SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

The Beatles were always a hard band for me to get into, I had listened to Norwegian Wood (Rubber Soul), but it was covered by Allan Holdsworth on None To Soon. Abbey Road was never an album I was crazy about but this album is. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a phenomenal album by The Bealtes. The hit songs are very complimenting to the entire album as a whole, the stand alone (AOT [Album Oriented Tracks]) are also very unique and are quite mature sounding Beatles songs. I really think that this is The Beatles best record, it's got amazing vocal melodies, the catchy tunes, great harmonies, and very well written tracks as a whole. Both sections of the title track are very catchy, and they have great harmonies. With A Little Help From My Friend is a great hit track, I've heard this one played on the radio and I've always loved it. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds is probably one of (if not) the most well known tracks by the band. The catchy harmonies and chords, it's a great song for an even better album. Getting Better is another hit sounding track, it's a very interesting song with good lyrics, great vocal melodies, and most importantly, grabbing chord progressions. Fixing A Hole has another really cool hit feel to it with more grabbing chord progressions, and soft vocal melodies. She's Leaving Home, Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Within You Without You are all equally great tracks, everything here is well written yadda yadda. When I'm Sixty-Four is quite a jazz influenced piece, I love Paul's vocals here, his voice really fits the slow feel of this piece. Lovely Rita has more of Paul's best vocals in The Beatles. I love the chord and song structures, melodies, etc. Good Morning Good Morning is a very good piece sung by John, but the real amazing piece is A Day In The Life. It's the perfect ending track to this amazing album, the lyrics are unbelievable, the vocals and orchestration are fantastic, and finally it's just a huge mess but... it's a cleverly written huge mess. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a brilliant Beatles album and a fantastic Proto-Prog album. Need I say more? No.. I won't.