Anyway: Sgt. Pepper's, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this week, is also commonly credited with a more controversial milestone: namely, that it was the world's first concept album.

Concept albums are possible. This [‘Sgt. Pepper’] isn’t it, but it proves that it’s possible,'” Thomas MacFarlane wrote in the essay “‘Sgt. Pepper'”s Quest for Extended Form ...

“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” is the Beatles’ worst album. But let me save you the outrage you may think I’m looking to foment. I’m not saying it’s a bad record; I’m ...

June 1 is the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” considered the most influential album ever. The surviving Beatles — Paul McCartney ...

‘Sgt. Pepper,’ released 50 years ago June 2, is full of songs exceedingly substandard for The Beatles. ... Concept albums rarely carry their concept all the way through.

It was 50 years ago this week that The Beatles released their album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The record was No. 1 on the U.S. charts until October and ushered in the ...

Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ masterpiece, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” In polls taken by rock and roll critics, including t… ...

“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 ...

An old sketch up for auction May 20 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan is a crude, ink-on-paper drawing of the iconic “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club” album cover. The artist is almost ...

The most ambitious reissue yet of an individual album from the Beatles’ catalog is coming May 26 with an expanded and newly remixed edition of the Fab Four’s 1967 pop masterpiece, “Sgt.

“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 ...