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Tracklist | == Tracklist == | ||
== Cover == | |||
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- The album took six months to complete and cost 50,000 Pounds. It was released in the UK on June 1. | - The album took six months to complete and cost 50,000 Pounds. It was released in the UK on June 1. | ||
Background of the songs | |||
== Background of the songs == | |||
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - some of the lyrics were inspired by Alice in Wonderland, Lennon claimed that any connection with LSD is a coincidence. "My son Julian came in one day with a picture he paintetd about a school friend of his named Lucy. He had sketched in some stars in the sky and called it ´Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds´ | Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - some of the lyrics were inspired by Alice in Wonderland, Lennon claimed that any connection with LSD is a coincidence. "My son Julian came in one day with a picture he paintetd about a school friend of his named Lucy. He had sketched in some stars in the sky and called it ´Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds´ | ||
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A Day In The Life - mixture of Lennon´s lyrics from a newspaper ("4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire", "the English army had just won the war") and McCartney´s bit about a man getting ready for work ("I had a smoke", "and then I went into a dream"). Lennon called the orchestral build up at the end of the song "musical orgasm". | A Day In The Life - mixture of Lennon´s lyrics from a newspaper ("4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire", "the English army had just won the war") and McCartney´s bit about a man getting ready for work ("I had a smoke", "and then I went into a dream"). Lennon called the orchestral build up at the end of the song "musical orgasm". | ||
== The end of the album == | |||
At the end of the album the Beatles added a sound file with a high frequency that only dogs can hear. | At the end of the album the Beatles added a sound file with a high frequency that only dogs can hear. | ||
== Reception == | |||
Mojo Magazine, 2007: "When the Beatles unleached Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Heart´s Club Band the blew the finest minds of their generation and changed all music forever." | Mojo Magazine, 2007: "When the Beatles unleached Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Heart´s Club Band the blew the finest minds of their generation and changed all music forever." | ||
== References == | |||
Womack, Kenneth. ''The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. | |||
Hertsgaard, Mark. "The Beatles". München: Hanser, 1995. | |||
Revision as of 13:45, 14 June 2012
Tracklist
Cover
- recording began in November 1966 - "concept" album, all songs like from a concert by the Beatles alter ego, Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band - On Sgt. Pepper the Beatles made use of every creative impulse that came to mind. The instruments that were used include: Hammond organ, harpsichord, harmonium, orchestral brass and horns, violins, harp, cellos, chimes, glockenspiel - The album took six months to complete and cost 50,000 Pounds. It was released in the UK on June 1.
Background of the songs
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - some of the lyrics were inspired by Alice in Wonderland, Lennon claimed that any connection with LSD is a coincidence. "My son Julian came in one day with a picture he paintetd about a school friend of his named Lucy. He had sketched in some stars in the sky and called it ´Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds´
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! - idea based on a poster for "Pablo Fanque´s Circus Royal" Lennon saw.
A Day In The Life - mixture of Lennon´s lyrics from a newspaper ("4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire", "the English army had just won the war") and McCartney´s bit about a man getting ready for work ("I had a smoke", "and then I went into a dream"). Lennon called the orchestral build up at the end of the song "musical orgasm".
The end of the album
At the end of the album the Beatles added a sound file with a high frequency that only dogs can hear.
Reception
Mojo Magazine, 2007: "When the Beatles unleached Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Heart´s Club Band the blew the finest minds of their generation and changed all music forever."
References
Womack, Kenneth. The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Hertsgaard, Mark. "The Beatles". München: Hanser, 1995.