Cheap Trick: Sgt. Pepper Live

The Beatle’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is iconic. I understand why Cheap Trick would want to perform it. Their decision to record and distribute the performance is another matter. It must have been influenced by arrogance because they’ve added nothing to what the Beatles did. Instead of reinterpreting the music to give it new life, Cheap Trick went for pure imitation. The Beatles sounded pretty good on the original, so if you’re Cheap Trick, trying to out-Beatle them just isn’t going to happen. The album is a knock-off of the original—well done, but still just a knock-off.

Rating: * *

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