40 years
posted by TheDon
So Sgt Peppers is 40 years old. Is that finally old enough that we can stop over-praising it? How many weak songs does an album have to have before you can drop it from your all-time lists? At least half the songs on this one are weak or unlistenable by any reasonable standards. If I had $1000 to spend at Amazon (since it’s not in iStore), I still wouldn’t spend the $10 it would take to pick it up.
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I guess my standards are unreasonable, then.
Now, if we're talking about the White Album…or Magical Mystery Tour…or Abbey Road…I'd agree with you.
in no particular order:
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Velvet Underground and Nico
The Doors
The Who Sell Out
Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
The Byrds – Younger than Yesterday
Are You Experienced?
Disraeli Gears
Aretha – I never loved a man
Buddy Guy – Left my blues in San Fran
I could go on. It's just too easy to pick albums from 1967 which are better (in some cases WAY better) than Sgt Pepper.