The reason I'm giving Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band such a bad rating is because it's so overrated by some of my fellow Beatles fans & by music critics that it's sickening despite being the Beatles psychedelic masterpiece of epic proportions back in 67 even though it's NOT their greatest classic rock album or the greatest classic rock album of the sixties since Abbey Road is a helluva lot better without all the pomp & circumstance & hype of Sgt. Pepper besides John & Ringo only liked SPLHCB partially looking back on it in interviews if you have seen their quotes. 

Sgt Pepper IS a major piece of work, like it or not.  At the time it was incredible, nothing like it.  Loking back with decades of hindsight it may seem less than stellar to some but if you were there in 1967 I guarantee it earned every accolade.

Overrated? Not at all:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040319/ap_en_mu/saving_sounds_2

And dude...you need a period or two! 

Yeah, it's a little bit overrated, but it is awesome.

i dont think its over rated at all - at the time it was legendary, and i don't think time has done it any harm

Sgt. Pepper is a psychedelic masterpiece which was the soundtrack for the youth of the 60's during the summer of love with great tracks like Fixing A Hole, Getting Better & A Day In The Life but it's looked at like a classical album by Beethoven by the media & music critics for almost 40 years now instead of a great classic rock album by the Beatles, which is pathetic.

Why do people constantly bash Sgt. Peppers and throw the overrated tag on it? It was the first album by a rock band that broke all the rules. The comparison of music and art was defined by this record. I dont think that its the greatest album or even the best Beatles record, but I feel that it truly is a legendary effort that demands respect. I hardly feel that its overrated. I accept Sgt. Peppers for what it was in its time,,,,,,a true first in musical experimentation.

Quoted from Wayne_L., posted March 20, 2004, 3:58pm at here

it's sickening despite being the Beatles psychedelic masterpiece of epic proportions back in 67 even though it's NOT their greatest classic rock album or the greatest classic rock album of the sixties since Abbey Road is a helluva lot better without all the pomp & circumstance & hype of Sgt. Pepper . 

You're welcome to your own opinion, Wayne, but I can't see what's 'sickening' about Pepper's supremacy.
Sgt.Pepper didn't have any particular hype.There was no movie linked to it, there was no single lifted from it (a la Something) and there was no bragging (like the silly self promotion for the White Album put on the Yellow Sub sleeve).
And yet it stayed 148 weeks on the British chart.Nearest rival was Abbey Road which managed 81 weeks.
Given this domination, some fans try to say that the really best album is Revolver or whatever.They're just trying to be clever because it sounds dumb to just agree with everybody else.
Anyway, in my opinion their best album is A Hard Day's Night.

And zipp says: Sgt.Pepper didn't have any particular hype.

That shows that you weren't there. The hype in the months leading up to Pepper was enormous. And when it finally came out ... hype? They redefined it!

Quoted from Maria, posted March 21, 2004, 7:09pm at here

And zipp says: Sgt.Pepper didn't have any particular hype.

That shows that you weren't there. The hype in the months leading up to Pepper was enormous. And when it finally came out ... hype? They redefined it!

I was there...But not on the same side of the Atlantic.

But just supposing you're right.You can't explain everything by hype...even in America.

The Beatles took a risk with this album.
Most of the songs were drug-orientated.
There were no love songs.
There was no catchy single.
They played the same song twice.
There were sound effects all over the place.
They used a symphony orchestra to play all the wrong notes at the same time.

And DESPITE all that it was immediately hailed as a masterpiece.

though it isnt my favorite album, Sgt Pepper is a masterpiece (like all others Beatles album) it's fantastic(like all others Beatles album) even though you dont like its very important in the Beatles albums!

Quoted from zipp, posted March 21, 2004, 5:24pm at here

You're welcome to your own opinion, Wayne, but I can't see what's 'sickening' about Pepper's supremacy.
Sgt.Pepper didn't have any particular hype.There was no movie linked to it, there was no single lifted from it (a la Something) and there was no bragging (like the silly self promotion for the White Album put on the Yellow Sub sleeve).
And yet it stayed 148 weeks on the British chart.Nearest rival was Abbey Road which managed 81 weeks.
Given this domination, some fans try to say that the really best album is Revolver or whatever.They're just trying to be clever because it sounds dumb to just agree with everybody else.
Anyway, in my opinion their best album is A Hard Day's Night.

Absolutely agreed.  CLOSE 2nd is Pepper, then it's a crapshoot.

Quoted from Maria, posted March 21, 2004, 7:09pm at here

And zipp says: Sgt.Pepper didn't have any particular hype.

That shows that you weren't there. The hype in the months leading up to Pepper was enormous. And when it finally came out ... hype? They redefined it!

Hm.  I was there but I don't recall any hype, beyond the fevered expectations of whatever they were going to follow up Revolver with.  It was a LONG period between those two albums (damn near a year) so the only 'hype' if any was the anticipation.

What hype were you talking about?

As far as I know "Revolver" was considered the ROCK masterpiece...

Well ya know. I've thought this a time or two myself. But.. I then beat myself up side my head, and realize. A day in the life, and I am the walrus are 2 of my favorite songs. so.. Yeah As John Might say "bugger off"

I Am The Walrus is on MMT.