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I mean come on, it's Sgt. Pepper's. It took me 492 albums to get a Beatles album that was Rubber Soul or later. High 5.
Not my favorite Beatles album but certainly one of the most influential of all time.
Duh.
10/10 Beatles beste album? Ein hitparade.
i didn’t really like this compared to other beatles albums but this was amazing, a really cool concept album with great tracks and using those alter ego characters really well
obviously its a 5, but I can see why its a bit controversial. It is a really eclectic mix of emerging genres and I never realized just how Paul heavy this album is. Mostly because John's are sonically more diverse, but Paul trudging along picking up the slack with his dumb little pop ditties. It's an interesting album that creates a journey in the best way an album should.
não tem nem o que ser dito né um dos maiores já feitos
qdo ouvi a discografia deles toda, foi nessa aqui que eu aceitei que esses cara aí é doideira memo. me pegou demais. dito isso, é um 4 estrelas fortíssimo. aí vem a day in the life no finalzinho, subindo a nota pra 893745983274523 estrelas. cabuloso demais. na dúvida, vou escutar mais 3 vezes hoje pra ter certeza.
Classic
Duh
Classic
i am an unabashed beatles lover and i've listened to this album probably a million times over so, yeah. i love it. that being said, there are other albums of theirs that i think are ultimately more influential and more important and other albums that, quite frankly, i enjoy listening to more. that's not to say i don't love this album (i do) but i just don't think it's their best and i don't agree with the common boomer sentiment that this is the greatest album ever. i think a lot of it has to do with the context in which it was released, which very much predates my birth, so unfortunately greatness based on "you had to be there" is going to be infinitely increasingly rare. but all that being said, i do think this album has some great songwriting on here, songs that have held the test of time as "all timers" ('with a little help from my friends,' 'lucy in the sky with diamonds,' 'when i'm sixty four,' and 'a day in the life') and has some really interesting dabbling in sonic textures (i particularly love 'being for the benefit of mr kite' for this, but also the expansion of their classical-influenced side with 'she's leaving home' and george harrison's continued dabbling with indian classical music). ultimately, it's an all timer for a reason, and i do love it a lot.
when i was in middle school i loved my biology teacher to bits and its my platonic attraction to her that make me feel like i might be a lesbian although i am bisexual. One of the reason is that i live in east asia and she is one of the few people around me to have beatles related knowledge that i interacted with during my most intense periods of beatlemania, although its only about lucy in the sky with diamonds and the song's relationship to lucy the hominin skeleton. and this brings us to Sgt.Peppers itself, a forever classic that, according to some critics and edgelords and hipsters, is "so fucking overrated" and has more cultural impact that pure musicality. Personally i don't hate the album, and by saying that i don't hate it, it of course means that i really love it, and it also don't mean that i agree that the hipster's words about how "the music itself is shitty but because they use advanced technology the musicality can be forgiven and this is a big influence over things to come so it should be considered as their best, and that's wrong since we are hipsters and we only like unpopular things, so the music itself is shit so the album is shit" is valid and neutral. cause i actually think these comments as so fucking biased although the real best beatles album for me is, and will always be, the white album. But without a doubt, Sgt. Pepper's is indeed a cultural milestone that intervines with many various things at the time and to come, from the summer of love to how people would consider rock music as high art, to ppl calling ok computer "the sgt.pepper of radiohead", and to my brief fake love affair with my biology teacher due to the naming of the ape skeleton. But actually people saying that the musicality is not expressed on this album unlike revolver is also very weird... George giving the Indian raga realness on Within You Without You, the circus extravaganza of being for the benefit of mr. kite, the harmony and the cheesy and optimistic atmosphere on Getting Better that really makes people feel better, and don't forget the baroque pop perfection tearjerker named "She's Leaving Home", my literally me song every time dad and mom argued with each other. But anyway, A Day In The Life. you may just think about the fact that there just isn't anything that sounds like this before (apart from Strawberry Fields, released as a single and later included in MMT), although many songs to come has surpassed its greatness. and you will know about its greatness. So my final verdict? Due to its actually great songwriting, the clever usage of studio techniques, the strings of hits and the culture landmark status, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will always be a great album, a truth that hits as hard as the final piano chord of A Day In The Life. 5/5
Alongside 'Help!', this is the joint first record I bought using my actual real money, and would hazard to guess that I've listened to this album more than any other. Still, while I like to think I know this record inside-out, there's always something amazing and fresh I find on every listen. The outrageously intricate clarinet on 'When I'm Sixty-Four', weaving effortlessly around McCartney's lyrics, the lush harmonies on 'She's Leaving Home', the hypnotic percussion on 'Within You Without You', the beautifully melodic bass on 'Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite'. And the mammoth-sized cherry on the top of this behemoth cake, the best album closer in the history of music. All of this is wrapped up and packaged in one of the most iconic album covers of all time. The cover prepares you for a sonic experience like no other, and Sgt Pepper's absolutely delivers. Best Tracks: - A Day In The Life - When I'm Sixty-Four - She's Leaving Home - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Worst Tracks: N/A Rating: 10/10
Some really good songs. Within you without you comes to mind. Some good songs. Title track, say. Altogether, a really enjoyable album. Definitely belongs on this list.
Nostalgic for this one. Saw the movie so many times. Nothing sounds like this album. Good for you Beatles
I feel uncool for thinking this is the best Beatles album
Not much to say…it’s the Beatles
Automatic 5 star for me. Listened to this so many times!
Another album I have memorized. Brilliant. Quirky. Stylistically diverse. One of the most important albums in the history of popular music. Even the silly songs are great. 5 stars.
Great concept, ending with a day in the life has to be an automatic 5 star
This might be the most played album of mine that’s come up on this, although it’s probably been at least 5years since I last played it end to end. So 5 * for nostalgia.
Jeg har som 35 årig, i 2025 lige opdaget Beatles... Jeg forstår godt hvorfor det blev så vild en ting i sin egen tid.
Det første album jeg købte - stadig et af de bedste jeg har.
Yes have heard this, 5 Star.
It’s hard to do a fresh objective listen to this and separate it from the legacy of it. But maybe for that reason along it deserved five stars so that you can listen to it and decide if you think all the hubbub is worth it. It is a remarkable album still and even more amazing considering when it came out and how inventive it was. The songwriting is great but the production is amazing. George Martin is as much of a her in this as any of the Beatles.
Listen to the production. Listen to the bass parts. So much good stuff - in many instances, it formed the vocabulary for pop and rock music. Yes it isn't as good as Revolver - it's still awfully good.
5 stars? No stars? I don't know. Ask me to rate "Dayenu." My parents played this in the living room. My siblings and I listened to it a thousand times before we were teenagers. This has been burned so deeply in my brain that it falls into another category entirely.
Sooo many great songs...and A Day in the Life is my all-time favorite Beatles song.
I really like “within you without you” but the song from another album “tomorrow never knows” is my fave because it’s a bit more heavy. The album is great, it’s a classic, love to listen to it, but I mis the bite from let’s say the White Album. Mr Kite is awesome!!
I always feel like the most impressive aspect of the Beatles is their collaboration. I know they had their own share of drama, but the output just feels like the result of pure exploration and fun. Strange though, when I just skip through the tracks there's not really a HIGH point. Pretty much an all-or-nothing album for me. PS I seriously hate the ending 😂 insufferable
This is not a perfect album, it’s not The Beatles best album, but it is a 5 star album. I try to hold the 5s for perfection, and this album is not perfect (honestly, I don’t think any Beatles album is, but it is in part of their greatness, they’re willing to experiment). But the influence this album has on so much music that came after it for decades to come is probably a top 10 in western music history. If this album came out in 1974 its a 3.5. There are 13 tracks, at least 3 are skips and 2 more are mediocre. But the remaining 8 are so good *chef’s kiss* that if another artist made these tracks over a ten year career, they’d be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Ok, hyperbole aside, SPLHCB is an amazing work of art. Paul’s ability to make a melody that will stick in your head for hours on end without be annoying or campy, even almost 60 years later along with lyrics might not be the most unique or mind bending but have beautiful poetry. John’s ability to paint a picture in such a way that you can smell the flowers. As their egos grew and they wanted to be better than the other, their song writing hit an amazing level. But they still were band mates and would do wherever it took to mage sure the songs were done to their utmost capabilities. 9.4/10⭐️ #26/1001
It's difficult to describe the joy I get listening to the Beatles, so that alone makes it hard to objectively review any of their albums. I grew up listening to these songs and this music is ingrained with my childhood memories. Ringo was an early crush of mine so I have a soft spot for all his songs, including With A Little Help From My Friends. (And my infatuation only grew when I learned we share a birthday. 💕) Some of my other favorites are Fixing A Hole, She's Leaving Home, Lovely Rita and the incredible A Day In The Life.
One of the greatest creations ever…
Like having my wife’s nipples drag across my scrotum - that good.
Another absolute BANGER. This album has left me speechless since my teenage years. Obviously experimenting with marijuana and alcohol would enhance the attachment I have and now while most days i listen to this album sober, I have explored this album to no further extent. By the time Within You and Without You hits I'm already high that the psychedelic anthem is just par for the course. Always been particularly floored by McCartney contributions. Fixing a Hole, When I'm 64, and She's Leaving Home have been iconic pieces of musical literature that always enrich my life's perspective. Even after a decade of study I still find new things about this album during a listen. Even just today, I figured out another instrument I hear in the background of a George Harrison groove. Full 5 stars remains in my Beatles top 3 for life.
One of the best of all time. For sure.
Great
Iconic
You've got to give this groundbreaking album a lot of respect - even if it sounds a bit dated. They were really pushing the envelope on this album and paved the way for a lot of others. Not my favorite Beatles album but it got a lot of spins in my youth...
This was such a delight.
Another one I'm already very familiar with (who isn't??), and understandably is considered an inner circle all time great album. While it's not my favorite Beatles album, its impact on rock music going forward, and the listening experience itself can't be understated. Learning more recently how The Beach Boy's Pet Sounds album greatly influenced this album (and The Beatles Revolver was a significant influence to Pet Sounds) was really cool to read, as I'm now a very big fan of The Beach Boys. The Beatles have always been in my musical DNA thanks to my mother, and they have played a pretty large part in influencing my musical interests and explorations over the years.
There's not much to be said about this album per se, so I'll share a personal anecdote. Early in my childhood, when I was probably five or so, my dad gave me this album. He also gave me Beach Boys "High Water" which was sort of a greatest hits record (two records, one studio, one live), Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" and Rolling Stones "Beggars Banquet" (white RSVP design). I particularly remember loving Mr. Kite. Still a great track. Between the vinyl and setting me up with my own stereo in my room, those were probably the best things my dad ever did for me. RIP I later bought Chuck Berry's greatest hits, and Elton John's greatest hits, and I embarked on a lifetime of love of music. Thanks Dad!
A classic. It's good. Great even. An impactful and impressive album even to this day. Shaping the future of rock and pop music in its own time and a timeless masterpiece in our time, the Beatles never fail to disappoint and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is no exception. "We hope you have enjoyed the show." 5 stars.
All 3 of the most goated Beatles records in the first 100 albums!? This is crazy, now I’m gonna have nothing to look forward to for the next 900 albums. Amazing record though, nothing less than 5 stars. The first three songs are among some of The Beatles greatest and A Day In The Life like holy cow what an ending to an album. Amazing stuff throughout the middle too with the Indian influenced Within You Without You being a special standout. I mean it’s just a timeless classic. I would rank it amongst Beatles records I’ve listened to so far below Abby Road but above Revolver.
Love it
Classic
Every Beatles is 5-stars, and this is no exception. Love the sound!
one of the greatest albums ever and by far the beatles best for me. the intro sets the mood perfectly, the album is full of hits, the immersion on songs like mr kite is unbelievable and a day in the life to end the album is definitely the best beatles song ever and quite possibly the best song ever period. 10/10.
I find this really hard to rate. I'm not the biggest Beatles fan but understand how novel they were (not their earlier work TBH which I find quiet poor) and they are of course hugely influential. For me, this is probably my favourite Beatles album, some great songs, some OK and in true Beatles fashion there has to be a bad song too - this would be "When I'm 64" here but it's still not as bad as some. I like that this is a concept album. I like the creativity and the psychedelic sound. I'd give it a 3 for what this is worth to me (I never feel the urge to play this album) with 1.5 bonus points for novelty and impact. So that rounds to a (low) 5. Of course, this has to be on the list (even if it was a list of 10 or 20 albums I'd say).
Not the first "concept album" ever, but the one that truly changed the way the "album" was perceived as an art form. Needless to say, it is iconic and great beyond words and even if not every song is a masterpiece, the whole thing is more than the sum of its parts, that's what made it the influential juggernaut that it is. I'm very glad The Beatles are, once again, becoming popular with the younger generations. It seemed like, for a while there, a sizeable amout of people from my generation (I'm a millennial) were keen on saying The Beatles were overrated, and (wrongly) dismissing their importance to popular music at large. No need to discuss the album itself any further, though, as there isn't something I could say that hasn't already been said dozens of times before. Key tracks: With a Little Help from My Friends Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Getting Better She's Leaving Home Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! Within You Without You Good Morning Good Morning A Day in the Life
One of my favourites…
George Martin's masterpiece.
It’s about damn time, this is my personal favourite. The peak of the 60s and counterculture.
I used to listen to this album on CD in my walkman. I don't think there is a weak song on the album. I get by with a little help from my friends pops up in my head all the time. I love the instrumental exploration of the album.
Has lost its luster in best of lists recently and that makes no sense. Perfection
Best album ever. Day in the life is the best song ever.
It's one of my favourites so it's a no brainer. How the songs are so varied yet still feel cohesive is why this album is perfect.
I love this album! Didn't really know some of the songs, but very strong album overall. A Day in the Life is a banger. Sgt. Peppers into With a little help is so good. Also liked the goodbye from the band. 9.3/10
Every song is a legit masterpiece (except George’s).
one of their better albums, I had forgotten that so many good songs are on this one!
Wish someone would do a full cover tribute of this album
To give this anything less than 5 stars is puerile posturing.
Of course Henry the horse dances a waltz.
For good and for bad, it's the first of its kind, and someone had to go there. The Beatles went there, and did so w/ flair, wit, humanity, and McCartney-mastered basslines ('Fixing a Whole,' my god). Chic isn't necessarily pretentious, but it's a far cry from Chuck Berry and Little Richard. So something died w/ this one, tho birthed as well was a willingness to authenticate weirdness w/ a thought-out edge and memorable lyrics like: 'She's leaving home after living alone / For so many years.' An influence that is nearly impossible to calculate, heck, 'Lovely Rita' even portends Lil Wayne's 'Mrs. Officer.'
When the most popular band in the world decides that instead of cashing in on what has already made them popular, they will instead change the history of rock and roll by producing an inventive concept album that includes not only what would become classic radio hits, but also sitar and a some about a 19th-century circus act, you've got to respect that. This may not be the greatest album ever, but it might very well be the most important.
I’ve heard this before but it’s definitely a perfect album
This album will forever make me smile for so many reasons
Wow, I know this album is going to get some mixed reviews. It's funny to me that people still refer to this album when another group makes a groundbreaking one, like OK Computer, or The Wall, Sandinista, or something that is so different than their other work that puts them on a different level. Simply put, I love The Beatles and this album changed who they were completely and changed how traditional pop bands could evolve into something better. Say what you will about The Beatles and their music, but this album infleunced far more than anyone is willing to admit. 5/5
What's left to say?
It only took 3 days for me to pull one of my pre-existing favourite albums! I was a late bloomer with The Beatles, finally getting on board in my early to mid twenties, much to the frustration of close friends who got it from the outset. I remember singing When I’m 64 at school in assembly for Christ’s sake (I went to a CofE primary)! My first experience of love with the band came either through equally holy, or perhaps sinfully depending on your view, means with a very good acid trip. Me and my housemate of the time took the plunge accidentally by watching the Yellow Submarine film on half a tab (he also was yet to be converted to Beatlemania). The film, to us, at that time, was mind blowing, and we followed it up by spinning Sgt. Peppers. The rest is history. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
AAAAAA++++++ Album.
yippee!!! woohoo!!!
happy mclennon Monday to all who celebrate
Duh.
Ég hef alltaf haldið að ég væri meiri Stones en Bítlakarl en eftirnað hafa hlustað á þessa neglu eyddi ég dágóðum tíma í að lofsama og spila fleiri Bítlalög. Frábær plata. 4.5 sem ég toga upp í 5 sem afsökun fyrir fordómana
Fucking finally.
What can I even say about one of the greatest albums of all time? I've heard it probably thousands of times, and it never gets old. Will be relistening for the rest of my life
I loved this album! I always hated the Beatles when I was a kid, but apparently I need to give them a second chance.
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Buncha weirdos in the 60s find about drugs… what do you expect? They dress up like flowers and make brilliant music of course. Top 3 fixing a hole, Mr Kite, day in the life
It's not even a top-five Beatles album. (He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles!) But how could I put this at anything other than a five? It's completely paradigm shifting for pop music, overflowing with creativity and tenacity and beauty. It is very easy to see how this made Brian Wilson go insane, like Salieri obsessing over Mozart. Lennon and McCartney were 26 and 24 when recording this, respectively. It doesn't even begin to make sense. 1. A Day In The Life 2. Good Morning Good Morning 3. Getting Better 4. Lovely Rita 5. She's Leaving Home 6. With A Little Help From My Friends 7. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 8. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite 9. Fixing A Hole 10. When I'm 64 11. Within You Without You 12. Sgt. Pepper's/Reprise
Iconic album cover. It seems odd to me how many title tracks lead off albums but maybe that's the norm. I always liked With a Little Help from My Friends, Ringo never got enough credit. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is the most listened to track off this album which seems crazy to me, definitely not the best song. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, With a Little Help from My Friends, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Getting Better is an amazing start to an album, insane run. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! however is not. The carnival theme isn't doing it for me. I get it, you went to India. When I'm Sixty Four has that daily story songwriting like in Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, they have a number of songs like that including She's Leaving Home on this album. A Day in the Life is the big finale. It's the best song on the album. End of album shenanigans? Come on Beatles, you're better than this gimmicky crap. I'm sure every band that does this now looks to this album for inspiration. The problem is that they are not the BEatles and haven't earned it.
Such a fun and creative experience. Every song is entertaining, fresh, whimsical, and engaging. Some of my personal all-time favorite Beatles tracks, and plenty of hidden gems. I don't think there's a single boring or skippable track on this album. One of their best overall albums.
Best Beatles album
An all timer. Even their goofier songs are still fun to listen to. Within You Without You is further proof that George is the best one.
It's goddamn Sgt. Peppers.
This is probably my favorite Beatles album because it has so many absolutely iconic and wonderfully fun songs.
9/10 As good if not better than the white album, only slightly worse then let it be and abbey road. 3-07-2025
305/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Nothing can be said that hasn't already been said. It's the Beatles. They invented the modern framework everyone else exists in. And I love it. I do prefer Abby road and especially the white album but this is still nothing but all time classics
Fucking 11/10!!!
Not every song on here is a 5 but I can't think of a time when the album as a whole wasn't a 5 for me. Very few people mention Harrison's "Within You Without You" when talking about this album but it's one of my favorites. "A Day In The Life" is a masterpiece!
This is a legit incredible album. If you told me that this album was the inspiration for this entire project, I wouldnt doubt it. Anyway, this album is absolutely fantastic and holds up after all the plays. 5/5
i like to pretend i hate the beatles even though i've been listening since i was 8 with all their music on my ipod when im sixty four is a big banger a day in the life is for when your dog dies right before you and your fam take a road trip to SF and you stare out the window looking at the gloomy bay
Wow! The first Beatles record we've seen so far. I get why this album was important and love a lot of songs on it, but I don't often come back to it as a favorite. A Day in the Life is a killer song obviously and this album influenced nearly all music that came after it in some way so I appreciate it's place in musical lore. But my favorites albums come after this in quick succession, culminating with their final. In any case, you can't have hot takes on a Beatles album so it gets a 5!
One of Their best but you van say that about almost all Their albums
Эксперименты, которые можно (нужно) слушать каждому. Альбом Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - очередное чудо света, вышедшее из под пера великой ливерпульской четверки. На дворе уже 1967 год, многие группы-подражатели только достигли уровня первых альбомов The Beatles, а они в свою очередь уже выдают альбом, ставший моментально классикой рока. Обложка альбома великолепна, одна из легендарнейших обложек всех времен (по тем временам такое фото с картонными картинками людей было шоком как минимум из за качества работы). Про сами треки могу сказать одно - они подарили музыке много уникального звучания с битловском вайбом. И, конечно же, самый сок альбома заложен в последний трэк (даже в последние два, так как между ними идет клевый переход). Песня A Day In The Life для меня самая лучшая в дискографии битлов, она привносит неповторимую атмосферу спокойствия и жизнерадостного настроения, навевая легкие мотивы, которые в свою очередь перерастают в мою любимую стену звука. Такого вы не сможете встретить ни на одном альбоме, поэтому от меня идет однозначная максимальная оценка. Жизнерадостное 5/5.
The Beatles, some of the best music ever created.
Probably my favorite album of all time
One of greatest albums of all time, Even not my Favorite beatles album is a Great album, my Favorite songs is Lucy in the sky with diamonds, She leaving home and a day in the life.
Iconic album and its that for a reason. The whole thing just feels warm and happy like sunshine. Life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.
easy 5
Insanely good. How did they write this?
Classic
Literally one of the greatest albums ever. The first concept album. It would’ve blown my fucking mind to listen to this in 1967.
Not as good as their very best but it’s still Sgt Peppers. 5
Welp. Here it is. The one we've all been waiting for. ... Y'know, to start off, I wanna say that I actually kind of dislike the question "What do you want me to say?" 'Coz, to me, it reflects the idea that everything you can "objectively" say about an album has already been said, so it's not worth trying to say anything new. Anything you say would be repeating something someone else has said, so what's the point in even trying, huh? Which is, like, not a great way to think about talking about your feelings on something? I mean, when I look for someone's opinion on something, I'm not looking for the singularly most unique take in the whole wide world; some new, world-shattering revelation about this piece of work. All I want to hear is whatever words that come closest to describing how you, specifically, feel about something. Even if parts of it come out sounding like someone else's feelings, well, they're not. They're still yours — you're the one saying them. That's what's important, over everything else. All of which I say because, if you'd think there'd be any album that'd be hard as balls to talk about, it'd be this one. It's SGT. PEPPER'S damn LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND. The album of albums. The album of all time. The album that has, until pretty recently, been regularly considered **THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME** by **THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME**. This thing's been praised to the far edges of the galaxy and back. Goodness, it's been close to sixty years since this album was first released. People have not stopped talking about it since, and they're very likely going to continue for the next sixty. What could you even say about it? Well, here's a few things. To begin with, let's just get this out of the way: is this the greatest Beatles album of all time? Speaking definitively— well, it's impossible to speak definitively. But on a personal level, no, I wouldn't say it is. Take it from someone who spent a decade buying the "GOAT" line from the old guard, the Beatles have better. Take REVOLVER, for instance. These days it's a pretty popular choice for "best album" given that it's where a lot of the innovation SGT. PEPPER'S was claimed to have **actually** started. Alternatively, there's ABBEY ROAD, for having the absolute finest pop songwriting the group would ever do, together or apart. Certainly, it's **my** pick for "best Beatles album." The old review I did for it wasn't very long, but it gets across that point very clearly, I think. But that's not to act like SGT. PEPPER'S is any slouch. The songs on here are still incredible, and remain among the most iconic they'd ever do for a reason. Goodness, there's a very good argument that "A Day In The Life" is their masterwork: the single greatest song in the band's discography. Y'know, their very own "Echoes" or "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "God Only Knows", I'unno, "Break Stuff". I mean, let's just not act like "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" or "Lovely Rita" or "When I'm Sixty-Four" aren't all great songs. And if this album isn't as innovative as REVOLVER — or maybe we've been living in its wake too long to really perceive its effects — then dang it, it's sure as heck **consistent**. Just a bit more **cohesive**. 'Coz, look, REVOLVER's my number two Beatles album, but there's always been some small part of it that feels it's a little... Grab bag-y? Not to the extent something like The White Album would be, but jumping from "Taxman" to "Eleanor Rigby" to "I'm Only Sleeping" to "Love You To" to "Yellow Submarine"... It's a little scattered. Can't help but feel that way a little. And, sure, obviously cohesion isn't a deciding factor which album is better than another, but the only other Beatles album I can think of that fits this well together is, well, ABBEY ROAD. This is, by the way, including Harrison's little stop-over for Indian classical at the beginning of side two. Some people probably don't like it; see it as too much of a diversion from what the rest of the album was doing... I mean, heck, George is the only Beatle on it, I'm pretty sure. And it's not something like "Yesterday", which is a simple acoustic number with strings; no, this is a whole production number. In fact, it's the sole thing keeping this album from being the only other time a Beatles album was written entirely by Lennon-McCartney after A HARD DAY'S NIGHT. And it still ends up being the second best song on the whole album — go figure. Like, I'unno, "The Inner Light" has always been one of my favorite Beatles B-sides, and it's basically a lite version of this, so... Speaking of cohesion, too, by the way, I wanna talk about SGT. PEPPER'S as a concept album. That's always been a hot topic, isn't it? Like, "Is it **really** one, or is that another line from the boomers and the old guard?" After all, the Lonely Hearts Club Band themselves seem to only appear on the title track, its reprise and "With A Little Help From My Friends". How do you square away stuff like "She's Leaving Home" and "Within You Without You"? To me, it's always been simple: the idea has always been for the band to put on costumes and pretend to be another band, right? Well, who says that has to end right after the band stops singing about themselves? This whole album is a Lonely Hearts Club Band — named BEATLES, I guess. The songs with the audience noises could be dubbed in, or, heck, they could just be live recordings with some overdubs, like what Zappa would do on some of his albums. That doesn't sound so far-fetched to me. As for Billy Shears, "the singer," I've never believed he was the singer of the Lonely Hearts Club Band. To me, he's a special guest vocalist, like Roy Harper on "Have A Cigar". The rest, then, is all sung by the Band themselves. And this might be a stretch, but for real, it's what I've always believed. And it's funny to bring up Frank Zappa here, too, given that he liked SGT. PEPPER'S enough to name his next album WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY as a critique of both the album and the Beatles'. (With the extra fact that Paul has been quoted saying that SGT. PEPPER'S was their FREAK OUT! — in terms of being a complete concept album, anyway.) Coincidentally enough, my group got it only two or three days ago, and to address Zappa's accusation that they were plastic and insincere... No, no, they're legit. This isn't something like BEATLES FOR SALE; they clearly believe in what they're doing here. This doesn't sound to me like a "How do you do, fellow kids?" cash-in on the youth culture of the time — if anything, it **directed** the culture. Look at how The Rolling Stones tried having their own SGT. PEPPER'S with THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST. Look at how this album (and the non-album "Strawberry Fields Forever") was one of the reasons why SMiLE became one of the great lost albums. Look at how IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING was meant as an homage. Look at how bands generally have called albums "our SGT. PEPPER'S." Heck, just look at the fact that it's maybe **the** most iconic and definitive album of the entire 60's next to PET SOUNDS, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO and WHAT'S GOING ON. Circling back to talk about the songs for a moment here... Gosh, "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!" is probably my number three, if for nothing else than those calliope breakdowns. They're absolute madness, and they really make you feel like you're walking through a crazy display of lights. Before that, you have "She's Leaving Home", and if there ain't a more beautiful string number on the entire album... Like, it's not a particularly original story, but damn if they don't sell it between the string arrangement and how they sing it. It's a crime the original stereo mix slowed it down. Actually, jumping forward from that, "When I'm Sixty-Four" is another great "oldies-style" Paul number. I really do love how granny and vaudeville it is, and those backing vocals just can't be missed. They might just be the best backing vocals on the whole album — or at the very least, it's a strong fight against Ringo's number "With A Little Help From My Friends". It's just a lovely tune that no one else but Ringo could sing. Seriously, that last note he sings just would not have hit the same if he'd had a larger range. Like, "Damn, listen to him just **go for it**." And speaking of songs, pull back to that non-album song: "Strawberry Fields Forever" and its companion A-side "Penny Lane". Should they have been on this album? Um... Yeah. Yeah, probably. They would have fit in right alongside everything else. As much as I like "Fixing A Hole" and "Getting Better" (minus it's "I used to be cruel to my woman" line — worst moment on the album, no doubt), I don't think I'd miss them **that much**... Although, that said, I kind of can't imagine a SGT. PEPPER'S with any songs other than the ones it has now. Maybe blame it on nostalgia and how I'm way more used to hearing "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" on MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR, but... Yeah, I'unno, they just belong here. They're part of the album's cohesion — not that "Strawberry Fields" or "Penny Lane" wouldn't have been, but if I had the chance to change history, frankly, I don't think I would. Let those two be amazing on their own, eh? And briefly, I wanna bring up the album cover. As someone who finds visuals like that very important, it almost doesn't get any better than SGT. PEPPER'S. It's not imitated as often as it is for nothing, only beat out in my mind by ABBEY ROAD for the best Beatles album cover. You can spend a long time just looking at it and all of the people they included. Like, it's just fun to let your eyes wander over it. N', heck, even Alastor Crowley is there! Really, the whole packaging is a treat, with its gatefold cover and cut-outs and all the lyrics on the back... It makes the whole thing feel incredibly prestigious, and it's the kind of thing I love to see out of album packaging. And I could go on — believe me, I could. I haven't even spoken specifically on the title track, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Lovely Rita", "Good Morning Good Morning" or the reprise (love 'em all, of course; I used to consider "Good Morning Good Morning" my favorite, for as much as I know others don't like it) — and without those this review **still** might hit over 2k words at the rate I'm going. But I think you get it by now. I agree very much that this is not the Beatles' greatest album. They'd done better, before and after. I won't say it didn't make me very happy to see that the 2020 Rolling Stone 500 had dropped it down to 24 while bumping ABBEY ROAD to the top 5. Matter of fact, it might not even be the best **60's** album. Besides ABBEY ROAD, people could and have made great cases for THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO, WHAT'S GOING ON and PET SOUNDS — and not only are the latter two ranked higher on the 2020 RS500, with WHAT'S GOING ON at number one, but PET SOUNDS got to stay at #2 while SGT. PEPPER'S fell from the top 20. Goodness, huh? But even if it isn't the SUPER DUPER ALL TIME NUMBER ONE BREAK THE SCALE ELEVEN OUTTA TEN BEST ALBUM EVAR... Let's not front: it's still up there. A splendid time was guaranteed for all, and they sure as hell provided. I mean, if the stupid Bee Gees/Peter Frampton movie couldn't kill this thing's rep, nothing can. That's just a fact, and that's all I have to say about that.
It's fucking Sgt. Peppers, need I say more? Solid 5 Stars.
I’m at a 10. Obviously. This is my first time hearing this album in full, and save for the title track (& When I’m Sixty-Four), my first time hearing or paying attention to a lot of these tracks. Yes, that includes “Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds”, which, on a true first listen, I can understand why they have never ever beaten the LSD allegations, & “A Day in the Life”, which is an absolutely stunning finale that I can’t find the words to praise. If there’s one thing I can appreciate this list for, it’s making me finally listen to the Beatles as album creators; it’s very easy to know all of the bigger hits, but I’ve never had an appreciation for the albums as complete projects until going through this. Hell, I’ve never really had an appreciation for the Beatles themselves until now – always an admiration of their status in pop culture, and an acknowledgement that music would not be the same without them, but never a full blown “holy shit, wow” until going through these albums. This album, on a first pass, feels like a natural evolution of the soundscapes & production style of “A Hard Day’s Night”, “Rubber Soul”, and “Revolver” in their most polished & refined & bombastic way – granted, I’ve never listened to the latter two in full, so I can’t speak to if that’s actually true, but solely from what I’ve heard of their singles around this time, it just seems that way, perhaps with a hint more rock. That polish starts before you begin the album – even in the cover art that everyone on the planet has parodied since, the showmanship that’s present throughout this album makes itself known immediately, from those gaudy-as-hell military outfits, and their “past selves” literally to their right. Beatlemania is dead, and long live these bright colorful guys. It must’ve been striking as hell for 1967. I don’t really wanna go on a big track by track analysis, nor do I want to go on another soliloquy about the brilliance of John, Paul, George, & Ringo – I’ve given them praise beyond belief for the other 3 albums we’ve gotten so far, and I’m sure I’ll give even more praise once Rubber Soul & Revolver do come up, if those albums are indeed as good as expected. As far as this whole project goes… man, it’s a hell of an album. Straight from the screams of Paul McCartney & the harmonization of the group to introduce themselves on the first track, all the way until the absolute brilliance of “A Day in the Life”, it’s just a marvelous 40 minutes. Granted, this isn’t the best Beatles album we’ve gotten – some people will say this is their magnum opus, and while I can hear it, I sort of disagree with it. I think there are a few tracks here that feel sort of like afterthoughts; as such, they aren’t as concise & tight as stuff on the White Album or Abbey Road, and the album experience does suffer a little for it. I also think the concept isn’t taken as far and as fruitful as it could have been. This is Sgt. Pepper’s band, but we only really get an acknowledgement of the show they’re putting on at the start and the excellent reprise – a skit or two to really flesh out the concept would’ve done numbers for me. Then again, that’s not really the point of the album, is it? It's a rather loose frame that just allows the Beatles to sound "different" from expectations. This is revolutionary in the sense of “high art concept album” done in a poppier form blended with rock, and it opened up the doors for the Beatles to experiment for the rest of their time together as a band, and probably made them all individually realize that the scope of their inevitable solo careers could be modeled on the ambitions this album set out for them. So, yes, this is the runway to the rest of the Beatles’ discography, both as a group, and as individual artists. However, it’s also the runway for literally everyone else to follow at the time, whether it’s in protest (like the Mothers of Invention album we quite literally got 3 days ago), in tribute (like the several versions of this album that have been done by groups of artists inspired by it), or in an effort to capture the same lightning in a bottle this must have given (and that list is too monumental to even count). So, all that said, it’s a 10 – not quite at the same level as the White Album or Abbey Road for me, but a brilliant album nonetheless, with some of John & Paul’s finest songwriting, George’s most George-y song ever interrupting their flow in a positive way, and Ringo… I guess he hit some really nice notes on “With A Little Help From My Friends”, and his percussion has some standout moments. I gotta give Ringo more credit someday. Regardless, they’re all in fantastic harmony, and it produced a fantastic album. Long live those bright, goofy outfits. P.S.: Joe Cocker’s version of “With A Little Help From My Friends” is a better track to me. That’s probably heresy, but I have more nostalgia with it, so I’m biased, sue me. Ringo's version is still pretty nice, though.
I didn't know what to expect, going into Beatles - and surprisingly, it's not bad at all. Hell, I think I quite enjoyed the show. Dreamy, weird, intimate, suspicious. And hey, every time I hear "A Day In The Life" I hear "Young Americans".
Often imitated but never equaled, this was the original masterpiece of psychedelic rock. Still, not my favorite album by the Beatles so I considered giving 4 stars until A Day in the Life came on. Favorites: With a Little Help From My Friends, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, A Day in the Life Least Favorite: When I'm Sixty Four
There is just some undeniable magic with The Beatles that is hard to quantify. Listening to these 1001 albums does help show amongst hundreds of the greatest albums their work is consistently impressive and stands out as being such. Is it because they were one of my dad's favorite bands so I've been hearing these for most my life? Maybe. But when I look at the Wikipedia articles for these albums they all have such immense detail and commentary about each and every song. I find it fascinating that the Beatles also had purposely taken top singles out of an album just to sell as essentially DLC later on as they did here again with two of their best tracks "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" so I'm including them here even though it would have likely been 5/5 without me those tracks. For this album I really like the concept idea of alternate identities, and the discussion and denial of all the otherwise obvious drug references throughout is also very interesting. LSD, Mr. kite, etc all were things that even someone as oblivious as me could pick up the potential drug references, perhaps the biggest flag for being drug influenced is letting Ringo essentially kick it off. Still a good album either way, even the Ringo track is good (one of his best) Favorite track "A Day in the Life" (or "Strawberry Fields Forever" if I count the bonus singles) 5/5
What a classic first choice
Fantastic. I wonder how many times I have listened to this album...
The only thing that could have possibly made this album better would be if Strawberry Fields Forever was on it
Catchy songs, great production. And this is the album that started with the idea of releasing songs as a whole product rather than just individual albums. I'm not the biggest Beatles fan but this album is gorgeous.
A classic. Always something new with every listen.
One of The Greatest albums
easy 5! What I love about this album is how much fun they must've had making it, like they all just got a chance to really cut loose and try some cool shit, but then rein it in so it doesnt lose the plot. crazy how much this influenced the future of music. with that out of the way, and my childhood memories of hearing these songs aside, I have a specific connection to the the title track. I was living with some friends and I got part of the song stuck in my head but wouldnt follow up with any other lyrics. so my roommates would hear me sing "Sergeant Peppers LONE--" and thats it. Thats all, I annoyed the hell out of my roommates and it remains a core memory, thanks Beatles.
Easy 5 stars. One of the most inventive, influential and fun albums of its era NAY all time. What else can you even say? Also check out the cover album done by Easy Star Allstars. One of their best as well!
This was my first favorite Beatles album. It comes out of the gate with a bang - SPLHCB is such a shot to the veins. Great album top to bottom. Love it.
Obviously five stars
Not perfect, but still amazing
All timer
A classic
I'm not a huge fan of the Beatles and it irks me that all of their albums are on this list. However historically important they were. This though, is the good stuff. One of the two truly excellent Beatles albums'
An absolute classic
As fresh as ever
Considered the first popular music concept album, Sgt Peppers is the gold standard. Bops galore and sounds very modern for being released over 55 years ago.
I don't know how many times it takes to listen to this album to be somewhat bored of it. This is some of the earliest music I remember hearing. After all the radio plays, the covers, and wearing the grooves out of my vinyl, I did get bored of much of it. But not Within You Without You. And especially not the transition from the SPLHCB reprise to A Day in the Life. After almost 60 years, this album has some excitement left for me. 5/5
Yeah. Yeah. Basic. I know. But it’s fucking good. This is most likely the Beatles most experimental album and I love a good experimental album - when it’s done well. Which this is. It’s not dreary, it’s not depressing, it’s not scratching deep into the surface of society’s underlying problems; it’s whimsy, it’s optimism, it’s a sense of childlike wonder. It’s fun embodied into a sound. The opening and closing tracks on the album create a concept, a story almost, that transports you into a little dive bar somewhere in the 1960’s, or a small theatre somewhere in London, watching a stage show, or an old living room watching a box TV with an awful carpet wearing pink tights. It gets into your head. The psychedelic atmosphere it creates at times scratches my brain just right. This is my first full-listen of a Beatles album and I have to say, there is a reason why people laud them as the influential band, because of albums like this. It’s art, in music form. It’s story-telling. It’s fucking great.
has my fav beatle song… fav track: a day in the life other picks: LSD, within you without you, sgt peppers
The Beatles are one of my favorite artists of all time, and Sgt. Pepper's is one of my favorite albums of all time. I mostly write my "reviews" as journal entries so I can remember details of albums I hadn't previously heard, or to leave a love letter to the ones that are already dear to me (and the ones that have become an instant favorite). I'm so overwhelmed trying to put into words how much I love these songs. I guess all I'll say is that the best quality of this album is that I notice something new every time I hear it. And also that it's a masterclass in melody writing. I'd take it with me to a desert island, which is maybe the highest compliment I could give.
Iconic
Chill and definitely unforgettable
i mean what is there to say… in my eyes this album is perfect
Bangerrrr
if ever an album deserved 5 stars this is it probably heard this in the mid-70s, and it was brilliant then
Cuando lo sacaron en CD me lo regaló mi hermana y fue un redescubrimiento de los Beatles, que ya me gustaban pero solo tenía grabados en cinta los recopilatorios Azul y Rojo. Espectacular. Siempre pienso en lo increíble que tuvo que ser escucharlos en 1967.
Already had
The lack of commitment to the concept here has always bothered me. Obviously this is one of the all time great albums so any complaint is nitpicking. I’ve considered Sgt Pepper somewhere in the middle of the pack of Beatles albums. I greatly prefer the edge of a Lennon song, as well as his vocals to Paul’s, and this feels like 75% Paul. A Day In The Life might be the best song ever recorded. One unexpected outcome of this exercise is that I now resent the Shankar family. Last note is this listen through I noticed the bass is way up in the mix.
I’ve got nothing interesting to say about the Beatles. This isn’t my favorite Beatles album (a bit too carnivalesque/ cheesy in parts for my taste) but it’s still obviously a classic and no other band could have made it, or thought to.
All this Beatles material coming at a time when Ringo and Paul are having a moment (Ringo just dropped a new single - Look Up). Weird to think we have 80+ year old rock stars. Some personal fluff: Pre-2020, I would have called myself a big fan. I knew all the albums, but I wasn’t obsessed. They wouldn’t have showed up in my top 10, most-listened-to artists on any of those 26 years. That said, I probably could have named 9/10 album tunes by the time I was 13 because of how popular they were with my parents In 2020, I found a podcast called Nothing Is Real (a Beatles podcast) and explored the Get Back documentary in 2021. In 2022, I got to see Paul live. Those 3 years were incredibly fun to go deep.. Beyond the box sets and into the immense catalogue of material put together by historians like Mark Lewisohn & the Anthology adjacent projects - Ex: Listening to the entire A/B session tapes (i.e. all the recordings known to man for the Let It Be sessions) I find myself (mostly) on the other side of that phase (with occasional days where I slip back into obsession). I will always remember these days fondly and I may re-listen to Nothing Is Real again someday. I love talking Beatles Pepper: It would be a lie to say that I have any original opinion about Sargent Pepper. I obv wasn’t there, im not the historian and there isn’t an available catalogue of tapes to listen to for me to form an original idea of what it was like. Instead of joshing anyone, I came up with my list of fun facts for others to explore. * “Will you pass me the salt and pepper” was the misheard quote that Paul heard “sargent pepper” out of — said by Mal Evans (his journals are super interesting). * Strawberry Fields is two tapes spliced together. If you listen closely to “Let me take you down 'cause I'm going to”, you'll hear it (and never unhear it). The pitch shift is real. Those maniacs did this with analogue tech which is fucking insane * Sgt Pepper is a concept album that becomes just an ordinary album. I think this is hilarious that they quit after 2.5 songs when the entire inspiration for the album came from becoming “a new band”.
Obviously 5 stars. What am I supposed to say about this. Unpopular opinion though: not my favorite Beatles album. I'm an Abbey Road guy
Had already listened to this a couple of times in the last week. Definitely the best album we’ve gotten so far and the easiest 5. Toss up between this, Abbey Road, and White Album for favorite Beatles. Love the loose concept album, the first hit of that opening track, and Day in the Life is in the running for my favorite Beatles song. What more is there to say here? Currently working my way through watching the Beatles Anthology documentary as well, just so fun to get lost in their journey. Just keep thinking about how much it would suck to be Pete Best.
Previously, I could have been described as a lite Beatles hater. I’m not sure I had previously listened all the what through. The sense of whimsy is *palpable*. The band is so tight. Every sound is so live. The vocals are passionate and live and powerful. The album is so thoughtfully constructed as an ‘experience’ beyond the songs. Huge fan.
What an album. Out of 5, this is a 6.
Pretty 😊 Fav Songs: With a Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds, A Day In the Life
Previously, I could have been described as a lite Beatles hater. I’m not sure I had previously listened all the what through. The sense of whimsy is *palpable*. The band is so tight. Every sound is so live. The vocals are passionate and live and powerful. The album is so thoughtfully constructed as an ‘experience’ beyond the songs. Huge fan.
It was twenty years ago today
First Beatles album on the generator, also the first Beatles album I've listened to back to back. Every single song on here was enjoyable, I can't even have anything negative to say about the album. I love this one so much. Fav tracks: Title, With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy, She's Leaving Home, When I'm 64, A Day In The Life 5/5
Classic Beatles album. Top pick
Stone cold classic. I listened to this over and over again as a kid. Day in the life might be the best conceptual pop song ever written. And this is the grand daddy of all concept albums.
Vinyl listen lucky me. My favorite of the Beatles catalog. Really excellent, so psychedelic and fun with genuine masterpieces throughout.
Well this was an easy one. The first 5 songs on this are etched into my brain from childhood. I hesitate to say any songs are better than the others cause I believe this album to be as close to a masterwork as human art can get. I dont know why my childhood interest failed me. Prolly the non rock and roll harp at the beginning. The indian vibes of within you without you also offended my younger ears. Now I'm on board from beginning to end. What an accomplishment this album. It should be more challenging than it is to common listeners. But it goes down like sugar. When people say they don't like The Beatles I'm 99% sure theyre lying. Just trying to be a contrary asshole. When you consider the musicians this band inspired they become indispensable. We would have a huge void in popular music without them. And we would be none the wiser.
Brilliance.
Another classic.
Pure brilliance.
I’ve been listening to The Beatles since I was in the womb, considering they are my dad’s favorite band and one of his special interests. I’ve always felt that a lot of the first five or so albums sound relatively the same and I kind of get lost when I listen to a whole album at a time, but once you get to Rubber Soul and beyond, that’s when I feel like things get interesting. It was a fun look back at some of the music that made me who I am, and I think I’ll always be a fan in some ways. Sgt Peppers is an album I think everyone should listen to all the way through at least once, and I’ll be coming back to it as I get older I’m sure. Fave track, When I’m Sixty Four (I love clarinet so much)
grandma sent a check for $10 when I turned thirteen. I spent it on this cd. I wrote her a letter thanking and explaining my masterplan to collect all beatles' records in my lifetime. that's when it started.
In my top 5 so duh
My third favorite Beatles album. What else is there to say about this powerhouse? Revolver - Abbey Road - Sgt Pepper. 4.7 stars
This is some serious gourmet shit
Cmon it’s the Beatles!
I was going to give this a four because I'm trying to be more discerning and honest, especially for albums I'm already familiar with, but then "A Day In the Life" started and I just couldn't do it. Highlights: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (and the reprise), With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Fixing A Hole, When I'm Sixty Four, A Day In The Life
Great album you can hear them moving into experimental from there empirical pop phase
One of the greats! Always a good spin
Finally we got a Beatles album! Gotta love the classics. These gentlemen just have a charm in their vocals while the music is full of whimsy and grooviness that you can’t help but love. Fave Song: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Least Fave Song: Within You Without You Rating:5/5
This is maybe my favorite Beatles album, although I really like many of their projects so that changes from time to time. There's only one skip to me on the project--a clear product of the group's time in India. Not bad, just a bit long for what it is. That said, the other tracks showcase a fascinating collection of sounds, moods, and styles. The closing track, A Day in the Life, remains my favorite Beatles track to date. Whole pieces have been written about this album, so I'll just finish by saying I think it's great. Fav Tracks: A Day in the Life, Fixing a Hole, For the Benefit of Mr. Kite Least Fav Track: Within You Without You - Least Fav
Great
Mijn favoriete Beatles album, divers, geen slecht nummer op te bekennen, goed uitgewerkt concept, originele muziek. Beter wordt het niet!
One of the best ever, enjoyed a relisten. The production made this one a great listen on headphones.
Yeeeeeeeeessss!!! A lot of these songs are very nostalgic to me, and were big parts of my childhood in various ways. Takes me back to all the day trips with my dad to Liverpool Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - one of my favourite Beatles songs!! A very enjoyable album, and I wished it was longer 5 ⭐️
Starts really strong and manages to keep up the pace all through the album. Absolutism love it. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds is definitely my favourite, with When I'm Sixty-four coming in second. Three songs saved to listen to again.
I am very familiar with most of these songs, but hearing them in the order they were meant to be heard along with the few songs I didn’t know made it again very apparent how ahead of their time these lads were.
I loved listening to this album again. It had been at least a couple of decades since I had listened to it in its entirety and it is as good as the first time I listened to it.
I love this record from front to back it's so special and was absolutely game-changing at the time and whilst others are held in higher regard these days it can't be denied how wonderful it is. Easily one of the most important albums of all time.
Often referred to as the first concept album, or bare minimum an inspiration for more concept focused concept albums to come, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a certified banger. What do the beatles do when they're tired of being the beatles? They slap on some marching band uniforms and they be someone else. And who can blame them? At this point in the 60s the beatles were already experiencing the back breaking weight of their own legacy, so the notion wanting to at least pretend to be a different ficticious group if only as a creative exercise made sense. At least it did to Paul McCartney, John Lennon never really like the idea, but then John didn't like alot of Paul's overarching album plans. As for the music itself, there's a little bit of everything that made the Beatles special in here. You've got some of their harder rock inclinations coming out with the title track, John lays out some psychedelic imagery "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", Paul gets to play some of hisbalways charming "granny music" with "When Im 64", George brings in Indian influences with "Withing You Without You", possibly the best textbook example of Paul and John's unique style differences is on display with "A Day in the Life", and "A Little Help from my Friends" is just the best Ringo song, I don't even think that's a controversial take. Tastes change as time progresses and this album no longer sits as number one on the rolling stones top albums of all time list, but there's a reason it's still in the top 20 despite most of the people who voted on placements being born after its release. This album is an all time banger.
I mean it's the most revered and beloved album by the most revered and beloved band in history. I don't really have to say much, do I? 10/10
Most psychedelia albums feel so stuck in their era, this one transcends it.
Hadn't listened fully in such a long time! Great timing after watching Beatles 64'. Really fun that When I am Sixty-Four (v McCartney-esque) comes after the experimentation of Within You. Obviously one of the first concept album as well, honestly what could The Beatles not do She's Leaving Home is sadder than I remembered The fact that A Day in the Life is the last song after the world of imagination displayed beforehand is actually crazy
I like Revolver more---it's more focused. However, I like this one because it has my favorite Beatles track on it ("A Day in the Life"). The differences in vision between the members becomes more obvious here, although not to the degree that it does on The White Album. My big issue with this one is not the album at all, but is instead the way it is thought about. Many rock bands tried to make "Our Sgt. Pepper's" and many really shouldn't have. They were trying to make their big artistic statement, but this lost the audience and was a lot of why rock ceded influence to hip hop.
You can't deny this helped change the world of music, most of it good, lengthy prog rock concept lbums aside. A few turkeys but they can be excused with a day in the life.
Sgt Pepper's is echt een parel. Begin en einde zo briljant.
This was such an easy album to rate. An instant 5/5
Hier kun je niet neutraal aan beginnen. Ik ken lang niet elk nummer op dit album, maar natuurlijk weet ik wel hoe massief de voetafdruk is die deze plaat in het muzieklandschap heeft achtergelaten, inclusief heerlijke complottheorie over de mogelijk overleden en vervangen ome Paul. Alles hieraan is iconisch, haast mythisch. En daarom had ik zin om dit album hier te treffen. Ik had eigenlijk verwacht dat het dan ook alleen maar kon tegenvallen, maar toch is dat niet het geval. Je kunt dit album gewoon een keer aanzetten en lekker luisteren, maar je kan het als je wil ook compleet uit gaan zitten pluizen. Want de meeste tracks zitten echt goed in elkaar, en er gebeurt vanalles wat je amper door hebt. Simpel genoeg om casual even aan te zetten, ingewikkeld genoeg als je er echt voor gaat zitten. Luisterplezier, diepgang en technisch vernuft. Ik ga echt niet elke dag Beatles luisteren en er zijn ook albums die ik liever draai dan deze, maar desondanks verdient dit album wel de vijf volle punten.
I, like many, knew a bunch of these songs, and knew as soon as I saw it that I would rate this album pretty high. Whether this is nostalgia or musical tastes, deserving or not, is obviously subjective. Couple new tracks to me.. I’m not an expert in the Beatles catalog but this album seems to mark a stylistic shift in their music, moving towards the psychedelic and expanding influences.
Psychedelic rock with a pop flourish. Very few bands could pull it off like these guys did.
So inventive and so much fun to sing along to. Very difficult to top, and yet I think they did - twice!
It is difficult to overstate just how revolutionary this album is. In just 4 years the Beatles had gone from a jangly boy band playing enthusiastic covers of American R&B songs to producing records of unprecedented depth and imagination. This album mixes rock and roll with surrealism, music hall with poignant kitchen sink dramas, Indian mysticism with farm animals. The final track ends with a huge crescendo that still stops me in my tracks. FabFour-tastic!
A few years before that the Beatles were just a bunch of white British guys doing covers of rhythm & blues hits; in a couple of years they turned out to be at the forefront of music, experimenting, creating, expending music horizons. This album is arguably not perfect, but it's packed with ideas and sounds and as the second part of their discography, decades of music unfold from this.
Just great.
One of the best albums of all time. Every track is classic. Have a cd and vinyl. Will always be in my collection.
As close to perfection as you can get. In fact, it IS perfection!
this is just a great album
Classic. First Beatles album without Paul McCartney. He died in a car accident and his cousin, Billy Shears, took over his persona.
Looking at the track list this album is perhaps just a solid record. But put it in its own time, it is genre defining, ahead of it's time, a timeless classic. And listening to it (again) it's still SO good.
Super album
When I was growing up, this was regarded as undisputedly the greatest album of all time. I can remember it soundtracking many a journey in my parents car. Does it still have that status? Hard to say What is definitely still a fact is that it is packed with ideas, covers an insanely broad spectrum of genres, and there isn’t a bad track on it
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - huge energy and brass/crowd sounds, amazing intro!!! With a little help from my friends - melodic, catchy, beautiful instruments, drums, warmth Lucy in the sky with diamonds - melodic, dreamy, beautiful, “a girl with kaleidoscope eyes” powerful chorus Getting better - amazing clangy guitar and claps, i got to admit its getting better, guitar, bass and drums Fixing a hole - beautiful guitar and acapella Shes leaving home - strong story and sweet voices amazing split chorus Being for the benefit of mr kite - very fun, great pace and tone “and of course henry the horse dances rhe waltz”😂 With you without you - melodic, drums, dilruba, sitar, beautiful instruments When im sixty four - fun, almost comedic and catchy Lovely Rita - beautiful Good morning good morning - fun and energetic, rooster and birds, cat and dog, horses, animals St peppers lonely hearts club band reprise - perfect beginning to the end of the album A day in the life - one of the best songs ever made - “id looove to turn youuu onnnn”, dreamy, powerful, beautiful
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What is there to say about this album that hasn't been said before? This album is STILL the most sold album in UK history. Additionally, it is also the most returned album of all time because no one expected it and it was unlike anything done by anyone before. This is also the first album I ever owned on vinyl. This album is the start (in my opinion) of when the band went from being led mostly by John Lennon to being led mostly by Paul McCartney. The Beatles could no longer tour (because it was too dangerous because of fans) so they decided to become a studio only band. Paul decides they should create the first ever concept album where they all have alter egos and they aren't "The Beatles" anymore. They are "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." And what better way to kick that off then to have a song introducing this fictional band and then introducing the fictional front man "The One and Only Billy Shears" aka Ringo Starr. So we come up with a fictional band with fictional band member names and roles and that is how we can let Ringo be the lead lolol (jk jk this is an exaggeration and oversimplification. Ringo had sang lead before and everyone in the band loved him.) We get the opening track sung by Paul, then "With a Little Help From My Friends" sung by Ringo, and then "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" sung by John. Later, "Within You Without You" sung by George. I just love how in the Beatles while MOST songs get credited to Lennon-McCartney and one of them sings lead most of the time, any member can sing and have their role expanded at any time. I will say... "Within You Without You" is just not for me...I think it is a good track and can be entertaining, but it is the only song off this album that is not saved to my downloaded songs. To be fair, George's best work is still yet to come (I'm looking at you "Here Comes the Sun"). Every other song on this album is a certified banger. I think "She's Leaving Home" is such a tragically beautiful song and I love it so much. I would be wrong in not talking about one of my favorite Beatles tracks of all time - "A Day In the Life." It's so perfect. The fact that Paul had a half written song "Woke up, fell out of bed / Dragged a combo across my head" and John Lennon had about 3/4 of a song written "I read the news today, oh boy / ... / He blew his mind out in a car / He didn't notice that the lights had changed." And they both sing lead in this song on the parts they had written before combining them. God...this song sends chills down my spine and the fact that they decided to combine the two ideas....mastery. It just works so well. And that final chord....wow. "When I'm Sixty Four" and "Lovely Rita" get blasted sometimes for being filler songs and I don't know...I think they are so good and are like nods to their earlier styles of music. The Beatles get more refined and polished later, but Sgt. Pepper's is maybe their height of creativity (and wasn't toooo far out there yet). My top 3 Beatles albums pretty much move around and could be in any order based on the time of day lol, but Sgt. Pepper's is DEFINITELY always in that top 3. Liked Songs: All of them except "Within You Without You"
We don't tolerate Beatles slander in this house. I'll hear out negative opinions, but they are easily a top 10 band all-time. This album is experimental but accessible. Unique and incredibly well crafted. There's a bit of a lull in the back half (before the final 2 songs), but I think part of that is just how great the album starts, too. Favorite Song(s): Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, She's Leaving Home, A Day in the Life
It would be a crime to give it a 4, though it doesn't quite reach 5 for me. I wish we could give half marks here. Anyway, this is not even in my top 3 Beatles albums, but it's iconic and deserves all the praise it gets. As for me, it's perhaps a bit too eclectic to really get into it. The mix of different influences and genres feels a bit jarring at times. I do think the 1-7 track run is epic, though. 4.5 stars, rounding up
One of the best albums ever made by the best band ever. One of my fondest childhood memories is listening to this in the car with my oldest brother. It will always hold such a special place for me.
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The GOAT. Honestly if I had to pick the greatest album of all time it would be this.
It doesn't get better.
As a complete album, this one is a gem. I know some people will naysay about a song or two but they all fit together completely.
Masterpiece. Favourite tracks are A Day In The Life and Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise. Rest of the album is brilliant too 5/5
An absolute favorite. Both in music and cover art.
dont need to say much
Enjoyed every note and especially enjoyed the sequencing of the tracks.
I mean- I mean- words can hardly describe the ecstasy I felt whilst listening to this album. It’s an absolute classic, and just a treat from a musical standpoint. I have so many good memories with this album and I can actually understand the lyrics now that I’ve listened to it on Spotify and not a cassette player
Genius. Hard to believe they did this in 1967.
More than any other album Sgt Pepper's changed rock and roll forever. It is the demarcation line between the black and white of early rock and the technicolor music that would follow. The production of the album still holds up and it remains a great listen. While not my favorite Beatles album to listen to it certainly is the most important rock album ever made.
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Familiarity sometimes breeds taking songs for granted, but to hear them in sequence reveals how brilliantly one follows on from another and every one of them is five star.
This is where the boys really let loose. I know people have liked it less over the years in comparison to the later era works but this one is still and essential classic from the fab 4.
I haven't listened to this album in decades! Brilliant, innovative (for the time) stuff. 5 stars!!!!
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This must be the third Beatles album to appear here and as I said before: Anything by the Beatles is automatically a 5-star rating! After all, the Beatles were my first love. It was how I learned to listen to and love music. However, this album has a special place in my heart. It was one of the first albums I listened to from start to finish in my life, at a time when I had just discovered that the best way to consume music is through albums. If I search my memory, I can tell a different story involving each of the songs on this album. Leaving aside the emotional memory for a moment, there is nothing wrong with this album. Although everyone knows that this is a masterpiece conceived by Paul, who brought the entire concept and aesthetics of the album, some of the best compositions of his career and the most revolutionary bass lines in history, we cannot forget the fundamental roles of John Lennon, who also brought some of his best compositions and, in my opinion, the best vocal performances of his career. George brought the impeccable Indian psychedelic sound to Within Without You and Ringo Starr, often labeled as the least talented Beatle, showed in his performances on this album why he is one of the most revolutionary drummers of all time. Ringo is like the beating heart of this band and, on top of everything, he brought us the unforgettable performance of With A Little Help From My Friends. I repeated the word "revolutionary" a few times while writing this review and for good reason. Revolutionary is the correct word to describe this album. I don't think I said anything in this review that hasn't already been said by millions of people over almost 60 years. But I make a promise here: I am currently 23 years old and as long as I live, I will spread the Beatles' music and pass it on to future generations. I will introduce the Beatles to my children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even my great-grandchildren's children if possible, until my last breath. And this will be the first album I will always recommend!
Cool concept album where the concept is what if the Beatles were a band
pre: I haven't listened to this in years, but probably because it's the one I played the most when I was much younger. I can sing most of these songs by heart, and have memories of my Dad singing some of them to me. I'm going to listen to it, but it's going to be a 5 No notes
What an album. I have always loved this from my first listen 30 years ago to now. You couldnt make ths album better. From a Beatles perspective it can only be beaten by Revolver Getting better, a day in the life and Lucy in the sky with diamonds are perfect songs. Favourite song: All of them Least favourite: Everything is perfect Album artwork: Iconic labum cover
Certainly in the Top 3 Beatles records. As much as I dislike Paul, and make no mistake this is a Paul album - I don’t know if there’s anything to quibble about with it.
There's been a ton written about everything the Beatles have done, so I'm not going to try to rehash all that here, but I didn't really know the history of them that well so a quick recap from what I gathered. This is album #8 of theirs, and it was right around their shift from a touring band to a studio band. Beatlemania was at its peak and it was so crazy that you literally couldn't hear the music at most of their shows. Between that, a number of protests they faced (including from US religious conservatives), and their increasing studio experimentation, they decided to quit touring and become a studio band only. While they were wildly popular already, most of their higher-regarded albums today are from the studio part of their career, and this album is also considered to be when a lot of critics agreed that rock music can also be a legitimate art form. Paul McCartney was also really coming into his genius at this point too, and he had this idea for a song from an alter ego Edwardian military band. The theory seems to be that this album is meant to be from another band, which takes some of the perceived constraints of being a "Beatles" album away from them. Admittedly the concept gets a little hazy in the middle of the album (they seem to move away from it pretty quickly), but it's an interesting bit. There's part of me that's like, do I just like this because it has the Beatles name on it. And, you know what, maybe. I think sometimes they can sound just slightly underwhelming today, until you realize it's underwhelming because they created all this in the first place and everyone copied them afterwards. It's a really consistent album, it's not the tightest concept in the world but I see what they were getting at, there's so much rich instrumentation, it's really solid overall. This is my third Beatles album on here, and I think it's above Meet the Beatles! but a little below the White Album to me. This on is a whole lot tighter of a piece of work than the White Album, but I think it has more standout songs to me (while admittedly being a bit ridiculous at times). Two other things to discuss here. First, while this album has less hits than some of their others, "A Day in the Life" might just be my new favorite Beatles song. The second to last song on here is a reprise of the opener "Sgt Pepper's..." song, and then after that it rolls into "A Day in the Life". The theory is that the reprise was them ending their "performance" as the alter ego, and then the last song is back to them as the Beatles. I'm not sure if I really have a thought about that, but this last song is just incredible. It's sad and striking, and big and just incredible. I had like a bit of a jaw-drop moment when I heard it for the first time here, incredible song. A perfect example of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting combination works to perfection. Second, you get some of the Beatles India inspiration on here on "Within You Without You". Personally I feel like it's a bit of an odd choice on here, but it is what it is. Third, the cover is iconic, I have nothing interesting to say but it's worth noting. Lastly, I didn't realize that the Beatles didn't put songs that they released as singles on albums, so they have a bunch of famous songs that are not on any of their studio albums. "Strawberry Fields Forever" was the big single that was released between Revolver and this, so it's not on here but is spiritually in the realm of this album. Favorite song: A Day In The Life Other: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Getting Better, Fixing A Hole, She's Leaving Home, For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!, Within You Without You, When I'm Sixty-Four, Lovely Rita, Good Morning Good Morning 11/7/24
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Easy 5 stars: iconic
The first true concept album. A groundbreaking innovation in music. Highlights for me are always Within You Without You, She's Leaving Home and A Day In The Life. Just sublime, especially ADITL, I think it's one of their finest examples of a Lennon and McCartney song i.e. part bleak and biting, and part jolly and bouncing. From the use of combs on Lovely Rita, to the pieces of tape randomly put together to make Wurlitzer noises on Mr Kite, this album always seemed like it was from another planet. I thought I'd hate listening to When I'm 64 and Fixing A Hole as I see them as songs for kids in a way, but they're brilliant too. Can't fault this masterpiece.
It's the Beatles! What's not to like???
This is one of the most famous albums of all time, and for good reason. I've listened to it hundreds of times and it hasn't lost its luster. Every song is great. My favorites are "Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite" and "When I'm Sixty-Four". This is unquestionably my favorite Beatles record. 10/10
Classic! One of the first concept albums I guess?
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Sgt. Pepper's in your teens: Wow! This is pretty neat! Sgt. Pepper's in your twenties: [huge bong rip] This is like...awesome on SO MANY LEVELS. Sgt. Pepper's in your fifties: The cold grey hand of Death waits for us all. Never really absorbed just how *dark* the whole album is taken in it's entirety. Whew. Still amazing.
It's a shame about The Beatles that so many of the bands who are obviously influenced by them lack even a speck of their inventiveness or curiosity.
Another one of my all time favourites. Every song is great in their own way. A lot of albums since 1967 wanted to be like "Sgt. Pepper". Most of them being failures in comparison. Nobody can beat the Beatles and I can say that with pride. 5 stars for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
I mean. Highlights: She's leaving home, When I'm 64, A day in the life
5 stars
Our 100th album is considered top 3 best albums of all time so... trippy, beautiful, avantgarde - clever, brilliant, future paving mastery. Also part of the social fabric of my childhood, adolescence and all the rest - What to say! Stu I can't wait to hear your review : )
An all-time album here. Might be a bit of nostalgia going on, but it just hits.
5/5 Perfect.
5 out of 5. There is nothing I can add that everyone else hasn't already.
How many of these songs have become soundtracks to commercials? My favorite is “Lovely Rita,” which is what Conan‘s band played for Tom Hanks when he came on during Conan’s last night hosting the Tonight Show. Cheeky pick that cost NBC a bundle.
An almost perfect album
A great album. It's surprising how innovative the Beatlrs were at the time. I was delighted to hear many well-known hits again. 5/5
I've already had The White Album and Abbey Road picked for me in the last month or so and already had Rubber Soul and Revolver in the last 10 months, so going back to Sgt. Pepper is like snuggling into a warm blanket. Though the transition from the Rubber Soul/Revolver era to this is STARK, they went away and changed everything, and free from the constraints of recording and touring endlessly they almost perfected everything... Production, songwriting, instrument choices, and general vibes is off the charts. The only downside is the often derided "granny music" McCartney song, following on from the deplorable "Michelle" on Rubber Soul, we get "When I'm Sixty-Four" here and it was only going downhill on other albums after that. But some scholars wish to include "She's Leaving Home" and "Lovely Rita" from this album too... Still 5 stars, the most important album in music history, and all that.
Really the therapy for bad days
Undoubtedly the most influential band in the world at their creative peak. There is maybe no better way to open a record than the title song, “With a Little Help from My Friends,” and “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.” I do question how much of a “concept” record it is in theme, but that doesn’t really deter too much from the overall strength of the album, songwriting, and production. Nobody is ever going to write home about “She’s Leaving Home” or “Lovely Rita” but this is everything The Beatles are and why they’re so influential all in one album.
A 9 out of 10. Beginning and end are great. I like the middle but they aren't the best beatles songs.
Possibly the best album ever made. Nuff said.
god damn it. what enlightened fellows.
I don't want to go track by track for this one. Might be missing the point, anyway? Realistically scores top marks on the strength of the big songs anyway. The transition into With A Little Help From My Friends still gives me goosebumps, and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds needs no introduction. The slightly eerie organ melody, the time change, the chorus. It's a stone cold classic. Closing out the album, A Day In The Life is another favorite with its dramatic, dissonant buildup. In between, the album just... takes you somewhere. Like many of the very best records, every track is different and yet it all feels cohesive. On this listen, I appreciated the mesmerizing instrumentation on Within You Without You more than I had in the past. Next time, I suspect a different song will grab my attention. You plumb the depths of this and it rewards you.
fav album man
Solid Album, mellow but still energetic.
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An absolute classic. Good reminder that music can be pretty complicated even if it doesn’t sound like it
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5.0
Banger after banger after banger. Each track stands out and cements itself deep in your mind. Even the not-so-popular tracks are catchy as hell and very good. The worst song on this album would be someone else's one hit wonder. Favorites were Day in the Life, Getting Better, When I'm Sixty Four, and With a Little Help
This is really the Sgt. Peppers of Beatles albums not gonna lie. The album cover fits the varied colorful tracks contained within perfectly. A Day In The Life is just one of the best songs ever. I even appreciated some of the less popular songs more than I have in the past. Fixing A Hole is great, Within You Without You is an absolute journey, Good Morning Good Morning features animal noises, truly something for everyone here.
A wonderful and dense exploration of the Beatles at their peak.
What an interesting little indie band, excited to see more of them in the future!
Favorite Tracks: Lovely Rita, She’s Leaving Home
Inventive, fun, evolutionary, psychedelic vaudeville. Brimming with creativity. A truly classic album that changed the rock genre for the better for good.
Bangers! Bangers! More bangers!
Still a solid 5, but my least favorite of the non-teeny bopper albums (Rubber Soul on through to Abbey Road), and yes I even like Magical Mystery Tour better. Except for the title track this doesn’t seem like a concept album at all. It was really cool when this came out because it had lyrics included which was novel at the time, plus I believe it came with some ephemera extras related to the Sgt. Pepper theme. No real super fave tracks here, all solidly Beatles gems.
Duh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 13. Good Morning Good Morning 12. Lovely Rita 11. With A Little Help From My Friends 10. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band(Reprise) 9. When I'm Sixty-Four 8. Within You Without You 7. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 6. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 5. Getting Better 4. Fixing A Hole 3. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite 2. She's Leaving Home 1. A Day In The Life
For the longest time, this was my favorite Beatles album, though it (not so recently) got dethroned by their seminal 'Abbey Road'. But I'll admit the opening three tracks might be the best opening track run on a Beatles album - you've got the viscera of the live (sounding) title track, the peppy and sweet Ringo-driven cut that is 'With A Little Help From My Friends', and the impeccably catchy, and psychedelic 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'. And everything after is just some solid Beatles at their peak - you know the harmonies, basslines, catchy choruses, colorful production, and occasionally experimental passages...all that. And this album really emphasizes the 'colorful' aspect of it all - sorta like this wacky pop-culture-reference-filled album cover. It's no secret that Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' (a response to 'Rubber Soul') was one of the main inspirations for this record. That's most evident in songs like 'Getting Better' and 'Fixing A Hole'', though these songs are undoubtedly bluesier and more steeped in their contemporary Rock N' Roll influences. 'She's Leaving Home' on the other hand is ruthless in its Pet Soundsisms, especially with those harmonized chorus vocals and string arrangements. While I do think the Beach Boys did this 60s pop sound better, what 'Abbey Road' has over the Beach Boy's records is just how out there it can, and is willing, to be. Be it the gorgeously dissonant instrumental interludes on 'Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!' or the entirety of the Eastern-influenced Harrison track 'Within You Without You'. I feel like these are the key moments that gave Sgt. Pepper's its undeniable reputation. But then there's also one of the greatest songs of all time on here - the orchestral (wall-of-noise-esque) 'A Day In The Life'. It's incredible, though I admittedly always get a chuckle out of the funny juxtaposition between Paul and Lennon's parts - with Lennon highlighting the gruesome scene at a green light and Paul panting through his cluttered morning routine. But how well has all of this aged? Well, it manages to be boundary-pushing in pop all while still sounding disgustingly '60s without a doubt. Though a song like 'Within You Without You' is still pretty trippy today and I'll mention again those wild-ass interludes on Mr Kite. Nevertheless, there's a reason this record is revered to the degree it is today - it's, above all else, a near-flawless album.
the best beatles album tbh. argue with a wall highlights: she’s leaving home, within you without you, a day in the life
Very familiar with this. Part of my DNA.
Thoughts before listening: One of the most beloved Beatles albums with some of their most enduring songs. I am glad to listen to this today and will likely be giving this 5-stars. Review: This isn't my favorite Beatles album...some of the songs are a little too whimsical to truly be their best...but there are some absolutely terrific songs on here. I can also recognize that the studio magic they were able to create for this album may seem fairly common by today's standards, but it was absolutely groundbreaking in 1967. This album is worthy of the praise that it receives, and I'm giving it 5-stars.
You can really start to see the band members start to explore their own creative leanings.
Incredible album from front to back, great songs, and well-paced. Nothing bad to say about this one.
Great album all the way through. Loved the hits, loved the deep cuts. I can see why this is often on the top albums of all time lists.
Sometimes I forget how good the Beatles are.
There's nothing to say about the album itself. Of course, it is five stars. It is interesting to listen to it closer to the end of the 1001 challenge (I have a bit more than 100 albums to finish) because it's easy, fun, and quite interesting to see the influences used by the Beatles in the album, as well as how much they influenced other artists (almost all) that we also have on the list.
Just superb.
bopping for sure
Dieses Album soll der Wendepunkt in der Rock- und Pop Geschichte sein. Das Albumcover bunt mit allen möglichen Prominenten sensationell auffällig. "With a little Help from a friend" von Joe Cocker eigenwillig gecovert, dass seine Weltkarriere gestartet werden konnte. Das Album sozusagen ein Konzeptalbum. Hier wurden die Beatles erwachsen, dennoch verspielter und vielfältiger. Kurzum: ein Meilenstein
These fellas may be on to something here.
Come on now.
The album many consider to be the band’s magnum opus, and the first to explore new territory from the mop-top I Wanna Hold Your Hand era. It really is a phenomenal piece of music history, and a 5 star is obvious.
From my point of view, it's the groundbreaking concept - album.
So I'm supposed to write something novel about one of the most towering artistic pop music achievements of the 20th century, often cited as one of the greatest albums by the world's best and best-known band. Got it. You could say it's a pretty good record.
Među prvim konceptualnim albumima koji je promijenio tok razvoja mnogih žanrova. Album je ko flaša piva na žedan jezik, nemreš stat dok ga ne popiješ do kraja.
Jedan od onih albuma koji mijenja živote 😁 svevremenski klasik!
Uhh, dosta dobar prvi album. Jedan od 3 albuma od njih koje volim. Ne znam koliko mogu biti objektivan oko ovog albuma, ali meni je ovo tipa 9/10
LO escuché 25mil veces pero nunca está de más. El primer disco que me compré con mi plata en mi vida. con eso digo todo.
Disclosure: I am a Beatles fan. Sgt. Pepper's is more than just an album; it's a sonic adventure. From the psychedelic soundscapes to the introspective lyrics, every track is a masterpiece. The Beatles' experimentation and creativity shine through, making it a timeless classic.
Classic Beatles. 1960's music will last forever.
now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
kind of epic ! who up going to strawberry fields forever
me and my gang making a concept album and the concept is that we are weird 4.5/5
Well, duh.
It’s the Beatles, and it’s a mind blowing listen even today. I started listening to this album today after watching the movie Kinds Of Kindness, I’d definitely recommend by the way, so I was already in a weird headspace as that movie has heavy philosophical themes and strange scenarios throughout. At one point I ended up at the grocery store when “Within You Without You” came on and I immediately felt as though I was in dream. Watching people do the most mundane things while a song about human connection, or lack there of, was playing in my head. It was just one of those moments that’s hard to explain it’s significance to someone, much like the difficulty of explaining a dream to someone can be. Either way it made my assignment for today even more interesting and I’m glad I got to revisit this classic.
You know you have a classic album when each track has its own dedicated Wikipedia page. What can I say about this album that hasn't been overly stated by those with more eloquent tongues for decades now since 1967? Yes, this was the album that broke all of the rules of popular music, adding classical Western and Eastern instrumentation and incorporating the most modern of musical inventions (mellotron) and recording techniques (tape loops, backmasking). Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band not only pushes the sound and songwriting of modern pop, but also harkens back to song styles of yesteryear's earliest recordings. To this day, it is still a genre-divergent sampling of the best of what humankind can produce musically in the 20th century. Not just an album of the year or decade, but of the century. "Fixing A Hole" (along with "Penny Lane", also recorded during the Pepper sessions) is one of the greatest songs Paul has ever written. John was on a hot streak with "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite", and "A Day In The Life" (along with "Strawberry Fields Forever", also recorded during the Pepper sessions). George contributes an absolute masterpiece of meter, melody, and lyric with "Within You Without You." And Billy Shears himself adds lead vocal to "With A Little Help From My Friends", the second best song ever to feature Ringo's voice after the self-penned "Octopus's Garden." "The Beatles were so high, they let Ringo sing a couple of tunes." --Bill Hicks As much as I love this album, I would happily remove "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "She's Leaving Home" to be replaced by "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever." Also, I am surprised that John let Paul throw in a mundane, meaningless middle section into his epic "A Day In The Life;" the best work here was John's and in figuring out how to transition out of Paul's part. I'm sure Paul patted himself on the back for adding such an 'important' part to John's already impressive work. I guess there are some things that I say about the Beatles that I haven't heard other critics say: 1. The Beatles were so influential partly because they were so influential. Dominating the cultural spotlight, they were able to broadcast a beacon of love, and their voice carried the political weight of the people. Suddenly, other groups were free to write their own songs, if only in desire to get a message across. Music was seen as a legitimate medium to give voice to those who were otherwise muffled, and the ideas were no longer empty confection but something to be respectfully and sometimes fearfully considered. 2. For all of their acclaim, they are still the most underrated band of all time. People are so blown away with Lennon's songs and lyrics, they overlook how well the Beatles harmonize with each other, each a fan of vocal groups like the Everly Brothers (imagine "If I Fell" or "Girl" or even later on with "Because" or "Dig A Pony" without the crucial backing vocals). People are so adamently fans of cute Paul's clear vocal range and songwriting, that the average fan overlooks that he was one of the most melodic bassists ever to play. From numerous perspectives, they were at the very top of their game, and accolades highlighting any aspect of their genius always overlook some other equally impressive attribute. They deserve even more recognition than they received, and unlike other legends of their time that are fading away with each generation (Graceland had the largest handicapped parking lot I've ever seen), the Beatles' music has and will endure forever. Regardless of when the aliens invade and ask for evidence as to why humanity should be spared annihilation, our best offering always is to let them hear Sgt. Pepper.