I am really conflicted as to which is the better album — St. Peppers or Abbey Road. Both were superb in my book.
But I’d say I am partial to Sgt. Peppers. As one writer described it: Its kaleidoscopic approach to record-making – layer after layer of instruments and voices piled on top of each other until it all blurs into one colorful explosion – would become a marker and pattern for everything that came after it. In many ways, it still hasn’t been topped.
Considering musicians typically take years to make 1 album, the Beatles released their “trilogy” of Rubber Soul, Revolver & Sgt Pepper within 18 months.
If pressed, I tend to go with “Revolver” as the best Beatles album.
Quick story...
My wife & I were 19 y/o kids from Dayton,OH when we moved to LA and found an apt in Hollywood.
One Sat afternoon, I was listening to KHJ on the clock radio sitting on top of the refrigerator. The DJ was playing these new, unreleased songs and describing what each song was about or what was happening in the studio at the time.
The album? The White album
The DJ? George Harrison
A week later the album was released and I scurried down to a record shop on Sunset and bought it with the serial number embossed on the front.