WHY IS SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND SUCH A BFD?
Posted January 6, 2004 As anyone who wasn’t there might, fellow Blogcritic Mark Boudreau wonders what the big deal is about Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? Fair enough- there is quite a bit of carrying on about this thing. After all, it’s just an album. Let me take a humble crack at explaining it. Sgt. Pepper had a unique impact somewhat apart from the specific content. There are a few albums in rock music that are as good or perhaps even marginally greater [though it’d be hard to be MUCH greater than this classic]. There are at least three or four different Beatle albums that you could argue were the greatest. All votes for Revolver will be counted. It may be more consistent. You might reasonably argue that there were maybe a couple of songs on Pepper that were merely quite good, not immortal classics. “Getting Better” and “Good Morning” come to mind. Sgt Pepper, however, was a special moment, the Beatles official coming out as artistes. They were rapidly becoming more sophisti
