Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

Pros: Yay
Cons: Nay

By late 1966, The Beatles had given up their touring days and wanted to be more creative in the studio. Paul McCartney came up with a completely original idea: for their new album, the Beatles would pretend to be a band called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely ...

Pros: Generally excellent vocals, much imagination, Creative instrumentations
Cons: Quality of music is inconsistent, Somewhat dated

Someone I respect greatly has been attempting to further open up my musical appreciation by sharing discs I haven't heard with me. She's a real sweetheart, too; she knows I'll review them and if I don't tell her all of my thoughts directly, all she has...

Pros: Well... it's fun, you can't deny it
Cons: All the radio tunes you've heard a thousand times before

Once upon a time, on one of those old black-and-white films you always see from the 50s-60s era, I can remember a reporter asking a young Beatles crew how they responded to the criticism that ‘they were nothing but a bunch of British ...

Pros: Loosely thematic concept, experimentation and pioneering combination of sounds
Cons: Songs are not individually spectacular

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) If you take Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on a song by song basis, it’s really not that great of an album. Probably only A Day in the Life, added as an epilogue can be ...

Pros: Interesting mix of levels of realism and of moods.
Cons: Some people will dislike the drug-related themes in some songs.

Introduction: My brother, Marc, was a great fan of the Beatles. He was almost nine years older than me, and his music was what I listened to (not always by choice!) when I was a kid. My brother died, suddenly and unexpectedly, on 8/6/2002. Today, ...

Pros: The Beatles take music to where it's never been before.
Cons: The hype may turn off some people new to the Beatles.

Some things just seem to exist with no real reason. The world would be unimaginable without them. Try to imagine the world of literature without Mark Twain or the world of movies without Francis Ford Coppola. Seems pretty damn unimaginable doesn't it?...

Pros: Every song is superb! The Granddaddy of all "concept" albums! Great STEREO!
Cons: The little OUTRO ditty at the end is not necessary and should have been omitted.

It is May, 1967 and radio station 77 WABC New York's Dan Ingram is introducing a brand new album by ...

Pros: Superb production and engineering
Cons: A lot of lame material

After listening to it for over thirty years, I still have extremely mixed emotions about the Beatles' 1967 magnum opus Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. On the one hand, it is one of the historically most important rock albums ever ...

Pros: Everything.
Cons: None, unless you are a Blue Meanie.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the evolutionary, nay, revolutionary 1967 album by The Beatles, is one of the best, if not THE best, rock recordings ever. From the fantastic and iconic cover art by Peter Blake to the interesting idea of the ...

Pros: One of Beatles best
Cons: can't hear dog whistle

The Memories of Sgt. Pepper In My Life That Never Were When Sgt. Pepper was released I was negative 3 years old. I was born just in time for The Beatles to break up. I have become to be a huge Beatles fan through the years like many other ...

Pros: Innovative concepts
Cons: Not as fulfilling musically as some of their other work

When Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released, one of my favorite pastimes was to try and figure out who all the people were on the cover of the album. It wasn't until years later that I realized the importance of this album.

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Pros: The songs are brilliant!
Cons: ... huh???

(Disclaimer: Those looking for a brief description of the album will find what their looking for in the "Review Body" section. The section titled "Track Reviews" is meant only for those who want to read detailed descriptions of the songs, and ...

Pros: innovative, great songs
Cons: none of them topped the charts

If you were to ask me to name a Beatles album, the first to come to mind would most likely be Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It’s just one of those iconic albums, though I wouldn’t have been able to tell you until recently what was on it. ...

Pros: A Day in the Life
Cons: OVER-RA-TED *clap clap clap clap clap*

Look at any top ten rock albums list for any major music magazine. If not at the very top spot, you’re bound to see The Beatles’ eponymous Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at least in the top ten. People laud it as the greatest concept ...

Pros: It's a Beatles album!
Cons: I fail to see the complete concept behind this.

Okay, Beatles fans, you have to own this album. This is one of the finest releases from the band and contains some of the most innovative and brilliant songs of all time. This one is a keeper. It's great. It's fantastic.

I don't know whether...