SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

I agree that this was a very influential album as it was released, but this was also due to the successfulness of the group itself along with the context of popular commercial rock music markets, and in my opinion not just because of the objective merits of the record itself, when comparing to the musical scene at large in the time of releasing. For my taste here are too much happy-hippy surf rants instead of really thoughtful, moody psychedelia, though I admit there are good performances here too. The famous album opener is quite nice rocker, but its sequel is another basic Beatles song, which don't evoke any kind of strong feelings in me. "Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds" is the composition here which pleases me most, and if you get bored of the classic version here, you can search William Shatner's interpretation for something completely different. I'm also not sure if this album is a pure "concept album", though there are elements presented here, which were used later in constructing of really contact theme-albums (the merging of tracks + reprises). If you're a beatle-head you already have this, but if you're into happy, worriless music, this album surely is a safe classic to be brought in your record collections.