Records of the Year: The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 6 January 1968
THIS ONE has historical value as a milestone in pop music, and in the art of recording, so it ought to be on everybody's list and in every pop fan's home. An obvious choice.
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