Sergeant Pepper's a smash hit again

Remastered Beatles classic headed back to top of US Billboard charts

Fifty years after it was released, an album that critics and fans alike regard as one of The Beatles' finest is heading back to No 1 in the US Billboard charts, albeit a remastered version with extra tracks and interviews.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in Britain on May 26, 1967, and seven days later in the United States. It was the Liverpool group's eighth studio album and it spent 27 weeks at No 1 in the UK and 15 weeks at the top of the Billboard charts.