Cheap Trick - Sgt. Pepper Live (2009)

Sgt. Pepper Live is a performance by the American rock band Cheap Trick with a full orchestra, released on August 25, 2009, in commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of the release of the historic album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles. Both a live album and a companion DVD of the performance were released. 

The album was engineered by Geoff Emerick. Cheap Trick performed the "Sgt. Pepper Live" show at the Las Vegas Hilton for two weeks in September 2009. 

Starting in 2007, Cheap Trick made it something of a habit to perform a full-length in-concert cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, celebrating the album's 40th Anniversary and getting them ever closer to their goal of actually being the Beatles. Orchestras were hired, guests invited, a splendid time was had by all, and now in 2009, the December 12, 2007 show is available as either a CD or DVD, mixed by Geoff Emerick himself, the engineer who worked with the Beatles on Pepper. 

This unabashed, unapologetic fan worship results in a record that sounds pretty much exactly like the original, only with a little more aggression in the rhythms and some funny accents in the vocals, including Joan Osborne sounding like Chrissie Hynde on "Lovely Rita." Everything, including the encore of Abbey Road's album-closing medley, is fun enough, but there's a big difference between seeing this live in concert and listening to it at home where you have the option to spin the Beatles instead. 

All tracks are written by Lennon–McCartney except where noted.

1.  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1:56 

2.  With a Little Help from My Friends - 2:37 

3.  Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - 3:54 

4.  Getting Better - 2:37 

5.  Fixing a Hole - 3:17 

6.  She's Leaving Home - 3:52 

7.  Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! - 2:47 

8.  Within You Without You   (George Harrison) - 5:36 

9.  When I'm Sixty-Four - 2:50 

10.  Lovely Rita - 2:36 

11.  Good Morning Good Morning - 2:36 

12.  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) - 1:15 

13.  A Day in the Life - 4:41 

14.  Medley Song": "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - 5:43 

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