sgt. peppers is by far the most overrated beatles album. a few flashy studio tricks and good timing made it a classic with boomers, but it doesn't make up for the ho-hum songwriting. "lovely rita"? "she's leaving home"? hardly standout material, especially by the beatles standard. "good morning" is like a subpar version of the much better "here comes the sun". i'm sorry, "when i'm sixty-four" annoys the hell out of me too, mccartney could write that in his sleep. and for being such revolutionaries, "getting better" is an awfully anti-hippie sentiment. sure, "a day in the life" is a classic, but a lot of pompous posturing, lsd, and silly costumes alone do not a great album make.
and don't even try to say "black metal bands have plenty of pompous posturing and silly costumes" because i know they do, and plenty of black metal albums suck more dick than sgt peppers.
for the record, once upon a time i was a beatles fanatic, and i do have great respect for them. but their legendary status is no defense against logical criticism.
