Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the
Beatles. It was an immediate commercial and critical success, spending
15 weeks at number one in America.Time magazine declared it "a historic
departure in the progress of music" and the New Statesman praised its
elevation of pop to the level of fine art. It won four Grammy Awards in
1968, including Album of the Year, the first rock LP to receive this honor.

The album cover photo shoot.                    (click on pic to enlarge)