i've got mixed feelings about the album; I'd rate Hard Days Night, Abbey Road and Revolver above it, and like others have said, it's rare i put it on to listen to..and yet a guy on Irish Radio played it start to finish last night, interspliced with wee bits of talking from the Fabs, and I really enjoyed it.
It's definitely not a Rock (note capital 'R') album, but it certainly was the natural progression from the proto-artiness of Rubber Soul and Revolver. By the time of the next album proper they were back to basics-ish with the White Album.
In a way, Sgt Pepper was them just working the last of that mad-wacky experimentation out of the collective system before getting back to the home straight of White Album/Let it Be/Abbey Road.
For the cover, the printing of the lyrics, the gatefold sleeve, the bass on Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, and the afore mentioned reprise, i'll say it gets classic album status from me...
(but if i'm honest, I still hit 'skip' for Within You Without You
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-06-01 15:05 by textmonkey.