I have never been able to come to terms with friends who bang on about Sergeant Pepper being the best album of all time. To my ears it is complete nonsense and only succeeds now through nostalgia glazed eyes. Personally I never much cared for the Beatles as we had far greater musically gifted bands around at the time. They really did get lucky - but of course they did write many of their own tunes and that is what set them apart from the others. For me though, it was image over substance 100%