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15:00, 14-Oct-2018
Getting better: Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper' named top album in UK
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14:28, 17-Oct-2018
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The Beatles' psychedelic masterwork "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has been named the most popular British album in history.
The Official Charts Company said Saturday that the band's 1967 classic is Britain's favorite album based on physical sales, downloads and streams in the UK.
The album found the four mates from Liverpool at their most experimental and inventive and includes favorites like "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "A Day in the Life."
The band by then had stopped touring and was focusing its effort on studio work under the guidance of producer George Martin.
The Beatles, from L to R: Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, smile as they display the Member of The Order of The British Empire medals presented to them by Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony in Buckingham Palace in London, England, October 26, 1965. /AP Photo
The Beatles, from L to R: Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, smile as they display the Member of The Order of The British Empire medals presented to them by Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony in Buckingham Palace in London, England, October 26, 1965. /AP Photo
Half a century ago, The Beatles transformed from floppy-haired boy wonders who wanted to hold your hand to abstruse philosophers whose vision spanned civilizations.
The effect of the band's remarkable transition is still being felt. In 2017, the fiftieth anniversary of the album, a revival of "Sgt. Pepper" was set off as a series of weekend commemorations was held in The Beatles' native Liverpool, making the album more popular than ever.
The album came ahead of Adele's "21," which finished second, and the 1995 Oasis album "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?"
(With input from AP)
(Cover: A copy of The Beatles "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" album held by a listener in London /VCG Photo)