This album by the Beatles entitled St.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band was incredibly successful so therefore it's only natural I would research deeper into the artwork to find out why.
Upon its release, nothing even similar to this had hit the media ever before, it was completely original and in a sense revolutionary.

The group in the actual image are wearing military clothing, however they have turned the seriousness of the clothing down a notch by transforming it into a parody, changing the colours to bright, less serious tones in order to make a joke of it. However, the way they are dressed is a complete contrast to the other people in the artwork, making them stand out as important. They also look as if they are ring leaders of a circus, ready to entertain, which is their main intention.
We see further circus links with the drum situated in front of the group. It relates back to music, but in a far less serious way, again we see that The Beatles are here to entertain.

The flowers situated even further in front of the bad could represent a number of things. They are situated in a funeral like manner, maybe to symbolise the end of the past-pop or past-beatles era. The Beatles completely revolutionised the pop genre with this album, maybe this was their intention and they tryed to convey this with their album artwork. The flowers though are a bright colour, symbolising happiness. The time period the album was released in also links back to the 'flower power' hippy age, so this could be in relation to that.

As far as status is concerned, the Beatles have situated themselves are in the forground as the center of attention to the hoards of famous people in the background. This suggests they view themselves as having an incredibly high status, higher than that of those behind them, and demands the audiences respect.