Sgt Pepper's for me. It's simply the one I'm most familiar with and have therefore grown to love. As for SF Sorrow and Piper At the Gates Of Dawn, while I like what I've heard, call me a dunce or whatever, but I just haven't been able to get into them as much as Sgt Pepper's. I probably need to spend a bit more time with them both

For Me The Sagt Peper Is Great 'cause Is The First Phiscodelic Expirience
But No Like The Piper 'cause Is More Deep In The Sound

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...and is you r disregard of the pretty things based in ignorance or are they not worthy of mentioning in a poll of three?

To be fair I dont think I mentioned Floyd in my post.

At least pipers is beating sgt peppers

I chose S.F. Sorrow because I've just obtained that one in the last year and I haven't burnt myself out on it yet like I have the other two.

cripes, how on earth could i have said piper at the gates of dawn. st pepper is much better than all those albums and better than everything released in 1967. it's only stubborn obstinacy that could compel one to state otherwise.

Tough pick between the three, but Piper wins for me simply on the basis of it being a DEBUT album, yet comparable in terms of influence/originality to The Beatles 8th studio album. And lets not even start on Barrett...

Either way, Its kinda frightening to consider just how different two albums can turn out even when they are recorded in the exact same place/time, and my vote reflects my feelings on the matter.

Also...am I the only one here who finds Lucifer_Sam's choice ironic?

Sgt. Pepper is one of my favorite albums of all time, and it has an amazingly expansive sound. To me, this is their signature work (with Revolver being a close runner-up).


Piper is also a very good album, but just flat out doesn't compare to Pepper, in my opinion. There are about 4 tracks that I really don't care for on this album, whereas I love every track on Pepper and I love all but 2 tracks on Sorrow.


S.F. Sorrow is yet another great album (I just bought it about a week ago). I'm suprised that this seems to get overlooked so often... But my problem with it is that it sounds very Beatle-like to me. Alot of the songs sound very much like the Fab 4's later albums, such as Abbey Road. I know this is a rather small complaint, but Piper and Pepper have a more original sound to me. That having been said, I think that this album is kick ass, and it makes me very eager to explore more 60s underground acid rock.

In the end, Piper and Sorrow are two amazing albums that I love dearly, but Pepper gets my nod.

Here are the 3 albums in my order of preference:

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. S.F. Sorrow
3. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

You're comparing S. F. Sorrow to albums that it predated and turning around and calling it unoriginal? It was the Beatles and the Stones who were heavily influenced by the Pretty Things, not the other way around (Jagger and Richards were in the band at one point). I won't pretend Phil May revolutionized music but I'm pretty damn sure he at least brought something new into the picture. S. F. Sorrow was certainly a more worthwhile accomplishment than loads of ripoffs that came after it (including the epically overrated shitpile Tommy).