For as seriously as they clearly took their music, the Beatles have always had a whimsical, non-serious sound to me. This album is the distillation of that silliness in many ways, a perfect mixture of potentially LSD-inspired whimsy and musical genius. I find it interesting to read the reactions to the album from contemporaries and compare that to my perception 53 years after the album’s release; the Beatles both captured the spirit of youth in 1967 and invented new ways of approaching music and the album itself.

The honors for this album are neverending - I’d run out of space listing half of them. But it’s all for good reason, and you can add a prestigious Jamwise thumbs-up to the ever-growing legacy of Sgt. Pepper.

“With A Little Help From My Friends”
“Getting Better”
“A Day In The Life”

Originally part of Jamwise #31 - Separating the Music From The Listener.