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 . 

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!

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.

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!

Quoted from Brasa, posted March 23, 2004, 4:19am at here

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

Quoted from misterchaz, posted March 23, 2004, 5:56pm at here

Not at the time.  Only later, in retrospect (maybe by the 70's at the earliest).

Quoted from patton, posted March 23, 2004, 8:23pm at here

It may not be their best album but it's still great. I mean come on it's #1 album on the England charts.

Quoted from JWL, posted March 24, 2004, 9:24am at here

Ok...to recapitulate....Sgt. Pepper is the most overrated album of all time(any artist)....and MMT is the most underrated album of all time(any artist) Pepper was #1 on Rolling Stones All Time Greatest Albums.  While MMT didn't even make the list of 500.

And jus to spoon feed your opinions to you...The White Album is without doubt the most influential and greatest achievement in the history of Pop Music.


JWL

Quoted from misterchaz, posted March 24, 2004, 5:22pm at here

Good Lord!  REVERSE everything you said and you got it just about right.

Quoted from Alan_H, posted March 25, 2004, 12:32am at here

Clever

Quoted from Beatle_Ed, posted March 25, 2004, 8:38am at here

redundant

Quoted from misterchaz, posted March 25, 2004, 3:25pm at here

Quoted from patton, posted March 30, 2004, 8:09pm at here

I lied. Sorry. just trying to make you feel better but it didn't make sense. I actualy thought it was redundant. NHF.

Quoted from misterchaz, posted March 30, 2004, 8:29pm at here

OK, I'm over it now.

Quoted from zipp, posted March 21, 2004, 10:52pm at here

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.

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