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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Beatles
Label: Parlophone
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  111 reviews
Sales Rank: 189
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 077774644228
UPC: 077774644228
EAN: 0077774644228
ASIN: B000002UAU
Release Date: June 1, 1992
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| » | Sergeant 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 | | » | Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite | | » | Within You Without You | | » | When I'm Sixty Four | | » | Lovely Rita | | » | Good Morning Good Morning | | » | Day In The Life |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Before Sgt. Pepper's, no one seriously thought of rock music as actual art. That all changed in 1967, though, when John, Paul, George and Ringo (with "A Little Help" from their friend, producer George Martin) created an undeniable work of art which remains, after 3-plus decades, one of the most influential albums of all time. From Lennon's evocative word/sound pictures (the trippy "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", the carnival-like "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite") and McCartney's music hall-styled "When I'm 64", to Harrison's Eastern-leaning "Within You Without You", and the avant-garde mini-suite, "A Day in the Life", Sgt. Pepper's was a milestone for both 1960s music and popular culture in general. --Billy Altman
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| Customer Reviews: Read 106 more reviews...
 BEATLES' MASTERPIECE June 15, 2008
And the music will never be the same...
This album was the greatest example of how INCREDIBLE and CREATIVE this group's evolution can be; the mysticism (WITHIN YOU, WITHOUT YOU), the inspiration (SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND), the friendship (WITH A LITTLE HELP OF MY FRIENDS), the romanticism (LOVELY RITA), The psychedelic (LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS), sad stories (SHE'S LEAVING HOME), old melodies (WHEN I'M 64), the mystery (BENEFIT OF MR. KITE!), the chaos (A DAY IN THE LIFE)... there are no words to explain this phenomenal entity... THE MAGIC "PEPPER"!!!
This band my be all about commercialism but damn they are good. June 14, 2008
I'm sure every has heard this band if not then buy this album every boy whos a music lover should buy this album if they dont have it. I found it strange when i first listend to it cause i'm a massive fan of the metal genre it is a brilliant album. Best track is With a little help with my friend. great pop rock album it's then alot of commercial rock music thats out today. A must for every music fan. Most like the bands you like were influenced by this band.
These guys are gonna be HUGE!!!!!!!! May 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hi Pop Fans. I thought I'd let all you guys know about this brilliant band I've just discovered. They're called The Beadles and this is their debut album and is full of future pop hits. The singer is amazing - sometimes he sounds like the guy from Wings and at other times John Lennon from famous 70s band John and Yoko. They play melodic guitar pop and you can definitely hear their influences - these guys have obviously been listening to Oasis - in fact if I was Noel Gallagher I might even think about suing them the resemblance is so close. Apparantly they've even done a cover version of Oasis hit 'I am the Walrus'. Despite the lack of originality I reckon with a bit of work these guys could be as big as McFly. Remember where you read it first!!
How can one not rate this 5 stars? May 19, 2008
So far 8 reviews have rated this album with 1 star! How is that possible? If You don't like the Beatles, then You don't like them. But this is still music of very high order.
MS, Denmark
Not the greatest of all time but still a five star album March 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sgt Pepper,s Lonely Hearts Club Band is ,arguably , the one album in musical history that has achieved a cultural significance that transcends just the music. The album has been assimilated into popular culture whether it be the music, cover art , recording techniques or the concept. Whether you agree that it is ,as is so often cited, the greatest album of all time ( I personally prefer the "White Album", "Revolver" and "Abbey Road" just amongst the Beatles albums) there is no doubt that it is a tremendous piece of work and probably the final time that the band actually collaborated in the song writing process together.
Recorded over a 129 day period starting in December 1966 Sgt Pepper saw the band embrace not only their new found familiarity with more exotic instrumentation but also new studio technology both in the recording and production processes . The band had decided to quit touring and Beatlemania was on the wane . Several artists were stretching the limits of what was possible within the parameters of rock and pop music and it was with all this in mind that The Beatles wanted to make an album that would in effect tour for them.
Technically Sgt Pepper saw huge advances in recording techniques and of course the process was aided considerably by having George Martin at the helm- a man who could always be relied upon to formulate a solution should the recording process run into problems. Without over indulging in boring techno -babble McCartney,s discovery of direct input (which meant he could record plugging directly into the recording console) as well as the use of ADT(automatic double tracking pioneered especially for The Beatles by engineer Ken Townsend) and the recording of tracks at different speeds(varispeeding) including the vocals( tweaking) gave the band far more options for their effusive arrangements and visionary pop ideals.
The album has achieved such status and is so culturally all pervasive that it seems almost patronising and pointless to review individual tracks. Can anything i say change anyone's mind( not that i can on any issue mind) about what they already think about this album and the individual songs on it? None the less i feel that for every brilliant track- "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds " there is something like "Good Morning Good Morning". Though it must also be said that a Beatles -comparatively second rate track like "Good Morning Good Morning" is still better than most bands strongest material. A song like "When I,m Sixty Four" has become so familiar it has lost it,s limited magic ."She,s Leaving Home" though is still a magnificently powerful ballad "Fixing A Hole" is an underrated pop gem , "Within You Without You " is exotically hypnotic while "A Day In The Life",(A true Lennon -McCartney collaboration) is the albums greatest triumph still has audacious impact.
How anyone with their cerebral synapses still firing can dismiss this album with derisory one star reviews not so much beggars belief but violently mugs it and leaves it battered on the pavement.It,s not the greatest album of all time . I imagine that virtually everybody has albums that mean far more to them on a subjective basis . Hell i could name over a hundred . But that does.nt mean Sgt Pepper is,nt a great album either. It is. As far as albums with ascending cultural clout go this is probably the most significant( Some smartarse will now point out that The Velvet Underground were far more influential ) The Beatles did,nt so bad albums, though i admit "Let It Be" comes pretty close, Sgt Pepper is a great album but lets not get carried away like critic Kenneth Tynan who called it "a decisive moment in the history of Western civilisation".
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