Sgt. Pepper's Appreciation Thread

[TheRollingBones]

^Thanks for clogging up the thread gamegyro.

[Dragonheart1991]

A Day In The Life scores a 5/5 in an instant.

[Wiiman95]

I love it! My favorite album from them. This is my list of Bealtes albums in order of best to worst.

1. Entire Beatles Discography minus Yellow Submarine
2. Yellow Submarine

[TheRollingBones]

A Day In The Life scores a 5/5 in an instant.

Yeah. If Yellow Submarine had A Day In The Life instead of Sgt. Pepper's, it would be right up there with the rest.

[HotMangoChutney]

The flanger on Lucy In The Sky makes it more dreamy and, as a mono mix, deeper. The stereo sounds artificial and "down-to-earth" compaared with it. Paul's faster and higher voice makes She's Leaving Home a little more epic and touching, as weekday morning are normally very fast moving routines.

I agree on "Lucy," but the mono version of "She's Leaving Home" sounds a little too upbeat given the tone established by the lyric... though the stereo version sounds a little too heavy-handed. Either way, it will always sound like a poor man's "Eleanor Rigby" to me. : ?


I've said this many times before in this forum, but I think the album's problem is that it's too Paul-heavy ... and that his songs lack the depth and ambition of the ones John and George were writing for the album. Along with Let It Be (which really just needs a little tweaking), this is really the only Beatles album that could genuinely have been improved upon. Had "Penny Lane," "Strawberry Fields Forever," and George's crazy/trippy "Only a Northern Song" made the cut instead of "Fixing a Hole," "Lovely Rita, and "She's Leaving Home," respectively, this could very well have been the best album they ever put out.

[SisterRay]

I agree on "Lucy," but the mono version of "She's Leaving Home" sounds a little too upbeat given the tone established by the lyric... though the stereo version sounds a little too heavy-handed. Either way, it will always sound like a poor man's "Eleanor Rigby" to me. : ?


I've said this many times before in this forum, but I think the album's problem is that it's too Paul-heavy ... and that his songs lack the depth and ambition of the ones John and George were writing for the album. Along with Let It Be (which really just needs a little tweaking), this is really the only Beatles album that could genuinely have been improved upon. Had "Penny Lane," "Strawberry Fields Forever," and George's crazy/trippy "Only a Northern Song" made the cut instead of "Fixing a Hole," "Lovely Rita, and "She's Leaving Home," respectively, this could very well have been the best album they ever put out.

Amen! Having Penny Lane, Having" "Strawberry Fields Forever," and George's crazy/trippy "Only a Northern Song" instead of "Fixing a Hole," "Lovely Rita, and "She's Leaving Home," respectively on Sgt Pepper would have made at least the Beatles greatest album. I actually like "She's Leaving Home" a lot. I was listening to "Only A Northern Song" which I think has been getting it's due from acts like Animal Collective and others. The song has an interesting approach they create this crazy psychedelic song with odd instruments and tape effects without any guitars.

Not this was going to be on Sgt. Pepper but "Carnival Of Light" was recorded during the Pepper session.

[Rod_Stixx]

Still consider it a big favorite.

[TheRollingBones]

Still consider it a big favorite.

Actually, looking at your sig. reminds me that I did listen to Sgt. Pepper's performed by Cheap Trick! It was pretty awesome.