Re: Lee's review, I agree that's the case with the majority of these magazine 'tribute' albums. They look great in theory but they are almost always a let-down.
ReviewThe best thing about this CD is the artwork. In fact the only thing that makes this marginally better than Robert Stigwood's ill fated 1978 movie version of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is that it only has one bonus track. Whereas Stigwood's movie soundtrack has most of "Abbey Road", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Get Back" inexplicably thrown into the mix. The bonus track on this CD is "Echo And The Bunnymen's" version of "All You Need Is Love" which is at least more appropriate but certainly not their best work.
The rest of this album follows suit with most of the artists offering up second rate or worse versions of songs from this classic album. What this CD most successfully does is make you want to take it off immediately and hear the original to remind yourself of how it was and should be done.
The two major UK music magazines both revert to this format of recreating classic albums with contemporary artists from time to time but the results are usually/always disastrous as is the case here. Apart from the artwork (10/10) the content here is appalling and a travesty rather than a tribute to a great album.