Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band |  | Artist: The Beatles
Label: EMI Music Canada
Category: Music
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Rating:  818 reviews
Sales Rank: 7,054
Format: Deluxe Edition, Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 499999045046
EAN: 0077774644228
ASIN: B000002UAU
Release Date: January 1, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | 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 | | • | Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! | | • | Within You Without You | | • | When I'm Sixty-Four | | • | Lovely Rita | | • | Good Morning Good Morning | | • | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | | • | A Day In The Life |
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From Amazon.co.uk
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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Before Sgt. Pepper, 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 30-plus years, 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 was a milestone for both '60s music and popular culture. --Billy Altman
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La première fois qu'Éric a entendu Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, c'était sur un mini K7, pour sa communion... Micky, lui, était batteur dans le Vaucluse et, en rentrant, du Discobole, il a passé six heures d'affilée à essayer de rejouer l'intro de "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)". Ça n'avait l'air de rien, pourtant il n'y arrivait pas... Une fille l'avait prêté à Benoît; le disque sautait sans arrêt mais en rajoutant une pièce de cinq centimes sur le saphir ça passait... Mick et Keith l'ont écouté ensemble et ça leur a un peu mis les boules... Pascal, c'était dans un restaurant ; il n'écoutait que du punk et de la new wave mais, quand même, ça lui rappelait quelque chose. Il est allé l'acheter en sortant du restaurant... Adèle, c'était chez son fiancé, un matin de mai, ça sentait le lilas. Son amoureux pleurait chaque fois qu'il écoutait la voix de Lennon sur le début de "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"... Brian, l'a écouté dans son salon, assis dans le sable. Il a aussitôt appelé ses frères et son cousin pour enregistrer une version de "With A Little Help From My Friends"... Et vous ? --Hubert Deshouse
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 Damn good music. April 21, 2010
Kyle Rogers (Ottawa, ON Canada)
It's funny when people say "this album isn't just music, it's art," because music is a form of art, and this album is some damn good music. I agree with it being the best album of all time in the sense that it became the stepping stone for psychedelic music or even rock/pop music in general. I won't waste people's time by stating why it is good, it just is.
The Landmark Album! March 11, 2010
Martin A Hogan (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules))
"Sgt. Pepper" is arguably the Beatles most recognized album. Released in 1967 at the peak of the 'hippy/flower power' movement, it combined art with music in a way that no album had previously done. From the way upbeat, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" to the surreal, somewhat somber, "A Day In The Life", every song is a classic. The sound is what makes this album amazing. George Martin and his son remastered and remixed several songs for the "Love" album. This same remarkable remastering has revitalized "Sgt. Pepper's" to an unbelievable clarity. Mixed with an array of sound effects, the remastering not only enhances the instruments and vocals, but brings all those art/music sound effects throughout the album to a vivid height. It's really remarkable how great this album sounds.
Also included in the great album is a multi-paged booklet with some excellent liner notes. There is also a diagram identifying all the famous people in the cover photo! On your computer, you can play the five-minute mini-documentary about the album (Quick-time), which showcases comments from all four Beatles and George Martin. All of this is mixed in with rare photos never seen before. Imagine learning that this album was recorded at night with over 400 hours devoted to it. That's perfectionism and its shows. In fact, there is a mini-documentary for all the Beatles albums. This CD is a collector's item and a perfect showcase for the Beatles genius.
THIS WILL BE MY LAST! December 15, 2009
Luap Van Horn (Niagara Falls, Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
To try and keep reviewing any BEATLE CD is a waste of my time!!!! I think we all know ,they are the best group ever!John, George, Paul & Ringo!!!! The Fab Four then and the Fab four now!!!!
 Don't Judge a Record By Its Cover August 31, 2009
Irishcan
The best thing about Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is its cover. Apparently, manager Brian Epstein wanted the album wrapped in a plain brown paper bag, also a good idea, but the band had a better one. Still, we should not judge an album by its cover, and Sgt. Pepper, which begins and ends strongly, sags a whole lot in the middle. I suspect that were it not for some of the technical wizardry (at least for that era) performed by George Martin and the players in the studio, fans would have immediately recognized that many of the songs on this album were simply not among the Beatles best work. One has no quarrel with the title song and its reprise, With a Little Help From My Friends, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, or A Day In the Life. This is great music! The other songs range from interesting - Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite - to not bad - Getting Better, Fixing a Hole, Lovely Rita, Good Morning Good Morning - to downright awful - She's Leaving Home, When I'm Sixty-Four and Within You Without You. With Sgt. Pepper, the era of the concept album began. The Beatles were aiming higher than they had ever done before and the album proved to be very influential. For a long time, many people who really should have known better, rated this the greatest album of all time, but as Ringo once said, "some other albums had better songs."
The Cornerstone Of All That Came Behind It! March 21, 2009
John Murray (Fredericton, NB, Canada)
My title says it all. As a music historian, the release of this album is one of my top 10 moments in the history of recorded music, because it did something that only a handful of other albums ever did - it changed the entire industry. Until 1967, albums by "youth-oriented" artists were rarely more than collections of singles and never seemed to have much flow or continuity - in other words, nothing more than miniature greatest hits collections. But on June 1 of 1967, the Beatles changed everything. Other artists were expanding their horizons as well - the Beach Boys had released Pet Sounds, a bold experiment of sounds mixed with songwriting we had never realized was possible from a young artist. But the mammoth success of Sergeant Pepper would make other albums like this marketable - and it would lead to other recording stars to become artists as much as entertainers.
What makes Sergeant Pepper so stunning? Strong and detailed songwriting, diversity of style, outstanding musicianship and a bold desire to experiment. The sense that it was also a "concept" album led to much more as well, and what better concept than an autobiography? This just adds to the legend.
Here's a different spin, though, on why this album is the legend it is. It's the simple unity of the group, which in several ways reached its peak at this time in their history. They were drawn together by the dissolution of their personal relationships, as well as the absence of privacy in their lives (read the lyrics to "Fixing A Hole"). Keep in mind, as well, that a mere 9 months earlier, they had completed their final tour together. Now, they were enjoying their time together more than they had since their pre-fame days; this reflects in "A Little Help From My Friends", "Getting Better" and "Within You Without You". They experimented with drugs together, producing "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and "A Day In The Life". And they dreamed of a better life through "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Lovely Rita".
No doubt, this is one of the most analyzed albums of all time and will continue to be for ages to come. And the biggest reason of all is that there wasn't an album by pop stars before it that truly NEEDED to be analyzed. Nothing was the same after this album - which is why Rolling Stone named it the greatest album of all time. Truly - the cornerstone.
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