Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was the eighth studio album by The Beatles, released on May 26, 1967 in the U.K. and June 2, 1967 in the U.S. It was an immediate commercial and critical success, spending 27 weeks at the top of the U.K. albums chart and 15 weeks at Number 1 in the U.S. On release, the album was lauded by the vast majority of critics for its innovations in music production, songwriting and graphic design, 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 honor.
Track listing
1. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
2. “With a Little Help from My Friends”
3. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
4. “Getting Better”
5. “Fixing a Hole”
6.”She’s Leaving Home”
7. “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!”
8. “Within You Without You”
9. “When I’m Sixty-Four”
10. “Lovely Rita”
11. “Good Morning Good Morning”
12. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”
13. “A Day in the Life”
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