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"A Day in the Life" is a phenomenal song, but there's not much else about the album that really stands out to me. In other words, it's the music, stupid. Themes and concepts are great, but they only provide a framework that has to be filled in with the actual material. Sgt. Pepper isn't a bad album at all, but it's not really very revolutionary on a musical level. (Hello, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Pink Floyd...) It has no edge to it. It's a safe album that doesn't really challenge the listener. (With the exception of "A Day in the Life," of course.) This album, Magical Mystery Tour, and Yellow Submarine just sound like the Beatles were fucking around in the studio and had lost sight of the craft of songwriting.
Thank goodness for the White Album.
