If the role of the rest of The Beach Boys was diminished on a musical level, Pet Sounds was still a triumph of vocal layering ...

Released just eight months after their debut, With the Beatles sounds like a band sprinting to keep up with its own momentum.

The Beatles may be rock overlords, but Rick Wakeman isn't as easy to impress. As such, his favourite album by the Fab Four is ...

Widely regarded as a new kind of rock LP, it was more suited to headphones than to the radio, a “concept” album in which ... “Revolver” and “Sgt. Pepper,” the Beatles’ next two albums, drew upon the ...

The concept album emerged in the 1960s, with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles and its like, and it endures to this day. ... Almost always, a concept album ...

The Beatles’ iconic track “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is the third song on the A-side of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a concept album that marked the height of the Fab Four ...

Recorded in the style of a performance from said fictional band, 'Sgt Pepper' became one of the first concept albums - telling a complete narrative as it goes on, linked to a central theme.

“Sgt Pepper was undoubtedly a form of concept prog,” says Wakeman. “It might not have been a full-on concept album, but there’s seriously conceptual stuff in there.” “It’s a film for ...

On this day in history, June 1, 1967, the Fab Four — aka the Beatles — released their 8th studio album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," an artistic musical accomplishment still hailed ...

Restoring the drums to the centre – and making them louder – makes the whole album rock more. Getting Better, the Sgt. Pepper overture, Good Morning, even Lovely Rita feel more muscular. Yeah, that’s ...