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Originally posted by spookyfish
Just off the top of my head, I'm surprised that Sgt. Pepper's is at number one. It isn't even the best Beatles album. Revolver should take the #1 slot. I've never understood why Sgt. Pepper received the hype it does, other than that it was the Beatles response to Pet Sounds. It's a great album, but frankly there are better albums out there.
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I think there are two ways to rank albums over a long period, and RS has picked my favorite method, which involves more the impact of an album at its contemporary height as opposed to a current look. SPep was very much a high-impact album when it came out, signaling a course change of sorts for the Beatles, and also containing quite a few themes that were meaningful then, but old and cliche'd now. Revolver, while it might be ranked better today, didn't have near the impact back when.
This poll doesn't appear to be the play list of every "classic rock" station across the country today. It does, however, resemble a sampling of every monthly slice of musical importance over time.
