revolver v.s. sgt. peppers

The Waiting Trophy Man

for a long time, sgt. peppers was considered the beatles masterpiece. in recent years, however, revolver has come to be known as the superior album. which one is better and why?? you decide.

pick one or the other. please don't say abbey road or the white album or any other beatles album. this thread is about these 2 albums only.

catefrances

revolver.
you need a reason besides the fact that i say so?
i want to tell you but i can't.

Ledbetterman10

different eras.....i think Revolver is only comparable to Rubber Soul. Sgt. Peppers i guess is comparable to the Mystery Tour or the White Album maybe


Edit: but Sgt. Peppers gets my vote. Revolver is great though. Tomorrow Never Knows is a good time and For No One is one of my all-time faves. but i have but 7 words for you: Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite! what's that? A Day in the life too? oh god. what a fucking album

kdpjam

its hard to explain, as i love both records. revolver just has this stripped down, open, more listenable theme to it. i love revolver for i'm only sleeping, dr. robert, and your bird can sing, tomorrow never knows.. i love sgt. peppers but its got a certain sadness about it to me. most of the tracks have been played more???

it just depends on what mood i'm in. hell, i love both... i really say that about all beatles records. it depends on what mood i'm in. i just thought of for the benefit of mr. kite. and my eight year old niece who loves that album.
good morning, good morning!!

The Waiting Trophy Man

catefrances wrote:

revolver.
you need a reason besides the fact that i say so?
i want to tell you but i can't.

haha. nice.

pineapplesandwaves

catefrances wrote:

revolver.
you need a reason besides the fact that i say so?
i want to tell you but i can't.

I concur.

kdpjam

i want to tell you...i feel hung up but I don't know why.....

catefrances

i was alone i took a ride i didn't know what i would find there........

miller8966

Revolver is 1000000 times better than Sgt Peppers. Its more experimental and the songs along with the lyrics are 1000 times better.

InHiding80

Revolver - Abbey Road will always be my favorite, though.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Revolver covers everything from balladic pop (Here There and Everywhere), through political satire (Taxman) and the Geno Washington-era soul boom (Got To Get You Into My Life), to Lennon psychedelia (She Said She Said, Tomorrow Never Knows). I think Sgt Pepper is constricted by being a concept album and a psychedelic timepiece. And Lennon only contributes three and a half songs to Pepper (A Day In The Life being partly written by Paul); George only contributes one. Revolver is more representative than Pepper, of the individual talents of John, Paul and George as songwriters.

keeponrockin

I need to get more into the Beatles, I'd say Revolver, though Sgt. Peppers is brilliant. Abbey Road>Both of them though.

whatsthefreezer

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

different eras.....i think Revolver is only comparable to Rubber Soul. Sgt. Peppers i guess is comparable to the Mystery Tour or the White Album maybe


Edit: but Sgt. Peppers gets my vote. Revolver is great though. Tomorrow Never Knows is a good time and For No One is one of my all-time faves. but i have but 7 words for you: Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite! what's that? A Day in the life too? oh god. what a fucking album

that's my favorite song on there too. love that album.

kenny olav

I'd say the White Album is their masterpiece and Revolver is better than Sgt. Pepper's. I'm thinking Sgt. Pepper's became overrated due to the fact that its a very different album from anything people had heard before.

likepilateihaveadog

Rubber Soul anyone?

that's my fav.


similar to revolver in many ways.

catefrances

i like how eleanor rigby ends.
and singing along with 'got to get you into my life'.

analogueaddict72

I think pepper is all about the impact and the change it bought about in contemporary music and although Pepper has day in a life my fav beatles tune, I'd say revolver, it's more consistent and dosn't really have any fillers on it.

Unlike Pepper which has When I'm 64 and lovely Rita, which arn't great songs at all. You can't take away the impact which Sgt Pepper had but Revolver is the king in my book.

transplant

miller8966 wrote:

Revolver is 1000000 times better than Sgt Peppers. Its more experimental and the songs along with the lyrics are 1000 times better.

agreed.

whatsthefreezer

analogueaddict72 wrote:

I think pepper is all about the impact and the change it bought about in contemporary music and although Pepper has day in a life my fav beatles tune, I'd say revolver, it's more consistent and dosn't really have any fillers on it.

Unlike Pepper which has When I'm 64 and lovely Rita, which arn't great songs at all. You can't take away the impact which Sgt Pepper had but Revolver is the king in my book.

i think those are fantastic songs personally.

viggs20

Revolver..

PJ_Phil

likepilateihaveadog wrote:

Rubber Soul anyone?

that's my fav.


similar to revolver in many ways.

That's my fave too. Not too poppy, not too experimental. Just right.

Phil

armyreserve

White Album anyone?

alobar

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

"She's Leaving Home," "Fixing a Hole," "Lovely Rita," "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite" and "A Day In the Life" are incredible songs......I'd usually lean toward Revolver, but lately I've been listening to Sgt. Pepper's on vinyl and I've got to say, it's the most wonderful thing I've ever heard on vinyl. The whole conceptual idea behind Sgt. Pepper's was monumental. Revolver is missing that element.