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Revolver [UK]
: Well, if you have not bought and listened to this record yet, then where the $%#$& have you been?! What more can be said about this album than has already been written in volume upon volume of books and magazines? It's the Beatles. It's perfect. It's timeless. Period.
This album is most chronicled as The Beatles greatest album of all-time by critics and music historians. I have to agree with them. John Lennon and Paul McCartney prove on this album that they are unbelieveable songwriters who could compete with legends like Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. This is when the Beatles threw away their boyband image and became true artists. George Harrison also proved that he could hang with Lennon and McCartney with his amazing song "Taxman". People complain that this album would be perfect if "Yellow Submarine" was never recorded. I wholeheartedly disagree with that. If you cant see the genius behind the song then you just dont get it. This album is a must for all Pop and Rock fans.
Revolver is probably THE rock album any other band would have dreamed to release... but nobody ever reached this level of perfection since, including the Beatles themselves. Absolutely perfect.
SGT Pepper may be the most influential album of all time to many,but Revolver is without a doubt the greatest Beatle album ever.This was their last album as a group before Paul McCartney assumed the role of driving force(he was the brains behind Pepper,MMT and the Get Back project).Where Rubber Soul was their folk-rock album,Revolver was their acid rock foray.John Lennon led the pack with such chemecally induced classics as And Your Bird Can Sing,She Said She Said,Dr Robert,I'm Only Sleeping, and of course Tomorrow Never Knows.They somehow meld comfortably with Paul McCartney's equally classic tunes including Eleanor Rigby,Here There Everywhere,Good Day Sunshine,For No One,Got To Get You Into My Life as well as Ringo's spot Yellow Submarine.George Harrison's growth as a songwriter cumulates on not only the sharp rocker Taxman but on his first foray into indian music(Love You To).1966 would also see the end of the group as a touring band as the experiments of their latter albums made it impossible to play their new music onstage.While record buyer were in awe of Revolver's complexity,concert audiences had to make do with 1963-1965 era songs on rinky-dink Vox amps.So while Revolver helped close a chapter of one era,it also opened a new one as well.
While "Revolver" usually plays second fiddle to many of the Fab Four's fine albums, it should rank among the top three. This album features the group at its collective best, charting out then unheard-of territory. Each Beatle contributes to the endeavor: John's songs range from rocking (She Said She Said) to ethereal (I'm Only Sleeping) to downright innovative (Tomorrow Never Knows). Paul's songs display his melodic and lyric mastery in illustrating sadness (For No One,Eleanor Rigby), good times (Good Day Sunshine)and great rock (Got To Get You Into My Life). George gets three songs, two of which incorporate Eastern Influences (Love You To with its sitar/tabla, Taxman with Paul's guitar solo). Finally, Ringo's drumming matures significantly throughout. All in all, a fine album with many treasures!
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