Please noote that I love all songs on the album, just some more than the others. I don’t mean to offend anybody.

My personal ranking for the album:

13) Good Morning Good Morning – On any other Beatles album, this would be one of the middle-tier songs. However, on “Sgt. Peppers”, it is the closest thing to filler (apologies to fans of this song). This may sound harsh, but it sounds like if you mix “Revolution 9 ” and “Savoy Truffle ” together with a discount “Good Day Sunshine ” title. Despite my harsh words, I want to clarify I do like the song, just not as much as the other songs on the album. The guitar solo, though.

12) When I’m Sixty Four – Apologies to fans of Paul’s granny rockers, but I’m not a big fan of it. I don’t even think it’s the best of the bunch (that would go to, in my opinion, to “Good Day Sunshine “). It’s a good song, don’t get me wrong, but on “Sgt. Peppers” is pretty filler-ish. I do love the clarinets and the piano, though.

11) Within You Without You – Now this is most likely my personal bias, but I much prefer “Love You To “. That’s about it. Sorry to fans of this song.

10) Fixing A Hole – Again, my personal bias, but this song seems inconsequential against the two monsters that are “Getting Better ” and “She’s Leaving Home “. Despite all that, this song has probably one of the best technicalities in the entire album (and that’s impressive, given that the whole album is one of the Beatles most technical). Everything from the guitar, bass, vocals and drums sounds light and airy, fitting the theme. In my opinion, one of Martin’s and Emerick’s best in the entire album.

9) Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – Like “Within You Without You “, I prefer another song, this time being the original title track. Again, I must apologize to fans of this song. Could perhaps be because I am waiting for “A Day In The Life “.

8) Getting Better – The coda is pretty good. Love the initial riff too. Nothing I can really say much other than this.

7) Lovely Rita – The opening is pretty good, and keeps the dreamy mood throughout the entire song. Sonically, sound like a throwback to “Visions of Johanna” by Bob Dylan, but if you amplified LSD ratio to a thousand.

6) With A Little Help From My Friends – Ringo is singing with his friends. I can die in peace now.

5) She’s Leaving Home – Time to flee from the mob outside my house. In all seriousness I love every aspect of the song, especially the harp and the harmonization of the vocals. Lyrically, it’s one of the first songs to deal with teenage rebellion, by portraying a very real story of a girl leaving home, and it’s very good. One of Paul’s finest work.

4) Sgt. Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band – One of the best opening tracks period. Nothing I say is able to praise it enough. From the now iconic opening riff that starts the song, the amazing vocal performances by John, Paul and George, and the technical aspects brought by Martin and Emerick, almost everything about this song screams “masterpiece”.

3) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – I don’t think this song is overrated in the very least. Everything is top notch, especially the bass lines, which is one of Paul’s best. Lyrically it is one of the must druggy and psychedelic, which is great. Martin and Emerick does fantastic technical jobs with everything in the song, the most prominent being the vocal lines. This is most definitely one of John’s best.

2) For the Benefit of Mr. Kite – I am yet to hear anything remotely whimsical and spectacular that comes close to this song, with the only exception being the score on “Dumbo”. This song encapsulates the songwriting prowess of the Lennon-McCartney partnership, with how they manage to turn a simple circus poster into a three-stanza, carnival inspired masterpiece. Kudos should be given to Emerick for delivering one of my favourite instrumentals in any song. I also think that the drum fills and bass lines are very underrated here as well, as they manage to glue all parts of the song together, which in any case, would’ve gone haywire without it. To conclude, you can smell the sawdust on the floor when you listen to this song.

1) A Day In The Life – Nothing much I can say that’s already been said. I will say that the 30-second-long bridge between McCartney’s stanza and John’s final stanza is the most bone-chilling 30 seconds of my life. The final chord at the end will go down in history as one of music’s most famous final chords. Truly marvellous.

That’s my personal ranking for this marvelous album. Don’t hesitate to argue with me on why “Within You Without You ” is a million-times better than “Love You To ”.

Once again, apologies if this it rather long-winded.

Thanks for your feedback. Generally I’ve met people who are either a big fan or don’t care much for “Within You Without You “, I fall into the latter category. Perhaps I just prefer the faster tempo of “Love You To “, or perhaps I’m incredibly bias towards “Revolver “. Despite that, I do think that this is George’s sitar prowess at it’s most polished. Ravi Shankar teached George well. 

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Come to think of it, what I said about “Within You Without You ” also applies to “Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite ” as well. You will find people who either love it or don’t care much for it.