Finally Ending four decades of conjecture, erstwhile Beatles drummer Ringo Starr revealed that he did not consider Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to be the best Beatles album. Starr recently commented that ''"As a musician, I preferred Revolver, and I preferred The White Album, because we were back to being musicians. It was like everybody got the madness out on Sgt. Pepper, so it served that purpose."
In other Sgt. Pepper news, Paul McCartney told Rolling Stone in a recent interview that The Beatles were under the sway of Elvis during the recording of the album. McCartney said "We had this idea that we'd make a record, and the record itself would go on tour for us. That came from a story we'd heard about Elvis' Cadillac going on tour. We though that was an amazing idea: He doesn't go on tour, he just sends his Cadillac out. Fantastic!"
2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. May it continue to inspire debate and drug-induced stupors.
[Ringo Star (sic): ''''Sgt.Pepper''' Not Our Best Album' (Gigwise)]
[Paul McCartney: 'Elvis influenced Sgt Pepper' (NME)]