Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Charted:
#1 US & UK

Album Notes:
Perhaps the band's most innovative album, both musically and technically. It was the first rock album to win an Album of the Year GRAMMY.

Album Cover Notes:
Likenesses of some 70 musicians, authors, actors, and Indian gurus. The cover also won a GRAMMY.

Track List & Song Info:

Side One
1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Jimi Hendrix recorded a cover just a few days after it was released}
2. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Lead vocals by Ringo, for whom the song was specifically written by John and Paul}
3. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Another drug inspired Lennon lyric, written in three different keys and two different beats}
4. "Getting Better" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Its mix of happy and angry reflects the conflicting personalities of the two songwriters}
5. "Fixing a Hole" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Inspired by McCartney's purchase of a dilapidated farm on the Scottish coast}
6. "She's Leaving Home" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{The first female to perform on a Beatles album, Sheila Bromberg, played harp}
7. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Lennon was inspired by a poster he found in an antique store for a circus performance}

Side Two
1. "Within You Without You" (Harrison)
      ^{George was the only Beatle involved -- he was accompanied by a group of Indian musicians}
2. "When I'm Sixty-Four" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Paul's paean to sweethearts who grow old together}
3. "Lovely Rita" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{A parking ticket inspired McCartney to write about love with a meter maid}
4. "Good Morning Good Morning" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{Lennon, who liked to watch TV in bed, was inspired by a commercial for corn flakes}
5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{An up-tempo version of the title song}
6. "A Day In the Life" (Lennon-McCartney)
      ^{A combination of parts of two different songs, one by Paul, one by John}