The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol)
Paul Nelson, Hullabaloo, October 1967
LIKE THE Beatles themselves, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol) is both enigmatic and brilliant, comprised of so many elements that one hardly knows where to begin talking about it. Here at last, for enjoyment and edification, we have the first Joycean pop album: listening to it is like solving a delicious puzzle; you think as you tap your foot.
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