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Sgt. Pepper and the will to go on

an essay by Alice B. Noelle

Introduction

Have you ever listened to an album you went into, fully convinced that you would hate it because you didn't really like the artists other work?

Sergeant Pepper's lonely hearts club band by the more then well known Beatles is that experience for me. And I have no idea why, because it is like most of their other works to the point of being the stereotypical Beatles album. By all accounts I really shouldn't like this album, but somehow I do.

This essay of sorts will talk about why I believe this is the case, and how it has made me think of mental health and drug abuse. This will be broken down into

The history