Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Best Rock Album

2009-01-09 15:59:21

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The name sgt peppers lonely hearts club could easily be mistaken for the name of a group of people with lonely hearts who have decided to organize a lonely hearts club. Not quite, though. It actually refers to the sgt peppers lonely hearts club band or simply sgt peppers lonely hearts club, a record album which most critics call the most influential in the history of rock music.

The sgt peppers lonely hearts club album was recorded at a time when the group that created it had become weary of the rigors of going on tour. Back in the day when the music video had not yet been invented, it was difficult for a rock band to get wide exposure unless the band went on tour or appeared in a movie. Instead of producing a lonely hearts movie, the band thought of the album to take to the road in their behalf.

One of the most distinctive features of the sgt peppers lonely hearts club band album was its use of a unifying theme to govern the structure and sequential order of the songs in the album. For example, its first song serves as a title song that effectively introduces the lonely hearts club band. It then uses a transitional musical phrase that connects with the next song. Towards the end of the album on the flip side, the title song is repeated in a reprise version. With the title song appearing at the start and end of the album, a book-end effect is created.

The overall structure, song sequence, the use of transitions to connect songs, and the book-end effect made the sgt peppers lonely hearts club album the pioneering work in what was to be known later as a concept album. Sgt peppers lonely hearts club band went on to become the best-selling album of all time.


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