day in the Life toimii toki ikuisesti.

Ehkä Beatlesin paras levy. Eipä muuta, 5/5.

Will listen again.

Always a favorite since I listened to album as a whole in HS. Transitions are perfect. "Fixing a Hole" is one of my favorite under-listened Beatles tracks.

Truly one of the Beatle’s best

Kind of hard not to give this a decent review if only for the massive amount of nostalgia around 90% of the songs. And to be fair, there's a lot of cool, interesting stuff going on here.

very amazing guitar on the opening title track. already loving it. only gets better, WOW. it ends very strong too. this has changed my outlook a lot. the beatles aren’t a band i listen to a lot, but this may change that.

It's The Beatles, it's a classic!

It's the Beatles man. fuckin' hates beetles. mini rhinos with wings I say. favorite songs: Sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band, being for the benefit of Mr. kite!.

Ma tantx hemm kliem li nista nikteb biex niddeskrivi dan l-album li ma niktbix diġa, allura se nipprova bil-Malti. Album kbir, m'hemmx x'tgħid. S'hemmek nasal - min ma semgħux għadu, f'ħajtu missu jisimgħu imqar darba.

Attempting to listen while placing myself in the era makes a difference. Flutes must have been all the rage back then

good album

This is actually one of my least favorite Beatles albums. There's just something about it that doesn't click with me like the others do. I don't care for this one, but I get the praise.

Strong start, Fixing A Hole Good Morning bad song Good end with Sgt. Peppers closing and A Day in the Life

75 years ago, an aspiring bandleader assembled a band to provide joy and happiness to those who needed it. Twenty years after that, a world conquering pop group (in need to reinvent themselves and be something else for a change) took that bandleader's ambitions and turned it into Technicolor. The music world hasn't been the same since. As Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles gave the world a whole new vision as they fully transitioned out of the mop-top era into a being more mystical and surreal than anything they conjured up beforehand. This is where most hats are tipped as the moment where The Beatles became, if they weren't already, the nucleus of a generation whose dreams are dayglo and that nothing would ever stop them on the path for fulfillment of a better, more wonderful world. Of course, like most things in life, things didn't turn out that way but Sgt. Pepper's didn't forsee that time. Neither did anyone else but the then-future is not important. What is important is the impact that this album made on the Fab Four, fellow musicians, aspiring musicians and the world over. A splendid time has been guaranteed when it comes to the album and it has been for the past 55 years. Whether it is the greatest album of all time or not, there is no denying that Sgt. Pepper had set the benchmark for what is possible then, now and forever. An eternal classic.

This is the Beatles Sgt Peppers. 4/5.

Iconic. The first or second album I ever bought with my own money. It's just a part of my fabric. So innovative, so different to anything I'd heard before. It's been a while since I listened to it in its entirety. A classic

What do I say here? It's Sgt. Pepper

easy

Pretty much flawless, even Ringo's song

yir booi

klassiker, melodisk, simpelt, men samtidig med dybde, tilpas eksperimenterende

In the Pantheon.

Sgt Pepper represents a breaking point in their career on several levels. Also happens to be one of the prototypical psychedelic records. It certainly defined the genre. (exception being The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds) (8/10) FT: With a Little Help from My Friends, A Day in the Life

This album is an absolute classic. What a trip! I've really learned to respect the Beatles doing this albumgenerator

Easy

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band might be my personal prime example of an album that I wish that I could have heard in the context of when the album was released. I know that many people have discussed the impact of this album, and it does have some great recordings, but I know that some of what the Beatles accomplished is lost to me because of what other musicians adopted after the release of this album. I think the track "A Day in the Life" (my favorite) is the closest that I can get to that feeling of ¿What did they do and how did they do it so well? I know I've listened to this album before, but about half of the tracks aren't familiar to me. "Getting Better" is my second favorite track. As time goes on I enjoy hearing from Ringo more than I used to. It was good to check back in on this album.

Goed

Best album ever

The Beatles: 50% the greatest songs of all time, 50% chintzy whimsy that makes you want to thrust chopsticks into your earholes.

Easy 5! This is my second album where I am able to listen to it on Vinyl and this is easily my most valuable record in my collection. I don't think there is a bad track on the album. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a great opening track and leads into what is one of my favorite Beatles songs in "With a Little Help from My Friends" for uh certain relatable reasons. Then you have "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" which is an amazing song and as much as John insisted it wasn't a euphemism I do not believe him. The song flows way too much like an actual acid trip to not be 100% about one. I mean this is the Acid album afterall. "Getting Better" and "Fixing A Hole" are two of the weaker songs on the album, though neither is in anyway a bad song they just don't stand out as much. "She's Leaving Home" is one of the Beatles more underrated songs in my opinion, if you can even call a song that popular underrated. "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!" is certainly one of the stranger songs, but feels right as a summation of the A side of this album. "Within You Without You" also lands as one of the stranger songs, but I think these 'weird' songs are the beauty of The Beatles' studio bound years. The exploration of world music instruments and styles really is the beauty of the latter years. "When I'm Sixty Four" is certainly a departure from the sound of the previous two tracks. It's a fun bouncy track that if it weren't for the general strangeness of this album doesn't feel like it should fit. That and "Lovely Rita" both fit into the category of weaker songs on an amazing album. "Good Morning Good Morning" while maybe not your regular listening type of Beatles song is still a really great and fun song. Though the animal sounds on it do take it down a peg. The "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Reprise" I almost like more than the originating track. "A Day In The Life" is a great track and a good way to end the album. Listening to albums I've heard before is great too because I get something new out of them. The exploration of different instruments and techniques in this album is what makes it one of my favorite albums. The mixing on the album is also very masterfully done. The hard panned vocals certainly throw you for a loop at times. Especially if like me you grew up on the bad digital stereo mixes that hard panned every sound and had no blending. If I weren't listening to the vinyl I would have assumed that was just the case. This is one of the few albums I have ever seen where every single song has its own Wikipedia article. Truly a masterpiece. All in all this is an amazing album that should be rated no lower than a 5 and anybody that puts it lower than a 4 just shouldn't be trusted in their judgement of music.

Un poco flojo para ser de los Beatles. Un 4.

This album starts off so stron and finishes brilliantly but there's some parts in the middle that don't hold their weight. After the first 3 tracks it's like a best of album but then it all just fades into the background until Within You Without You. A Day In The Life is such a great tune.

Seul bon vinyle provenant de mon père. Cet album réussi à être innovateur, expérimental pour l'époque et mainstream à la fois. Un incontestable classique solide du début à la fin à part les tounes de Ringo qui sont toujours un peu plus faible et font toujours un peu comptine

Je ne peux pas être contre ça.

Mon 2e préféré du groupe. Le premier que j'ai eu neuf en vinyle. La pochette est incontournable.

Sgt. Pepper remains one of The Beatles’ most impactful artistic achievements, as a landmark in the development of art rock, a predecessor to the progressive rock movement, and as a defining moment in 1960s pop culture. Sgt. Pepper finds the Fab Four melding brilliant pastiches of circus, music hall, avant-garde, and classical (both Western and Eastern) with an overwhelming sense of optimism and empowerment which heralded the impending Summer of Love and managed to bridge the gap between popular music and high art. The influence of this record is still felt today, even in ways which may not seem so obvious at first, such as the revolutionary usage of sound effects and tape manipulation, innovations in graphic design, the use of cyclic form in popular music, and advancing the importance of the producer. This is a record which managed to define and shape its era. It stands the test of time as an important and effective work of art, while also remaining fun, listenable, and lively. The instrumentation is rich and expressive, and it is an absolute joy to experience the multifaceted music of The Beatles, whether it be Paul’s pristine pop sensibilities, John’s inner monologues, George’s experimentalism, or Ringo’s happy-go-lucky whimsicality.

This was the album that got me into the Beatles. It was my favorite album of all time for a long while, until I'd listened to it too many times and I couldn't really "hear" it anymore when I put it on. It's something so different than what came before, and it had such a clear and incredible influence on what came after it. It's hard to find words to describe this album. Every song is good. Most of the songs are all time greats. It's hard to even compare it to other albums, because it's the standard that you compare other albums to. As time goes by, I've started to think that Abbey Road is the superior album, but I'd still recommend that someone looking to get into the Beatles listen to this album first. It's so relatable and so alien at the same time. 5/5

This album is a 10 out of 10, and that's before you get to the final track, which is one of the greatest pop songs ever recorded and ends with THAT chord - a chord so iconic it has its own liner notes. I don't care about any debate about how influential or overrated or whatever this album is, or about how it compares to Pet Sounds or anything else. All I know is it ends with John Lennon literally reading a newspaper while Paul combs his hair, culminating in a chaotic semi-improvised orchestral glissando and a 40-second long chord that sticks in your soul and your chest long after it's over. Bravo. Best track: A Day in the Life

5 estrellas claro, pero no es mi favorito Beatle. Al ser un proyecto McCartney se nota lo poco interesado que Harrison estuvo.

A bit long and the best song was at the end

This is the Beatles' masterpiece. When they decided to stop touring and become solely a studio band in 1966, they had a brilliant idea for their next record: let's bring the performance home to the record-buyers. Everything about Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is spectacle, from the album cover to the audience cheering at the opening tracks and then some. I love how this album plays with unique and fresh ideas that still sound like a fitting part of this technicolor album. Off the top of my head, Within You Without You, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, and a Day In The Life do drastically different things and they're all excellent without feeling out of place. More than anything, I would describe Sgt. Pepper's as a showcase of sorts. The Beatles want to convince you of all the cool new songwriting and production tricks they've learned, fully committing themselves to developing an album that is impressive on all accounts (and, subsequently, impossible to play live at the time). This the the Beatles with no restrictions whatsoever. Fully free to make the greatest possible album that they can, with a whopper of a closer to go with it. Goosebumps.

Such an amazing album

Never been a huge Beatles fan

Formsatriði að hlusta. Gerðist ekki betra árið 1967 og þótt víðar væri leitað.

It’s Sgt. Pepper’s. 5 Stars. ‘Nuff said.

Not so special.

Needs no introduction

I've listened to this album hundreds of times, yet when I saw it come up I got a little thrill. I can play this album in my head and not miss a beat. My first musical memory is The Fabs. I've loved them for nearly 60 years because they were the greatest. They still are. This album is one of the main reasons we love albums.

Rating: 10/10

In 1967’s summer of Love, I was 8 years old and no one was cooler than my Uncle Steve. He would later become a criminal defense attorney in Austin, Texas, married and divorce a couple of times along with the subsequent troubled children often produced from that environment, and died with a body ravaged by the excess of alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, and fried food. But in 1967, man, he was IT! I seem to recall that he had a girlfriend/wife who was an international model, and together achieved some kind of notoriety including a picture on the cover of the Houston Post for smuggling hashish into the United States, but don’t hold me to the details. I was just a kid at the time. I do remember them briefly occupying one of the bedrooms of our two story suburban home in Houston until my father finally begged them to leave because of the pot smoking and loud music billowing from an open window of the room facing the front of the house overlooking the cul-d-esac of our neighborhood. That kind of behavior was unknown to our neighbors, who lacked any real understanding and were most certainly intolerant of the developing counter culture. Uncle Steve happened to be a friend of Michael Nesmith, and a year later would share writing credits with Davey Jones on two songs that ended up on 'The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees': the opening track, ‘Dream World,’ and another song on the second side, ‘The Poster.’ Neither rose anywhere near the fame of the LP’s biggest hit, ‘Daydream Believer,’ but as songs go they were about as good as any other pop songs in 1968, lyrically reflecting the ennui of America’s youth, and musically, ‘The Poster,’ in particular, including one of the oh-so late 60’s beloved instruments, the innocent harpsicord. In fact, in retrospect, listening to ‘The Poster,’ I can see what an effect The Beatles’ 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band' must have had on my uncle. You won’t meet a bigger Beatlemaniac than yours truly, and while this particular LP is not my favorite (that honor goes to 'The Magical Mystery Tour'), it’s still wields its own magic, and will forever have an emotional claim on my musical soul. On my eighth birthday, June 26, 1967, just a couple of weeks following its release in America, my Uncle Steve presented me with a packaged cellophane copy of 'Sgt. Pepper’s' that still emanated the faint residual smell of the incense that they burned down at the local record store, Peaches Records and Tapes (for those of you who are hip to that.) I already, of course, had all the prior Beatles’ records and this one, being hot off the press, was highly coveted. I could barely contain my glee as he handed it over. But as I grasped it, before letting it go he looked me right in the eye and said, prophetically, ‘Nephew, you are now holding what will be considered a great work of art one day. Remember this moment. Cherish and honor this gift.’ And I did then, and I still do now, almost 55 years later. I don’t know what to add about the oceans of ink spilled (or, now, ethers of digitalized information disseminated?) about this LP: McCartney’s idea of reintroducing themselves under the guise of a completely different band to shatter the constraints of the prior fab four; or, the many drug references (‘I get high with a little help from my friends,’ ‘Lie on your back with your head in the clouds and you’re gone. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.’ ‘Found my way upstairs and had a smoke. Somebody spoke and I went into a dream. Ahhh…’ ‘I’d love to turn you on.’ The trippy backwards circus carousel on ‘Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!,’ or the taking-a-hit-off-a-joint sound at the end of ‘Lovely Rita,’ etc); or the famous cover photo montage and the lyrics written on the back (a surprisingly new concept at that time), or, or, or…. I mean, it’s the Beatles. These boys could sing and play the yellow pages (I’m dating myself with that reference) and it would be solid gold. I love ‘em. What can I say? Ringo’s subtle drumming, always serving the best interests of the song rather than his own ego, George Harrison’s essential guitar fills here, there, and everywhere. Lennon’s authentically soulful voice, despite the heavy doses of studio effects and LSD. And finally, Sir Paul McCartney. This is really his LP, his concept, his lead beginning to really assert itself in the band. I’ve always been more of a Lennon man, but doesn’t McCartney shine on 'Sgt. Pepper’s'? Listen to how clear and strong his vocal parts are immediately following Lennon’s more affected ones. The interplay between the two is unrivaled in contemporary rock/pop music. (We’ll cover his incredibly melodic bass playing more extensively when 'Abbey Road' comes around.) But I think the real value of 'Sgt. Pepper’s' is the mood of the time The Beatles so expertly captured. George Harrison’s growing interest in exploring exotic, previously unfamiliar (to the west) eastern global spiritual traditions (and remember this was decades before the access to information that we now take for granted on the interweb) on his sole composition, ‘With You Without You.’ McCartney’s gorgeously heartrending and respectful treatment of both generations on ‘She’s Leaving Home’- the disaffected, searching young, and the inability of the old to comprehend their children’s frustration with the status quo. Lennon’s opus magnum, ‘A Day In The Life,’ a desperate search for sense among the seemingly senseless. And Ringo’s opus magnum (at least vocally), ‘With A Little Help From My Friends,’ the gathering of the global tribes forming a new community of peace and love. This whole LP clearly spoke to me, even in my pre-teen years, of a significant change in human consciousness, some kind of evolution occurring in real time, my time. I wouldn’t have been able to articulate it back then, but I felt it nonetheless. And while Harrison’s new spirituality, accompanied by droning sitars and throbbing tablas, went over my head, I now hear them and his lyrics as a call to arms, (the multiple arms of Shiva, Lakshmi, Ganesha, and the rest) to any and all generations, youth and otherwise, who would listen: ‘We were talking about the love that’s gone so cold, and the people who gain the world and lose their soul (the two arms of Jesus). They don’t know, they can’t see. Are you one of them?’ It was Harrison’s good friend, Bob Dylan, who would actually have first rights to this two summers prior in ‘Ballad Of A Thin Man,’ on Highway 61 Revisited: ‘Something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?’ It’s still happening, brothers and sisters, and some still don’t know. But some do. Which one are you? 5 million/5

Transcends music to stand on its own as a work of art

There are some all-time Beatles classics on this album (With a Little Help from My Friends; Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds; A Day in the Life), but this album is also much more than the sum of its individual songs. It has a distinctive feeling, interesting experimental elements and flows beautifully. It's reputation as an all-time classic is deserved. 4.5/5.

love, Love, LOVE this album

Well known to me! I’m traveling today so I don’t have time for a review but rest assured I listened to it!

Starts and ends strongly but the middle loses me. Leans a little too psychedelic at times (see: Mr. Kite). Within You Without Out is like when your family makes you watch a slideshow of their vacation photos. When I'm 64 sounds like the theme song to a children's show. The title tracks, Getting Better, She's Leaving Home, and Good Morning Good Morning are great though.

An interesting album, performed by several fine young men who I'm sure are going to go far.

Solid album. Does waiver a little in the middle but otherwise quality. I’d say probably a 4.75 rounded to 5.

Ahhhh yes, an album I’ve never listened to but with four songs I recognize. The opening song and Lovely Rita were the standouts of new-to-me tracks. A solid 4 and one that I could probably grow to like even more.

Not even gonna lower myself to a song-by-song ranking. This is an all-time great, easy 5-star album. I will only say that the standout song on a standout album is A Day in the Life.

A classic. So good! I forgot how much I liked the Beatles. Not much more to say, really. Gotta be a 5!

It's good to have the occasional reminder of what a genuine 5 star album sounds like.

Very enjoyable, I prefer Revolver but this still feels special

One of my favs

You can’t put into words how incredible this album is. The album cover is one of the most iconic album covers in music history, plus people have gone crazy trying to find all the hidden symbolism This is my favorite SPLHCB cover post, in which someone explains the complex geometry used: https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/jwwy3u/the_craziest_and_most_insane_beatles_conspiracy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x Technologically, this album was seemingly impossible for its time They were using production techniques that hadn’t even been invented yet oh and culturally, of course this album forever shaped music, inspiring some of my favorite bands like Pink Floyd and King Crimson again, words don’t do justice explaining just how amazing and impactful this album is on both a personal and cultural level, I can’t just give it a rating on a 5 star system, it’s far beyond that and I don’t even think this is my favorite Beatles album, personally, I’m a sucker for the white album and I would be infuriated if that wasn’t on here

So fucking good! Will never get old

Rating : A+ Picks: With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In the Sky, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite and of course A Day in the Life. That last piano note of A Day in the Life, opened up so many possibilities of what could be achieved through music. So many ideas. This to me is what Ulysses means to literature. Nuff said !

Probably the greatest album ever made by the greatest band of all time, can't give this anything but a perfect 5 stars.

Always glad to see the Beatles pop up. More theatrical, love the sitar. The wide, reverby ones are the most appealing on a first listen.

The greatest band of the history. Its best album. No more comments.

I really really really dig it. Obviously.

A lot of lyrical nonsense, but how can I not...