BEATLES ALBUM INFORMATION & BRIEF DESCRIPTION
| Date LP Released: |
May 26, 1967 |
| Dates LP Recorded: |
Nov. 24, 1966 to April 21, 1967 |
| Studio Recorded: |
EMI Studios & Regent Sound Studio, London |
| Record Label: |
Capitol Records |
| Album Producer(s): |
George Martin |
| Album Total Length: |
39:52 |
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Brief Album Description:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967 in
the United Kingdom and 2 June 1967 in the United States, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, spending 27 weeks
at the top of the UK albums chart and 15 weeks at number one in the US. On release, the album was lauded by the vast majority
of critics for its innovations in music production, songwriting and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between
popular music and legitimate art, and for providing a musical representation of its generation and the contemporary
counterculture. It won four Grammy Awards in 1968, including Album of the Year, the first rock LP to receive this honour.
Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the use of extended form in popular music while
continuing the artistic maturation seen on the Beatles' preceding releases. It has been described as one of the first art rock
LPs, aiding the development of progressive rock, and credited with marking the beginning of the Album Era. An important work of
British psychedelia, the album incorporates a range of stylistic influences, including vaudeville, circus, music hall, avant-garde,
and Western and Indian classical music. In 2003, the Library of Congress placed Sgt. Pepper in the National Recording Registry,
honouring the work as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1] That same year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked
it number one in its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". As of 2011, it has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide,
making it one of the best-selling albums in history.
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