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I've listened to this album hundreds of times, yet when I saw it come up I got a little thrill. I can play this album in my head and not miss a beat. My first musical memory is The Fabs. I've loved them for nearly 60 years because they were the greatest. They still are. This album is one of the main reasons we love albums.
Rating: 10/10
Transcends music to stand on its own as a work of art
There are some all-time Beatles classics on this album (With a Little Help from My Friends; Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds; A Day in the Life), but this album is also much more than the sum of its individual songs. It has a distinctive feeling, interesting experimental elements and flows beautifully. It's reputation as an all-time classic is deserved. 4.5/5.
love, Love, LOVE this album
Well known to me! I’m traveling today so I don’t have time for a review but rest assured I listened to it!
Not even gonna lower myself to a song-by-song ranking. This is an all-time great, easy 5-star album. I will only say that the standout song on a standout album is A Day in the Life.
A classic. So good! I forgot how much I liked the Beatles. Not much more to say, really. Gotta be a 5!
It's good to have the occasional reminder of what a genuine 5 star album sounds like.
One of my favs
You can’t put into words how incredible this album is. The album cover is one of the most iconic album covers in music history, plus people have gone crazy trying to find all the hidden symbolism This is my favorite SPLHCB cover post, in which someone explains the complex geometry used: https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/jwwy3u/the_craziest_and_most_insane_beatles_conspiracy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x Technologically, this album was seemingly impossible for its time They were using production techniques that hadn’t even been invented yet oh and culturally, of course this album forever shaped music, inspiring some of my favorite bands like Pink Floyd and King Crimson again, words don’t do justice explaining just how amazing and impactful this album is on both a personal and cultural level, I can’t just give it a rating on a 5 star system, it’s far beyond that and I don’t even think this is my favorite Beatles album, personally, I’m a sucker for the white album and I would be infuriated if that wasn’t on here
So fucking good! Will never get old
Rating : A+ Picks: With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In the Sky, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite and of course A Day in the Life. That last piano note of A Day in the Life, opened up so many possibilities of what could be achieved through music. So many ideas. This to me is what Ulysses means to literature. Nuff said !
Probably the greatest album ever made by the greatest band of all time, can't give this anything but a perfect 5 stars.
Always glad to see the Beatles pop up. More theatrical, love the sitar. The wide, reverby ones are the most appealing on a first listen.
The greatest band of the history. Its best album. No more comments.
I really really really dig it. Obviously.
A lot of lyrical nonsense, but how can I not...
9/10 Best track - A Day in the Life
It's great. Not as great as some of their others.
A classic, remastered is better. Lucy in the Sky favorite song
Completely normal to have a groundbreaking album as, you know, your EIGHTH. Still pretty great, oo-er missus.
The ultimate pop and rock album. It doesn't get better than this. This is a candidate for my favorite album of all time, although Abbey Road has the edge. With its colorful album cover and mindblowing songs, this is probably the album that got my 11-year old self severely obsessed with The Beatles. Highly innovative, creative songwriting and lyrics that touch surreal topics, catchy and melodic all throughout (sounds like nothing else that exists), and beautiful complex arrangements to focus on with each listen (it really gives off that marching band / orchestra aesthetic of so much to look out for). Of course it's one of the most influential albums out there. A standard that pushes other artists to reach their creative peak. Tracks move seamlessly from one to the next. Despite varying so much in structure and mood, nothing feels out of a place, even if adjacent tracks are absolutely NOTHING like each other. The production is the best of the decade. So much thought went into perfecting each track and the overall album experience moving along the songs. Sure, there are bloopers like the infamous "come on" in "A Day in the Life" that could bother some people, but I see those as a fun thing to look out for. A small discussion about genres. This is their peak psychedelic phase where they went ham with making the music sound as out-there as possible. Their shift to psychedelia happened in Revolver, and they would continue in Magical Mystery Tour, but their creativity peaks here. There are themes within many songs and the album cover referencing vaudeville and music hall music that gives off such an early 20th century vibe. It's a unique take on pop music and psychedelia. Sgt Pepper: Immediately immerses you into this world the album will take you. Sets the theme and perspective that isn't just the boy band "The Beatles" but instead the vaudeville Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band starring Billy Shears. With a Little Help From My Friends: That smooth transition from the intro reinforces the mindset this album places you in. Fun and catchy, one of Ringo's best songs, probably cause it isn't country. The cadence apparently becomes influential on how many pop songs (to the modern day) would end songs. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds: One of their most famous songs. A very surreal song, much like their later "Mr Kite" except catchier. Can't see how nobody's sung along to this one at least once. The verses are incredible with Lennon's cloudy vocals, his imaginative descriptive lyrics, and the mind-numbing tambura. Getting Better: Just pure optimism. Just a cheery song about a shitty man trying to improve his life. The clapping reinforces that "Let's all sing and dance along" vibe. And then you have that creative tambura verse revealing him as a "former wife-beater," always sticks out to me on each listen and forms a dynamic contrast to the rest of the song, but continues as if he's so head-set on his life being happier, whether he's actually improving as a person. Fixing a Hole: An introspective song about McCartney's use of (supposedly) marijuana (or meditation?) to induce his creativity in songwriting. A little cheery, my favorite part is that fun bridge to sing along to. This always struck out to me when I was younger. "Why's he so obsessed with filling holes in his house? Is it symbolizing some anger?" I'll never understand why I never bothered to look up the song meanings, or maybe I just forgot since. She's Leaving Home: Such beautiful and dramatic strings. Baroque pop masterpiece with two perspectives that both seemingly fit the mood: the melancholy of the destroyed parents' perspective of finding their daughter gone, and the optimism of the daughter starting a fresh and exciting new life. Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite: Psychedelic masterpiece that took me until a few years ago to fully appreciate about a circus performance that gives huge Salvador Dali vibes. Lots of surreal imagery here in its lyrics and its insane atmospheric instrumentals that engulf you. Yes, I imagine a horse doing the waltz every time. Within You Without You: Possibly Harrison's best song, and of course the best raga rock song to ever exist. Mostly instrumental with cloudy vocals, that fade in and out. So much going on, it really is like an Indian orchestra. I can't believe that Harrison was the only Beatle working on this song, but it just goes to show his immense talent and where he'd take it in All Things Must Pass. When I'm Sixty Four: Crazy how Paul wrote this when he was 14. So imaginative and vibrant, yet simple and pure. Love the clarinets in this one that give off childhood optimistic vibes. Some critics say it sounds like ragtime, so that must be the "old classic sound" that I find familiar to early 20th-century nursery rhymes. Lovely Rita: A song I don't give enough credit for. More amazing storytelling, with strange instruments coming in and out. It sounds like a kazoo! Apparently, it's a god damn "comb and tissue paper." Love the back vocals on this one. Those last 30 seconds are truly orgasmic. Good Morning Good Morning: Be careful wearing headphones to this one. They really go ham with surrounding your head with a million different sounds. I don't even know how to break this song down, there's just so much. And not to mention it keeps switching time signatures. Sometimes I confuse this song with "Here Comes the Sun" and I'm like "wow people must have crazy tastes for this to be their most popular song" but actually it's this album's least popular. Sgt Pepper Reprise: Back full circle, completing the amazing ride. You just feel satisfied getting to this point, reminding you this isn't The Beatles, but rather Billy Shear's insane vaudeville / music hall band. No other album places you in this bubble better, although I do like Magical Mystery Tour's intro. A Day in the Life: Feels like an isolated bonus, a reward for making it through the album. Somber, beautiful, and introspective. That point where the orchestra gets frighteningly chaotic before McCartney's morning routine starts. Love that grand orchestral interlude between McCartney's and Lennon's lines. After Lennon's mysterious pondering about holes we get another chaotic finish. It's such a perfect song I couldn't disagree seeing it on lists of the best songs of all time. If you're looking for a fun and vibrant time to sing and dance to, something to dream about or get high to, to just sit and relax, this satisfies it all. A complete experience you'll keep coming back to. On a final note, I guess I can address the critics, whose points boil down to either "They're classic but the people they influences did it better" or "This music doesn't blow me away so they're overrated." All I need is to say is that I'm grateful they don't have more convincing arguments. It's inevitable for people to not like any given thing, but at least I don't see a reason why I should view this album any less than perfect and world bending.
When I think Beatles, I think of this album. This and the White Album are them at their peak.
Have to admit it. Perfect pop. So many great tunes. So many styles and influences all coming together. LISTEN TO THIS ONE AGAIN
What needs to be said... Just an amazing record from start to finish.
Beatles perfection, from top to bottom
Love
Excelente! Da pra sentir que estão muito mais "soltos" com novas abordagens. Uma experiência incrível do início ao fim.
Yep
I want to find this one on vinyl in mono. So analogue. Paul is dead.
1-star.
The Beatles second best album and still a classic. Like all the other albums the first like 3 songs are legendary then the rest is just solid
This album sounds like my house smells. I can't even tell if it's good or bad, it's been with me so long that it's just what music sounds like. It sounds like the car ride to elementary school with my mom. It sounds like grandma's front porch. It sounds like every band that came after them and stole a little piece and didn't even realize they were doing it because this is just how music sounds.
"Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends" Sgt Peppers will always be the best of the Beatles in my opinion. Amazing.
Textbook definition of a 5/5
What else can you say besides it’s the freakin Beatles
Get high with a little help from my friends
Classic album that arguably changed the music world forever. It is an album that you can revisit again and again. . It is brilliant but not their greatest for me. Musically i think many songs lack the sophistication of other albums: Rubber Soul, White Album, abbey Rd, Revolver. Still head and shoulders above the majority of this list and features one of my all time favourites: A Day in The Life
One of my fave Beatles albums. Its punching for their best, for me, but just falls slightly short. Still undeniably great though.
Una joya! Que disco!
One Beatles album worthy of all the hype. Sgt Peper caught them at the right time, they had rightly moved on from being a boy band but not hit the full tilt in fighting and thinking they were untouchable geniuses. She's leaving home is one of my favourite Beatles tracks and it is in good company with all the tracks on the album being high points for the band.
Easy five stars. Not even my favourite later Beatles album but sonically, it’s better than the best pretty much anyone can offer. Fave tracks : “A Day in The Life” “With a Little Help From My Friends” “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” “When I’m Sixty Four”
One of the first albums I bought at the age of 13 - but in the mid 70s when The Beatles were terminally unfashionable.I already had Revolver which I bought for 50p from my mates older brother. I still love this album and was really happy to relisten. Not a duff track on it ( I would argue that Within you without you followed by '64 is still the finest sequencing decision of any beatles album. ) A Day in the Life is still utterly astonishing. And all recorded on a 4 track recording machine.An astounding album in every sense
Legendary
Great album... Alltime alltime!
It is the Beatles, and in a period of proper exploration that has one of my fave sleeper Beatles songs with Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite.
One of the greatest albums of all time and my favourite Beatles album. Revolutionary for its time and still holds up today. Can't say enough good things about it because it's basically perfect (in my humble opinion). I like all the tracks even those people think are not that great like Good Morning Good Morning or For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite. My least favourite song here is Lovely Rita which I still like just not as much as the rest.
I think Day in the Life is one of the greatest album-ending songs of all time. The entire album is really great from start to finish, and is such an interesting evolution of the sound of the Beatles.
A really good listen to a lot of familiar songs, but never as a whole album. It's evident that The Beatles were well and truly over their teen heart throb status and were more than willing to branch out on something really new and different from their sound and concept for the album to their looks and really keeping with the times of the 'hippy' and drug liberated era. Best: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; With a Little Help from My Friends; Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Worst: When I'm Sixty-Four
4.5
This is one of my favourite Beatles albums, I love it so much. My favourite songs are Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds and She's Leaving Home.
Zeitloser (?) Klassiker. Immer 5.
Easy.
It's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles. How could I not give it five stars?
In the early 80s I made an effort to add the Beatles to my music collection, but was on a limited budget. So I bought the "red" and "blue" compilations (which in retrospect I am happy about because of the number of favorite Beatles singles it had that never were on an album). I knew I also wanted one of their original albums, and this was the one I chose after the limited sort of research one could do before the Internet. (I also have to admit that I was a big fan of the 1978 movie starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees. But we won't talk about that right now.) Having recently listened to the White Album and Revolver, I find that this one really feels most like its own thing; a concept from beginning to end. It certainly contains similar sounds to both but I enjoy the uninterrupted flow from track to track. Maybe having listened to it a million times already it doesn't seem jarring to go from the Indian sounds of "Within You Without You" to the clarinets of "When I'm Sixty-Four," so I will grant that. A. I believe there's a reason this album is so famous, and B. It was my first and only Beatles album that I consistently knew as an album for almost 40 years, so I'm not totally objective here. Love love love from beginning to end. Love it just as much today if not more than I did all those years ago.
I am familiar with this album and have listened to it many times during my life. I loved it then, I love it now, and I will continue to love it in the future.
I used to listen to this album as a kid because it was in my sister’s record collection. It is the Beatles album I am most familiar with. Obviously a great album. “A Day In The Life” is perhaps my favorite Beatles song. Was great to revisit the album as I haven’t listened to it all the way through in decades. When I was a kid I recall not enjoying “Within You Without You” very much. But then it took some effort to skip forward to the next song. Not sure if it is just imprinted on me, but I wanted to skip it again (but didn’t). It does seem like a strange outlier on the album.
The real deal. What else can I say? Sure, maybe it’s overplayed. Sure, maybe you’re not a fan of the costumes. But listen to like anything else of its time and compare. There’s no comparison really.
Top 3 favorite Beatles albums
Absolutely class
Simplemente magnifico, album magistral, tremenda joya. Es jodidamente bueno. Siempre que estoy de malas me gusta escuchar este álbum, me pone de buen humor
INCREDIBLE! My favorite Beatles record, and my second favorite album of all time. The cohesion and sequencing make it greater than the sum of its parts, but the songs make it so that the parts are still awesome. It’s just great all around.
Major turning point for the band. Love this album.
Mono Stereo
One of the most notable Beatles album.
ALMOST their best. 5/5
Piaty krazek bandy na liscie, wiec o samym zespole juz sie chyba wypisalem co wiedzialem, a sam album to jak dla mnie opus magnum ich dyskografii, wedlug niektorych jeden z pierwszych konceptowych krazkow jakie zna muzyka rozrywkowa, a pochodzi on z roku 67, ciekawa sprawa jest to ze podobno krytycy sami wymyslili sobie ten koncept, bo sam lenon i ringu mowili, ze jedynie dwa pierwsze songi mialy jakies polaczenie, a reszta to gem na gemie, ale bez motywu przewodniego, ale to wlasnie zamykajacy traczek a day in the life tworzy caly koncept, jesli wczesniejsze dwanasciekawalkow byly opowiescia snuta w swiecie pepperowym przez lonlejowo sercowo klubikowa bande, to trzynasty trak burzy eskejpistyczno psychodeliczny obraz swiata pepperowego na rzecz szarej rzeczywistosci, nie ma tutaj orientalnych brzmien i mistycznych brzmien, ktore przewijaja sie przez caly album, natomiast jest to skontrastowane z dzwiekami rzeczywistosci, potezna orkiestra, czy chocby budzik do roboty, wiec nawet jesli beatlesie nie mieli zamiaru stworzyc tak madrego konceptu, to jednak im sie udalo, gdyby nie zamykajacy kawalek to calosc mozna by okreslic jako niepowaznie szczesliwa, co moze by pasowalo do tak popularnej muzyki, ale z pewnoscia nie niosloby ze soba takiego przeslania, jak dla mnie sgt. peppers lonely hearts club band, to blisko 40 minut mocno skondensowanego kopiuma, ucieczki od rzeczywistosci zarowno w muzyke czy prosto w kable, chociaz glownym wspolautorem byl raczej kwasior McCartnejowy, a Lennon mial byc tym swiadomym przewodnikiem podczas procesu pisania traczkow, jesli chodzi o instrumetale, to jest tak jak na poprzednich materialach beatlesow z tego okresu, jak na revolverze pojawiaja sie zarowno minimalistyczne kompozycje jak na lucy in the sky with diamonds przeplatane z bogato osamplowanymi, elektrykowymi trakami jak good morning good morning, czy prawdziwie Harrisonowym brzmieniem within you without you, gdzie zaprezentowal kunszt swoich sitarowych sztuczek, jest to takze drugi najdluzszy utwor plyty, przegrywajacy tylko z epilogiem a day in the life, jest to takze album na ktorym jak dla mnie Lennon najbardziej wokalnie sie wpasowal, zarowno kawalki solowe jak i z Paulem maja wreszcie jakosciowo wykonany efekt, ktorym spamowal na swoich nagraniach, Lennon jest chyba postacia u ktorej najbardziej slychac ewolucje wokalu na przestrzeni dyskografii beatlesowej, album niby konceptowy, a jednak pojedyncze traki rowniez mocno sluchalne, z poprzednich odsluchow mialem juz with a little help from my friends i pania lucy, wiec dodam jeszcze dwa kolejne getting better zwlaszcza za gitarkowe nutki jakie mozna uslyszec juz na samym wstepie, a kolejnym bedzie wlasnie zamykajacy a day in the life, ktory dopiero teraz jakos brzmi dla mnie inaczej i nadaje drugiego dna pepperowemu albumikowi, jesli jestem juz na piatym nagraniu, to obstawiam, ze musi sie pojawic co najmniej jeszcze jeden, a optymistycznie zakladajac, bo przeciez brytyjska super banda, ze nawet dwa lub trzy moga sie zmiescic, wtedy chyba zostana panowie krolami listy pod wzgledem ilosci przemyconych albumikow
Just a good, solid album where even the songs I didn't know are bangers. 8 recognized songs
I remember the first time listening to this album. I just purchased it in a stack of old records from a flea market in Tuscaloosa, AL. The fella I meet was a DJ in NY back in the 70s, and gave me the vast majority of Pink Floyd, Beatles, Led Zep, and Rolling Stones vinyls I have today. Going home to clean the albums, I selected this as the first to play as I had never heard it before even at the age of 26. I remember being floored by how modern it sounded and some of the bass lines in the background. Was a huge musical awakening for me.
Great classic album. Beautifully walks the lines of pop and psychedelia
Not much needs to be said. Was a groundbreaking album for its day and still is a wonderful listen in 2021. Love being able to hear the individual styles of each Beatle start to take shape in these songs. A Day In The Life is likely the best Beatles song ever written.
11/8 You know what it issss... Standout Tracks: With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Fixing A Hole, She's Leaving Home, Within You Without You, A Day In The Life
Weird in the best sense of the word.
Dat is toch wel een feest van herkenning
Classic!
Well it’s safe to say I managed to cum to every single track. What’s not to like, the greatest album from the greatest band of all time. A little help from my friends. What a hero ringo was! A day in the life, Christ just saying it makes me want to jizz all over my guinea pig! Just looking at the album cover gets me hard. Overall it’s a Beatles bukkake party and I’m very impressed.
this is when the beatles got good. much better than i remembered, pretty sure i overplayed this when i was a wee nipper so i'd kind of fell out with it, but hearing it again now was pretty bloody good. i feel like i need to be critical of it, probably due to never choosing to listen to it any more, but i can't really pick any holes in it. its one of those weird ones where its in the 9/10 camp so i feel odd giving it a 5, but a 4 doesn't really do it justice.
Long before the days of dating apps and posting your tits on the internet, I once placed a lonely hearts advert in the local paper. It read: Big dick gangsta motherfucker seeks shy, retiring, well-educated wallflower to perform unspeakable, inhumane sexual acts with in public. GSOH preferable. I got over 4,000 replies. I fucked them all.
I read the news today, oh boy... Well, it's iconic to say the least. I can't say I've listened to it for about 15 years and was expecting it to actually be a bit shit in reality, but I still enjoyed it. See you again in another 15 years.
Top Scousers.
Amazing Album, it could have been created recently and still be huge. Unbelievably psychadelic
que buen álbum, por el amor de DIOS. obviamente tiene canciones mejores que otras, pero solamente por contener a day in the life y she's leaving home ya se merece las 5 estrellas.
Rock, psychedelica en pop, allemaal dooreen. Heel afwisselend album. Veel variatie met de lead-vocals. Oprecht één van de grootste klassiekers aller tijden
absolute classic...one of the best!
Certainly lives up to the hype. Extremely cohesive yet diverse and expansive album. A Day in the Life is one of the greatest songs ever written
5/5. One of the best albums ever. From its iconic album cover to the Amazing songs. One of the only perfect albums on this list. Standouts: A Day in a Life, She's Leaving Home, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, When I'm Sixty-Four, Lovely Rita, followed by other rest of the songs...
Although in recent times I’ve seen people start to disregard this album, I can say that I truly believe it is one of the greatest of all time. Sometimes the hype is right.
Awesome
Hard to find an album with a more monstrous reputation than this one. There are songs that I find more interesting and ones I find less interesting, but not a bad song on the album.
Ik vind de Beatles geniaal. Gewoon heel toegankelijke vrolijke nummers met pakkende melodietjes. Daarnaast ook heel mooie gevoelige nummers. Dit specifieke album is geweldig want er staan alleen maar van dat soort hits op! Mijn favoriet? Mmm. Ik denk "Getting Better". Owja, er was toch 1 liedje op het album dat ik niet leuk vond. *****
great album
WOW!!! I actually think I'd never listened to this through before. What a masterpiece. The Beatles at their poppy, trippy best - incredible album from start to finish - love the weirdness of Day in The Life, Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite, and Within You Without You. Such a solid concept album too!
My second or maybe third favourite Beatles album
All-time great. The Beatles are masters of songwriting. Relatively simple music by today's standards, but they set the standard for pop music for 50 years and counting. Wish Spotify had the mono mix, but stereo is still cool. Easy 5/5 and it's not even an argument.
Even if you divorce it from the impact it's had on popular music, it's still a brilliant little record
Of course it's a classic. It's Sgt. Peppers damnit! Fav. Song: Fixing a hole
One of the greatest albums of all time. Masterful rock psychedelia. The Beatles in top form.
My favourite Beatles album, enough said!
Classic
Iconic😍
Who couldn't love this album? Amazing production, all-time classic tracks, and enough variety to keep you going through all of it, with the perfect ending track.
Another piece of music which is fixed in my memory to the place and time when I first heard it - in this case riding in my geography A level teacher's Alfasud on a field trip to Oxwich Bay (along with Beggars Banquet). A life-shaping experience.
dawg
Not much to say a near perfect album that would be difficult to tire of. 5 🌟
Not a lot to say that hasn’t already been said about this album. One of, if not the greatest album of all time. Here, the Beatles found a way to make a record without the constraints of having to be the Beatles. As this new band, they could make whatever new and different songs they wanted, so they did. And they made an absolute masterpiece.
I mean, it’s fucking Sgt. Peppers What else is there to say about it? It’s one of the greatest albums to ever exist and it deserves that honour (although I probably wouldn’t say it’s THE greatest)
deffo better than abbey road, i hoped they got ran over while crossing the street cause they didnt look both ways those idiots!!!
Sometimes we forget about the tunes on this album as its cultural standing can overshadow them. The tunes are great. It's The Beatles trying to stop being themselves. Truly mind blowing with possibly the greatest ending track to any album ever. Best Tracks: Getting Better, Lovely Rita, A Day In The Life
Nothing to say that hasn't already been said. Bloody brilliant!
One of my fav Beatles recordings. Iconic and revolutionary.
This was the first album I ever listened to that I thought was perfect. Start to finish.
If you don't own this, you don't like music.
Hay algo que no se haya dicho de este álbum? Lo dudo mucho Un sólido 10/10
Always a favorite a mine. Instant 5/5
love the instrumentation and singing the middle eastern or persian flutes and the horns on the intro track. It was all very well put together and attention grabbing! :)
Bona fide classic
Otroligt album Bästa låtar: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds When I'm Sixty Four Lovely Rita A Day In The Life
All around brilliant!
I've listened to this album for so much of my life and it's amazing.
Probably the Best Beatles Albumn, Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite and Within You Without You stand out.
The best álbum of one of the greatest bands in history.
Groundbreaking. This really doesn't need words.
Within You Without You is a highlight.
OG
Love
2nd June 2021 Listened on my phone in the living room as we have Melyl staying with us. Post FT interview whilst eating a very late lunch. What can you say that hasn't been said already?!
On its own, a really good album. I read up and dug into its history and it is the Citizen Cane of albums. So much happened based on this one. Takes it from 4 to 5 for me despite not being a Beatles fan.
good
One of the greatest albums to exist. Not my favorite Beatles album, but there are no weak songs. It even get's funky with the orchestration near the end, so high marks from me. Fav song: A Day in the Life
Epic trendsetter. A lot of good songs, and a few really good, but not their best (because they sacrificed Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane as a single).
I love this album. I think it's my second favorite Beatles album behind the White album.
Great album
Banger after banger. A Day in The Life is 1 of my Tippy Toppy Beatles songs
i love it!
5.0 + Just the fact that so many bands heard this album and immediately decided to try and make a similar one of their own “in response”, is telling.
Pues eso
Sonics:8 Music: 9 Feel: amazing and groundbreaking production, classic album with lots of fantastic songs
500
Marvellous!!!!
One of the Beatles high points, but not the only one. There are few bands anyone can say this about. This band a 2 or 3 high points. They continually defied the odds. This album blew every critic out of the water.
Clasicazo
Always
Fro got me onto The Beatles at 190 George, before that- just a famous old band. I think out of their albums, this is the best ale. No 2 songs alike
Waited for my turntable to be delivered to finally listen to this album completely. It is a 5 from start to finish, even the last loop, which is sadly lost in the cd's and streaming services versions, is amazing.
Classic, what more is there to say. * Italianesq kisses fingers to mouth motion* 🤣
A true classic + unique and experimental for the time
Je n’ai même pas besoin de justifier. 5*
Top tier album. The variety of sounds on here and the quality of every song are amazing. Favorite Track(s): I honestly love each and every song on this album for various reasons, but “A Day In The Life” takes the top spot
The obvious answer for when someone asks what a 5/5 album sounds like. Never a dull moment and couldn't possibly be any better.
I mean, it's a classic.
Superb
It’s just a classic. Timeless and still amazing today. I need to listen to The Beatles more man...
Greatest classic
A little overrated in Beatles' discography but still amazing. 9/10 1. A Day in the Life 2. She’s Leaving Home 3. With a Little Help From My Friends
Very very good. Where do we get some LSD?
yes!
All-time classic! Great production quality
Such a great collection of songs. Been a while since I've heard them.
Obviously a classic. Heard it a million times.
I don't think I have ever hear "Within you without you" before... I could have sworn I had listened to this album before, but I must have only listened to the A-side. "When I am Sixty-Four" is great. "Lovely Rita"- Are the Beatles boot-lickers? I want to rewatch "Across the Universe". There are so many little nods to this album in the show. "A Day in the Life" Is a bit too on the nose for me this week, but damn it is good.
Really?
superb
Fantastic. What it must have been like to hear this for the first time back in the 60s. It holds up now as a clever and interesting album that moves through genres and tempos. Loved it.
Very good but it does sound like lots of things from the past 50 years.
Fem av fem. The original concept
Classic!
While I don't absolutely love every single song on here I find myself going back and listening to it over and over again. It's hard not to imagine how mind blowing this must have sounded to a Beatles fan (and the rest of the world) post Beatlemania . Although they weren't the first to do it, the commercial implications it had for psych rock's emergence into the mainstream is worth five stars in itself. She's Leaving Home is probably my highlight, followed closely by With a Little Help and When I'm Sixty Four.
Great album, had heard it already and it was a delight to revisit it. The fact that the whole album is a unit is nothing short of a masterpiece before its time.
I remember being a little kid, maybe seven years old and listening to this on headphones and enjoying the space it creates. Fun to listen to it again, it's been too long. Great memories!
HA. Really.. Rate this masterpiece?
Every song is so transformative, didn't realize so many of the classics were on Sgt. Pepper.
Didn't realize how many great songs there on there. Some experimental stuff that must have been crazy back when it came out. Really good album.
Amazing She's leaving home deserves another listen
Just great
BEATLESSSSSS
Fenomenalno, kompletno. Lucy in the sky with diamonds; Lovely Rita; A day in life
Zero notes required.
годный альбом! и вообще, тяжело найти человека, которому не нравилась хотя бы одна песня битлов
It's The Beatles. Classic album.
I really do love this album, great songs that go even better together.
What more is there to say?
the songs are a good length i really like the beatles i think its cool that there's cheering the background with a little help from my friends is fire
This album is amazing and will continue to be amazing until the end of time. All the songs are great, perfect length, and absolute jammers. The only downside to this record is 'Within You Without You' which is a boring slog of Indian song. Overall I would give it a 4.5 out of 5 stars. thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Listened to this since I was a little kid
It's fricken the Beatles. not my first listen, never could be another way-never could be any other w-Never could be any other...
Still impressive for the time and a great listen every time
A classic. Definitely in the top half of the Beatles albums for me, and a long-time favorite of mine.
I mean, it's Sgt. Pepper's Motherfucking Lonely Hearts Club Band, what do you expect. Ps: Lennon fucking sucks.
One of the best albums ever made. Every song is the best on the album. A true classic, one of my most listened to in my collection. The cover itself is amazing.
Four stars. I think with a stronger middle section we would be up to 5 but I think it cools off during this section. I respect the idea of doing something different but I can't really do with Within You Without you... VERY GOOD, but just below 5.
I get why people (including Johs) were getting horny for this back in the day. Still, not my favourite band though I do enjoy it once in a while Highlights: well, the album is chock-full of bangers tbf, but to me it's gotta be She's Leaving Home and A Day in the Life If I have to be brutally honest, I am (and have always been) of the belief that Beatles have had their time in the sun and that their legacy is being kept alive artificially through anecdotes, personal (fading) memories, and of course their enormous impact on what once were - and what is no more. Today, it's good; back then, it was unbelievable, incredible and unlike anything seen before. I'm reviewing in the present day, I have almost no actual connection to the band, and therefore this is a decent: 3.8 Hey, that's still a 4 in my book. Just saw a review saying that this album is a great album in the same way Pac-Man was a great game. That kinda summarises it perfectly
I have listened to this album multiple times, thinking, “why do other ppl say this is the Beatles best?” This question is still not entirely answered to me after this re-listen, which is okay. Yet, when Lucy in the Sky starts to play, I remember what it meant to listen to the Beatles for the first time. A good feeling. Getting Better sounds great too. Fuck, she’s leaving home’s strings are so elegant. Whole song is perfectly arranged and a true heartbreaker. Swapping to the B-side and immediately listening to within you without you must’ve been an unreal reaction. I don’t think I’ve exactly perceived this song, nor what George Harrison is trying to say, still it’s beautiful. I wanna love the next three songs that follow, but all I have a cheap compliments, they just aren’t it for me. A Day in the Life was one of the first songs I learned on guitar. It’s a bit of an epic. I love John’s haunting verses and aahs in the background. Royal Albert hall. I like how you can hear the count in the crescendo. Great album! There are better Beatles 😋
4/5 Favorite Song: Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite
This LP released when I was about 1.5 years old. I'm reflexively resistant to this album, not because I don't think it's good. I get the genius and innovation of it. And I don't think it sucks at all, obviously it's great. I grew up in the shadow of Boomer music so I kinda roll my eyes at Boomer classics, even though I enjoy a lot of them. 1st rendition I ever heard of Lucy In the Sky w/Diamonds was Elton John's, and that's the one I like. Also, I prefer Wings over the Beatles. Having said that, the tracks I like are Sgt. Pepper, w/A Little Help from My Friends, Getting Better, Fixing A Hole, Good Morning Good Morning, & A Day In the Life. My favorites are Good Morning & Fixing A Hole. I appreciate the innovation of the album.
The album I've been waiting on. A classic that I've just never heard, but knew was coming eventually. I have to say this album had a high bar for me to meet and boy did the Beatles leap over that bar with ease.
I liked
The girl with colitis goes by
A great classic and showcase of variety from such an iconic group. Not my favorite Beatles album but lots of great songs. Some weird, very experimental sections contrasting with nice melodic vocals and instrumentation.
Everything by the Beatles is great
Great instrumentation, exciting concept, stellar sound. I especially enjoyed some of the cool basslines. What is keeping it from being a true 5/5 in my eyes is the lack of outstanding singles. With a Little Help From My Friend and Lucy are classics, but they are nowhere near the Beatles' best work. Good listen nonetheless.
very fifty fifty on this one
Classic, not every song blew me away. Last track is the best.
Hmmm wonder what I had to say about this during my class, also first Beatles album of this at like 160 in. its fun, they earned the right to make silly songs about getting high, let me have it ya know. 4
I was struck by how much Within You Without You reminded me of Gorillaz’s Orange County motif. Not a connection I would have thought to make. Some of the sound effects are chaotic in a way I have come to associate with the later Beatles sounds. I can imagine parents of the time calling it a headache. It’s hard to rate a Beatles album, especially when it is such an iconic album. I haven’t ever listened to it all the way through but I found, as expected, that I knew a fair few.
This is definitely the most interesting Beatles album I've gotten so far. There were some interesting songs in there, like Lucy In The Sky which I already loved. The sound is interesting especially for 1967, and it sound so, so much better than their old stuff.
519/1089 - Jesus! That 15kHz tinnitus dog whistle after "A Day in the Life" absolutely destroyed my ears (not to mention the aleatoric horror strings). As cool and innovative as this album is, I'm not huge on a lot of the music on it. There are cool moments like the circus noises on "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" and songs like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and stuff. Overall, Revolver is my favorite Beatles album.
Right, another Beatles. I normally just can't get into them, so let's try to find something here. Love the bass tone in With a Little Help from My Friends. And it is catchy which I like. Probably so far this is the most sonically cohesive Beatles album I've heard. There is definitely a style throughout - a folksy pop-rock filtered with a tinge of psychedelia. It's Getting Better is interesting - initially sounds like a positive message, but followed up with 'it couldnt be any worse'. Ooh, and a sitar/indian influence drops in there in It's Getting Better Comes out fully on Within You Without You Ha then onto When I'm Sixty-Four. Cheers Paul. It's like things built up to the full spiritual Indian nirvana, then we're back to mundanity with When I'm Sixty-Four Not much is standing out but it is overall more consistent and well-executed than other Beatles albums on this list. 2nd Sgt Pepper's song has a great rock sound. Love that intro, drums hit so cleanly and crisply, like a 90s track. A Day in the Life also sounds pretty modern - almost Oasis-like (yes I know Oasis copied the Beatles) Best track - Within You Without You, Good Morning, Sgt Peppers Reprise, A Day in the Life 4 - just squeaked a 4: cohesive but varied, interesting but with some accessible tunes and hooks. The first of five Beatles albums to get a 4 from me
Always a classic.
The concept doesn't last long. Probably for the best, loads of great songs on here. Imagine if they had left Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on it! Oddly on this listen, the misses bug me more. Not my favourite Beatles, but up there! 4.5 rounded down Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes, 85/329 (25%) Will I get: Already have
Bangers galore!! One does forget their insane ability to write songs.
Paul McCartney takes 1 hit of acid and starts making circus music. We start with a few 10/10 hits (Sgt Pepper's, Help from My Friends, Lucy). Then, every other song surprised me with how much I disliked them. What is it about LSD that made them want to use so much tuba? And then, like magic, the album ends with Day in the Life, the best song they every wrote and one of the best songs of all time. 4 stars.
Hmmm ok beatle
I’m behind so I’m going to drunkenly review a bunch of albums #1. I like this album. It’s probably my favourite Beatles album. But have I ever listening to it with my friends? Has this ever been the soundtrack to good times? No. It’s edgy children’s music
I did enjoy the show with a little help from my friend, Lucy. Upbeat, lively and o liked how the songs had different melodies but somehow they all came together and made sense.
I do love Sgt. Pepper, but it’s not my favorite Beatles album by far and I’ve always felt it’s a little overrated in their catalog.
Fyrri helmingur helvíti sterkur, restin ágæt.
Great album but one too many McCartney Granny songs for my liking
Compared to the last Beatles album I listened to, this is much better. However, it still feels like something is missing, maybe in the mastering (as would make sense for a '67 album) or just the seamlessness in general. Overall, enjoyable listen, 4/5.
I mean it’s one of their best. But there are a few on here I don’t know about. I don’t know why Within you without you is placed where it is and why it’s even here. It doesn’t fit with the album at all. 🤷♂️. A day in the life is an excellent finisher tho.
Alright, aged a bit now
One of the better weirder ones upon reflection. Makes me think of my dad!
Classic!
Good
quite fun! i would listen to this again
not sure o got the hype
I've said before that I have never been a big fan of post Revolver Beatles. I attribute this to growing up listening to the red double album compilation which goes until 1966. Listening to Abbey Road didn't change my feelings on the Beatles post Revolver (even though I did enjoy that record) and Sgt. Pepper didn't change those feelings either. This is not to say I didn't enjoy this record, I did. It opens with three all timers and closes with one as well. The tracks in between don't detract from the rest of the album even when they get experimental. I just prefer earlier Beatles albums. If I was ranking the 4 Beatles albums I've heard so far this would be number 4 just below Abbey Road. But it was still a fun and enjoyable listen. 4/5
RATING: 8/10 HIGHLIGHT: She’s Leaving Home LOWLIGHT: For the Benefit of Mr Kite
The engineers are the true heroes of this album, listening in stereo is a treat. Paul has the weakest performance. Him being dead and replaced by a body double is a more interesting concept than whatever they were doing with a marching band.
I've never heard the album before, knew only a few songs. It was interesting to hear for sure, I liked most of it.
Obviously this is a very good album. It does happen to have many of the Beatles songs that I'm most tired of. The title track/reprise, "With A Little Help From My Friends", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "A Day in the Life", etc. Classic, but usually a skip for me. Then there's some stuff that's just fine. "She's Leaving Home", "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", etc. "Getting Better" is an excellent song. "Fixing a Hole" is pretty solid too. I love "When I'm Sixty-Four", "Lovely Rita", and "Good Morning Good Morning" too. I guess I'm listening to the 2009 remaster and the production feels a little hollow to me. It's your classic Beatles production where you cannot listen to only one headphone and properly hear the song, of course. It just feels a little sparse/lacking to me at times. Overall a very good album, but definitely not one of my favorite Beatles albums.
Highlights: Day In The Life, Fixing A Hole, With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Getting Better and She’s Leaving Home. 4.5
Super fun listen, I've always wanted to go through a few Beatles albums considering how much I idolize them. I love the playful, almost jolly vibe that it has. I've always loved the album cover as well, for a world famous album it lives up to its name. Though it's acapella and leading lines are very "classically attractive" I find it a bit lacking in catchiness. Every time I finish a song it tends to leave my mind. I enjoy it, but I don't believe it to be perfect, or even as good as this critically acclaimed album is. I enjoy it, but not THAT much. I'd say it's a generous 4/5, if not a 3.5/5.
A really fun album with a variety of tracks.
AMAZING ALBUM. Some of the Beatles coolest / weirdest work. However some songs yk me are definitely lacking than others in the album. Although this album did change music forever, I would not say it’s the Beatles best work. Mad respect to this album. Would be a 4.8 if I could do .’s lol
I appreciate the Beatles and what they did for music more than I like their actual songs. But this is still good.
Ah well, it’s a day in the life… So ostensibly I listened to this album in the womb. And then I remember debating the strengths and weaknesses of Sgt. Pepper’s vs. Abbey Road with a playmate when I was… five, six? Of course we were really just imitating our parents. But the thing is, how can you be objective about an album or band like that? Because when I AM objective, this album annoys me for the most part. And I don’t believe it’s particularly well composed. I don’t think any of the Beatles albums are. We just love them BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BEATLES. But… well, they get a 4, I’m not musing about it anymore today… Boolean: yes, is it possible not to?
It's a colourful and experimental album that I really enjoyed. I'm hoping that by the end of this list I'll be a Beatles superfan but I'm not there yet. It's a very nice selection of tracks and I respect the direction they have gone in for this one. Favourites: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Getting Better Lovely Rita A Day in The Life
This album really shows how much The Beatles love India, but I feel like it doesn’t really hit the same heights as their other stuff. Like there are obviously a lot of really amazing songs on here, but it just doesn’t hit the same. It’s definitely still worth revisiting though, these guys were at the peak of their game around here. Favorites: With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
It's the Beatles
Ei lemppari Beatles albumi mutta onhan tämä mahtavaa musaa
Holy shit i didn't realise how many bangers are from this album. Literally sat vibing to the whole album and before i knew it it was over. Instant add to library. Relistened immediately. 4/5
La primera vez que escucho el album completo. Lo disfruté bastante
A bit like Pet Sounds this has always seemed like more a feat of studio trickery than a musical achievement. On its terms it's good, but the trickery is no longer very impressive leaving behind a relatively mediocre set of songs for their catalogue, with a couple of exceptions most notably A Day in the Life, which is obviously an all time great song. For a Beatles album this is three stars, but for an album on this list I'd give it four
Awesome kevertjes, toch beetje te veel van hetzelfde op den duur
My first beatles album, I liked it very much. Lucy in the sky, she's leaving home, good morning good morning, and now that I look back at it, Within you Without you stuck with me especially. But, God damn, this album is ALMOST 60 YEARS OLD
hopefully “oops I beat my wife, haha well I’m doing better now =)” will continue aging worse and worse with time
It's a great album. But it's mostly boring to me. The only true banger is Day in the Life. That song gets the whole album to a 4 because it's one of the best of all time in my personal opinion.
The famous songs are famous for a reason. The songs I managed to never hear in my first three decades of life are also never played for a reason. More sitar, please!!
Pretty good!
Honestly I know that a lot of people say that The Beatles are the best band to ever exist, but I don't really agree. I enjoy some of their music but I don't know if I respect all of it or respect the people really that much. I do enjoy the sitar a lot which I have found they include a lot in their albums, so this album is fun. There is also some interesting storytelling that I can appreciate.
Great album, don’t listen to the beatles much but this is a great one to start with.
Middle of the album kinda drags but A Day in the Life is maybe the best Beatles song
Ooooooh. Tricky. Very tricky. No arguments from me at all that it has a place on the list - it absolutely ticks all of those boxes. For my individual rating though, it's all a bit too incoherant for me. Some absolute genius level tracks - title track, Lucy - and some totally baffling dross - 64 etc. Compared to another of the "drugs really help you create a Top 10 for enternity album " for example - Rumours - there is not a weak track on that thing. Lots of umming-and-ahhhhing I think it has to be a 4 star. Cultural impact - 5, some tracks - 5, the other tracks - 2/3 at best.
I tend to dislike the "silly" or, I guess psychedelic, Beatles songs and this album has a few of those. But as a whole it did not overwhelm me with them and they fit nicely into the concept. A Day in the Life is so sublime and probably my favorite on here. But I also loved Fixing a Hole and When I'm Sixty Four. Lucy in the Sky and With a Little Help are classics of course as well. Long live Sgt. Pepper!
Definitely one the best Beatles albums, cool production and most songs here are pretty memorable
Often overlooked from my Beatles collection but listening to this end to end surprised me in a positive way. Some of it is out there, but at its core it’s still a really talented set of musicians. Faves are: “with a little help from my friends”, “getting better”, “when I’m 64”
хорошенький, но мне не сильно зашел самый прикольный трек — a day in the life
It starts off good, but sometime near the middle it goes down. I just can't get into the Beatles. Not hard enough to rock (expect the start), not experimental enough to prog, not pleasant enough to pop. On the other hand, I can see why someone would like it. I'm the same way about sushi and you cannot change me. A great album, nevertheless.
Solid, experimental, and thoroughly enjoyable listen
Yeah, it’s definite classic but it’s kinda worn out. That’s not fair to them, but I don’t just ready to listen to some other stuff. It’s great. It’s great. It’s five stars, but I’m giving it four
This has one of my favourite Beatles tracks but there's also some lows because I think what's nostalgic for them isn't nostalgic for me.
Rigitg godt som helhed, kunne have undværet When I'm 64, selv med throw-back til Ullas engelsktimer.
tremendos fits. Lucy in the sky with diamonds Getting better She’s leaving home Being for the benefit of Mr K When I’m sixty four Lovely Rita
It's very good, but somehow overrated anyways, because this is NOT the best album ever made. Still quite good though.
It opens with the lively intro track, with lots of guitars and rousing instrumentation. Perfect way to begin such a bold record, then seamlessly transitions into "with a little help from my friends" which is one of my favorite Ringo songs. It's a lovely piano led tune with extremely singable lyrics, just makes you feel good once you listen. Right after this is the trippy "lucy in the sky", a psychedelic song about... well you would think LSD since the lyrics are very abstract and trippy, but Lennon denied the connection thoroughly. A fun song overall. "It gets better" follows this one, much in the vein of the former track this is a jaunty tune with a feel good message and catchy chorus. I personally couldn't help but scoff at the lyric about beating his wife, but trying to get better and learning to not to it anymore.. considering Lennon's domestic abuse habits.. A little down the tracklist you get "she's leaving home" which is honestly a pretty emotional track about a young girl running away. It's short, but the instrumentation and delivery are wonderful and worth noting. "Benefit of mr kite" is an odd tune about a circus act, and thematically the instrumental is very zany and circusy as well. It's mixed a bit oddly however and kinda makes the tune a bit mushy. Another good example of this is with the song "good morning" as well. "Within you without you" is another Sitar led song, much like the one from Revolver. This tune is more serene and drug induced than the previous track, though still just as interesting to listen to. You've got a couple more cute songs, "when I'm 64" ponders about life as an old person, "lovely rita" is a fun love song about a meter maid. The album closes with a reprise of the intro-track, which leads right into the wonderful "day in a life". A masterful tune that paints such vivid imagery and atmosphere with it's music. The Beatles have made it very clear that they were a force to be reckoned with on Revolver, and here with Sgt. Pepper, they bolster that reputation with a record that knows how to have fun and take risks. A few production duds here and there in the tracklist keep this record from beating revolver, just marginally so. I would still recommend this record to anyone looking for a wholeheartedly fun record to listen to.
For a Beatles album it's surprisingly listenable, and it's saying a lot, since I genuinely despise the Beatles.
With a Little Help From My Friends, Getting Better, When I'm Sixty Four stood out. Couple songs away from a 5. 4.5/5
Ehkä kovin albumin avaus ikinä; huikea NIMIraita ja luulot pois heti kärkeen. Hyvällä tavalla röyhkeä albumin avaus. Liuta myös muita erinomaisia raitoja kuten A day in the life, Getting better ja She’s leaving home. Ihan lopussa tunnelma vähän lässähtää erityisesti biiseissä Within you without you ja Lovely Rita. Kokonaisuutena kuitenkin erinomainen Beatles-albumi. Miksaus ja tuotanto erinomaista, nautinto kuunnella kuulokkeilla, paljon nyansseja ja dynamiikkaa. Oletan, että pieteetillä ja älyttömillä resursseilla tehty albumi. Rumpalina täytyy ihailla Ringon soittoa läpi koko albumin. Vahva 4/5
Ska innrømme at dette albumet var litt gøy! Jeg liker det, på tross av at jeg synes Beatles er oppskrytt
Haven't listened to this for a while. Fun album.
A day in the life, er min fav Beatles. Ellers er det noen dødpunkter som gjør at de ikke når helt opp.
Har aldri vært en av mine favoritter, og jeg faller ikke for gimmicken denne gangen heller. For mye av Pauls granny music, og ingen av de andre låtene sitter helt som de skal - bortsett fra A Day in the Life, så klart.
Let me get two things out of the way - it's not a perfect album and it's not my favorite Beatles album. That being said, it still blows me away and puzzles me how they were able to make something so maximalist at the time that they did. This album sounds so vast, with incredible arrangements all over this thing. Straight from the intro title track it drags you into an adventure. It's such an epic intro that sets up the concept perfectly. It's incredibly well orchestrated and super ambitious too. I love the way it transitions into With a Little Help from my Friends, which I think is my fav Beatles song. It's just so wholesome, has a beautiful chorus and I just love that they let Ringo sing it. Sgt Pepper's is in general their best written album - one when they actually put in the effort to write at least a bit conceptually and it shows. Songs like Fixing a Hole, She's Leaving Home and When I'm Sixty Four touch on some pretty universal topics and are very well written. She's Leaving Home especially, and I love the elegantly gorgeous layers of instrumentation on that song. The record also contains some of their most experimental songs like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds or the epic closer A Day in the Life, which in many ways feels like their ultimate song. My issue comes from some of the deeper cuts, especially Good Morning Good Morning which is honestly a bit grating. I feel similarly about The Benefit of Mr Kite, which feels more like a song for a musical than a proper Beatles song. Within You Without You on the other hand kinda feels like a George Harrison deep cut from one of his later works with the influences from the hindu culture but sticks out like a sore thumb on this album. Those weaker moments prevent it from being a top Beatles album from me, but dont change the fact that it's massively influential, crazy ahead of its time and very very good.
A really good concept album! Classic for a reason
Lowkey revolutionary.
One of the more experimental albums by the Beatles. They have a few really great, memorable tracks but some of them are very much out there. I do appreciate what they're doing here but not every track resonates with me.
4/5 Album
Haven't listened to The Beatles in a hot minute, but overall this album still holds up as 60s psychedelic classic. Losing my mind though at the John Lennon wife-beating lyric on "Getting Better". 8/10.
8/10
Interesting album by a unknown band
Decent 4,5
Great stuff. 4.3/5.
C'est très très bon mais c'est pas un top album pour moi
There's Waldo.
The best album of all time, per the 20th-century canon. This is an outstanding album indeed, but it is not a perfect record. Listening to it nearly 60 years after its original release date may decrease its societal impact, but the first commandment for a great album is to stand the test of time. And, sadly, it does not surpass it entirely.
Obviously a well played familiar classic. Still holds up fantastically well
Props to the fifth Beatle George Martin for the production on this one. Very innovative for the time and still sounds fantastic today.
simplemente los beatles, catedra de musica
Amazing album but not their best. Some favorite songs and definitely some interesting tracks. Loved When I'm Sixty-Four.
No están tan mal los beatles
Hard for me to deny even with the cheesiness. It's quite a body of work.
I am not typically a Beatles fan, but this is my favorite album of theirs. It's just so goofy and fun. Handful of great songs on here that have always been a favorite. I like when they got weird with it. I like the more orchestral, random instrumental vibes.
4.6/5
Some memorable songs for sure but then they drop in silly ones and I just want to move on…
What I think is the 2nd best Beatles album behind Abbey Road.
Definitely a 5 star start to the album, back half struggles a bit
Lo conozco. Amo a los Beatles. Este disco es muy teatral. Lleno de clásicos pero también tiene su historia. Desde lo visual, cuenta un momento de ellos como banda. Tan jóvenes y tan avanzados. Ya muy lejos de lo que los inició. Mi favorita: Fixing a Hole.
Didn't really hit me like other Beatles albums did. Still a 4 star tho.
Pues tiene un ritmo lento y relajate, no es mucho de mi estilo pero si me gustó, la verdad es buena música