The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Free Music Review: The Mecca of all recorded albums!
Hit: 5 Stars
Plain simple, this could be easily the best album ever recorded, just only for its influence. 40 years and still fresh and daring.
This is The Beatles as you've never heard them before, or probably after (and the first ever album to have the lyrics printed in the back cover). Psychedelic, urban and extremely brilliant. Get this album and experience not just music, but a whole cultural movement.
NOTE: Im not a blind fan, and I'll be clear. To me one song of the bunch doesn't work, and that'll be "Good morning good morning". The Anthology version is far superior and cleaner although the guitar solo in here is really awesome. Its just the string and horns arrangements and the weird farm animal sounds that seems very out of place. But anyway, in spite of that, this must be the most important album ever (even if by today's standars of music sounds pretty dull). Period.
Free Music Review: The Third Best Beatles Album : You Know the Song
Hit: 5 Stars
To me, this is definitely the most 'sing-along' Beatles album (and everyone knows the words), but musically, they had better things in their catalog. I, for one, find a lack of coherency in the song transition here, and I really don't think this worked as a 'concept album' either. However, given its now legendary status and since it tops virtually every 'Greatest Albums Ever' List in existence, its hard to ignore the TIMELESSNESS of this album, because its more than 40 years and it still gets played at new venues and homes every single day.
You already know that theres not a weak track to be found here. My personal favorites are the more playful numbers such as "Lovely Rita" and "Getting Better". Every track is a classic, but whats really interesting is that there is virtually no coherency to the lyrics, nor any intellectualism behind any of these tracks. People tend to find 'deeper meaning' on all Beatles albums, but I like to just have fun with them. On the lighter moments here, this album soars.
The closer, "A Day in the Life" is supposed to be played on vinyl LP, in my opinion. My dad used to play this and it used to skip the last vocal notes interminably, which I found fascinating at the age of seven. On CD, this effect is obviously lost, and much of the charm was lost for me. Its associative, but still. Special mention must be made of the India-influenced "Within You, Without You". I guess we should all thank George Harrison for that one.
Any music fan needs to have this in their collection. It wasn't the Beatles at their best, but its certainly one of their most listenable albums as there is a lot of musical diversity. Ignore the hype and don't read too many reviews - judge the music on its' own merits alone, and you'll find new things to discover about it each time you listen to it.
Free Music Review: the beatles sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band
Hit: 5 Stars
I was sitting with a friend the other day and we were talking about albums. He brought up Revolver and, yeah, it was good for it's time. But it wasn't until Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band that the Beatles began recording a series of albums that will remain a timeless entourage of genius hits. In fact, it was the first album of it's kind. They not only achieved technical breakthroughs in how it was recorded, but the album was a concept approach to rock'n roll or should I say rock because with Sgt. Pepper that's what they started. Little Richard and Elvis initiated rock'n roll, Bob Dylan innovated folk into mainstream society, and the Beatles incorporated the British invasion with their swingin' new sound until they captured something we take for granted today...a sophisticated approach to a style of music that not only makes you tap your feet uncontrollably it makes you reflect and think. Don't get me wrong, love songs and party favorites will always be important in the world of rock but to tell stories and write poetry is what makes rock especially fresh and important. The title track sets everything up as the Beatles give themselves a new identity from which to speak to their listeners. With a Little Help from My Friends, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Getting Better...Lovely Rita, When I'm Sixty Four, A Day in the Life...you get the idea. And those are just the classics you'll hear forever on FM radio. She's Leaving Home, For the Benefit of Mr. Kite, and the other brilliant tunes remind the buyer that he or she has purchased something special. Even the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton were able to recreate a fantastic film version something else the Beatles managed to do well with their music (unlike Elvis who should have stayed away from that to remain relevant and possibly more creative, Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees probably should have stayed together after the Sgt. Pepper movie). But I digress. The simple fact is if you don't have Sgt. Pepper in your rock collection...you don't have a rock collection. Buy it. Free Music Review: Sgt Peppers not as good as Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, or Revolver
Hit: 3 Stars
"It was novel at the time, but now sounds pretentious."
"Sgt. Peppers was a "concept" or "story" album, which was a fad that year 1967...the beach boys did one too "pet sounds" they both suck, but people say they're their best albums of all time."
Beatles Expert :)
I totally agree with those two quotes, it is very overrated and one of the most known albums and the one that everybody talks about, but albums such as Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine, and its predecessor, revolver are much better. Now if strawberry fields and penny lane which were supposed to be on Sgt. Peppers it would have made it a bit better but it still wouldnt have compared with the Beatles other albums. With A Little Help From My Friends and Good Morning Good Morning are two very good songs, the rest of the albums tracks are songs I'll occassionally listen to, but they really aren't that good of songs.
Free Music Review: Possibly the greatest rock album EVER MADE and I can see why
Hit: 5 Stars
The Beatles' classic album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in June of 1967.
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the start of the band's studio phase and was the benchmark of all future rock albums.
The album starts off with the title cut and bass player Paul McCartney just rocking out in a grand way. Next is drummer Ringo Starr singing "With a Little Help From My Friends", which is a great song that will stay in the head for days. Guitarist John Lennon's "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" follows and is one of the best songs on the album inspired by his son Julian's picture that Julian drew in school and not on LSD! The rocking McCartney piece "Getting Better" is a timeless song to sing when you're feeling blue and Macca held this song in high regard and did this song on his 2002 US tour. Another McCartney number "Fixing a Hole" follows and is a great song to mend a broken heart. The sweet and poignant McCartney with Lennon vocal help "She's Leaving Home" is a touching piece with a sweet Macca vocal with great backing work from John. Lennon's masterpiece "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" is a great song and makes you feel like you are at a circus.
The Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album's second half starts with "Within You Without You" written by guitarist George Harrison. The track is pure genius with it's Indian sounds and genius lyrics. The funny "When I'm Sixty-Four" does a great job of helping the mood and is one of Paul's best songs. The ballad "Lovely Rita" follows and is a nice little love song written by Paul. "Good Morning Good Morning" is a lyrical improvisation written by Lennon and is a great rocker. "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" is a great and a revolutionary hard rock re-do of the albums intro, thought up and re-written by Lennon with help from Paul. The last song on the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album has been voted one of the best rock songs ever, and it remains that to this day "A Day In The Life". The song was written by Lennon on a piano with a newspaper in front of him, is the best song by the Fab Four and therefore is a masterpiece and featured some help from Paul. The song and album voted best ever by many classic rock stations finishes with a bang bigger than Hiroshima.
The album also broke ground commercially as it was the first album ever to go to #1 here in the US without any hit singles being released.
If you haven't already done so, click on the 'Add to Cart' button at the top of the page and get next day delivery immediately. It's worth it and was the album that would inspire more classics like Dark Side of the Moon, Who's Next and Born to Run as examples.
Highly recommended!