This week in 1967, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” went to #1 again on the UK Albums Chart (December 23)
This was more than just an album to the Beatles…. it was a statement.
As Paul McCartney said:
“We were fed up with being the Beatles. We really hated that f***ing four little mop-top approach.
We were not boys, we were men ... and thought of ourselves as artists rather than just performers.”
McCartney identified The Beach Boys album “Pet Sounds” as his main musical inspiration for Sgt. Pepper, adding that "[we] nicked a few ideas".
He was highly impressed with the "harmonic structures" and choice of instruments used on Pet Sounds, and said that these elements encouraged him to think the Beatles could "get further out" than the Beach Boys had.
And they sure did!
Sgt. Pepper’s has been praised for its innovations in songwriting, production and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art, and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture.
Its release was a defining moment in 1960s pop culture, heralding the Summer of Love, while the album's reception achieved full cultural legitimisation for pop music and recognition for the medium as a genuine art form.
The album was loosely conceptualised as a performance by the fictional Sgt. Pepper band, an idea that was conceived after recording the title track.
A key work of psychedelia, it incorporates a range of stylistic influences, including vaudeville, circus, music hall, avant-garde, and Western and Indian classical music.
The album is full of Beatles classics like “With a Little Help from My Friends”, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, “Getting Better", “When I’m 64”, “A Day in the Life”, and of course the title track.
The landmark album spent 27 non-consecutive weeks at #1 in the UK and 15 weeks at #1 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart in the US, and was #1 all around the world in places like Australia, Canada, Norway, Sweden and Germany.
In 2020, Rolling Stone placed it at #24 in the magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", after topping the list in 2003 and 2012.
In 1993, Sgt. Pepper was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and ten years later it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry, honouring the work as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In 2006, Sgt. Pepper was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time.
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I want my MTV.......
On this day in 1988, the Dire Straits LP “Brothers in Arms” re-entered the UK Albums Chart at #93 (December 24)
Released in 1985, this was one of the most successful LPs in world history, spending 9 weeks at #1 in the US, 14 weeks at #1 in the UK, and a staggering 34 weeks in the #1 spot in Australia.
It also hit #1 in countries like Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Finland, Austria, Norway, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.
The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best British Album at the 1987 Brit Awards; the 20th Anniversary Edition won another Grammy in 2006 for Best Surround Sound Album.
Q magazine placed the album at #51 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
In 2020, the album ranked #418 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
As of July 2016 Brothers in Arms was the eighth-best-selling album of all-time in the UK, and the third-best-selling album of all-time in Australia.
Anchored by this iconic song and video.
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Trakai castle. Lithuania.
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🏰 Castillo de San Sebastián
🇪🇸 Spain
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“It was Christmas Eve, babe….”
Happy Christmas to all of you Nostriches 💜
Hope you all have a wonderful, peaceful and restful time with family, full of Christmas cheer.
Here’s one of my favourite Christmas songs by the Pogues, featuring the one and only Shane MacGowan who sadly passed away a couple of years ago, and the wonderful Kirsty MacColl, who tragically passed away 25 years and 6 days ago on 18 December 2000.
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Kentucky is home to a family of three giant trolls tucked away in the woods at Bernheim Forest.
About 30 minutes south of Louisville, this forest covers more than 16,000 acres and has 40 miles of trails, a 17-acre nature playground, and an Edible Garden. The real highlight, though, is a group of huge wooden trolls built by artist Thomas Dambo.
One is Mama Loumari, resting quietly against a tree. Her two kids are nearby. Little Nis looks into his own reflection at Olmsted Pond, while Little Elina plays beside a pile of rocks. Together, they make one of the most fun, creative, and memorable outdoor spots in Kentucky.
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Alexey Kljatov is a masterful macro photographer who loves to capture the uniqueness of snowflakes.
Merry Christmas 🎄 🎁 Nostriches
