The Beatles - Revolver
Parlophone  (1966)
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LP    14 tracks  (34:52) 
   01   Taxman             02:39
   02   Eleanor Rigby             02:07
   03   I'm Only Sleeping             03:01
   04   Love You To             03:01
   05   Here, There And Everywhere             02:25
   06   Yellow Submarine             02:40
   07   She Said She Said             02:37
   08   Good Day Sunshine             02:09
   09   And Your Bird Can Sing             02:01
   10   For No One             02:01
   11   Doctor Robert             02:15
   12   I Want To Tell You             02:29
   13   Got To Get You Into My Life             02:30
   14   Tomorrow Never Knows             02:57
Personal Details
Purchase Date 19.10.1989
Links Amazon Japan
Details
UPC (Barcode) 077774644129
Musicians
Drums and Percussion Ringo Starr
Bass Guitar Paul McCartney
Guitar-Electric George Harrison
Guitar-Electric John Lennon
Vocals George Harrison
Vocals John Lennon
Vocals Paul McCartney
Credits
Producer George Martin
Notes
Date of Release August 5, 1966 AMG REVIEW: All the rules fell by the wayside with Revolver, as the Beatles began exploring new sonic territory, lyrical subjects, and styles of composition. It wasn't just Lennon and McCartney, either - Harrison staked out his own dark territory with the tightly wound, cynical rocker "Taxman"; the jaunty yet dissonant "I Want to Tell You"; and "Love You To," George's first and best foray into Indian music. Such explorations were bold, yet they were eclipsed by Lennon's trippy kaleidoscopes of sound. His most straightforward number was "Doctor Robert," an ode to his dealer, and things just got stranger from there, as he buried "And Your Bird Can Sing" in a maze of multi-tracked guitars, gave Ringo a charmingly hallucinogenic slice of childhood whimsy in "Yellow Submarine," and then capped it off with a triptych of bad trips: the spiraling "She Said She Said"; the crawling, druggy "I'm Only Sleeping"; and "Tomorrow Never Knows," a pure nightmare where John sang portions of the Tibetan Book of the Dead into a suspended microphone over Ringo's thundering, menacing drumbeats and layers of overdubbed, phased guitars and tape loops. McCartney's experiments were formal, as he tried on every pop style from chamber pop to soul, and when placed alongside Lennon and Harrison's outright experimentations, McCartney's songcraft becomes all the more impressive. The biggest miracle of Revolver may be that the Beatles covered so much new stylistic ground and executed it perfectly on one record, or it may be that all of it holds together perfectly. Either way, its daring sonic adventures and consistently stunning songcraft set the standard for what pop/rock could achieve. Even after Sgt. Pepper, Revolver stands as the ultimate modern pop album and it's still as emulated as it was upon its original release. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine