Derek Jewell | Sunday Times

The Best Thing in Pop Since Sgt Pepper

Of course the new Bea­t­les dou­ble LP is the best thing in pop since Sgt Pep­per. Their sounds, for those open in ear and mind, should long ago have estab­lished their supremacy… They have misses, but there aren’t many. It’s a world map of con­tem­po­rary music, drawn with unique flair. Musi­cally, there is beauty, hor­ror sur­prise, chaos, order. And that is the world; and that is what The Bea­t­les are about. Cre­ated by, cre­at­ing for, their age.”

Derek Jew­ell | Sun­day Times
24 Novem­ber 1968