


Like it or not, the innovative use of technology – with multi-layered sound montages and non-rock instrumentation – was a sonic revolution (the influence of LSD, of course, also permeates the album).This six-disc super-deluxe version is surely the last word on Sgt Pepper, containing as it does no less than 65 tracks. meanwhile, have pointed to its overly self-conscious “artiness” and accused it of being a step too far from the roots of rock.īut half-a-century from its release in the Summer of Love, it still resonates powerfully. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has divided critics and even Beatles fans over the years – Keith Richards recently called it “a mishmash of rubbish.” Others.

Regarded as one of the most ground-breaking, important and influential albums of all time, Sgt. Originally published in Hot Press in 2017.
