Lonely Hearts Club Band Analysis

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The Band Begins to Play: The Making and Influence of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Written by The Beatles, it is the first-ever concept album in rock and roll. Some might use the fact that it is the alter-ego band of The Beatles as an excuse to dismiss it. Some might even go as far as to say John, Paul, George, and Ringo ‘jumped the shark’, calling it too different from their earlier music which made them so popular during the British Invasion in the first place. However, the eighth album The Beatles recorded has a lot more to offer to the world of rock and roll than this weird alter-ego feel. This 13-song album, which they released on June 1st, showcases exactly what made The Beatles The Beatles in the first place: their famous experimentation and innovation (“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”).
In order to figure out who was innovated by the album and why, one must first find out how and why it was written in the first place. In 1966, The Beatles were fed up with touring and wanted to do more work in the studio. They wanted more freedom. And
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