The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Date of release (UK): June 1 1967
Chart position (UK): 1 (27 weeks)

Date of release (US): June 2 1967
Chart position (US): 1 (15 weeks)


Possibly the most acclaimed album in the history of rock, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band demonstrates the Beatles' true brilliance not just as musicians and songwriters, but also their ability to push a recording studio to its limits. The show opens with the energetic title track that overlaps into the classic With A Little Help From My Friends - featuring Ringo Starr on the lead vocal. It's difficult to pick out individual songs, but the pretty yet mystical Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and the catchy Fixing a Hole are two of many highlights. George Harrison delivers the Indian inspired Within You Without You, an unusual song that gives the album even more debth. And Paul McCartney reflects on the future in When I'm Sixty Four ("Many years from now") - a song that sounds even more meaningful today.

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Track Listings

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing A Whole
She's Leaving Home
Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite!

Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)
A Day In The Life