Revolver - The Beatles

The thing with The Beatles is that their music has become so legendary that all their songs have taken on the same sort of power that nursery rhymes have. Everybody knows the words for 'Polly Put The Kettle On', and everyone knows the words for "Yellow Submarine". It reaches a point where you can hardly see them as songs anymore, because they have been in the national consciousness for so long. For my part, The Beatles were on pretty constantly at home while I grew up, with the occasional burst of Motown, Bruce Springsteen, or Creedance Clearwater Revival to mix things up a little (dad has more control over what goes on the stereo than ma does). With the songs ...  Read the complete review

It is often argued by critics and fans alike that the Beatles produced two albums that are so evenly matched in terms of variety, quality and overall evolution of the bands music that it is difficult to tell which one is seen as the best Fab Four album of all time. Those two albums are 'Revolver' and possibly the more widely recognised of the two, 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band'. It is understandable why people feel that way; both albums portray a significant step in the bands song writing abilities, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who had for the most part crafted their songs together, were coming into their own and producing music which would ...  Read the complete review

This is the album that changed popular music forever and also showed the Beatles' music move up to a new level that has not been reached by any band since (although many attempts have been made through copying the band's work). The previous album, Rubber Soul, saw the Beatles produce more thought out songs with better lyrics and outstanding music than before (although their previous music cannot be put down in any way because everything produced by the group was of extremely high quality). This album shows them getting better and better. By this time, the group were not concerned about sticking with the same formula as before - a catchy tune put ...  Read the complete review

My review of the Revolver Album - by The Beatles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction ~~~~~~~~ Revolver marked the key moment in the Beatles career when their music began the transition from 60's Mersey-Sound Pop (which the Beatles invented) to psychedelic experimentation. How important an album Revolver is becomes apparent when you consider the influence it had on generations of bands. For instance Revolver, more than any other album defines the 'sound' of Noel and Liam's Oasis... you can find it all here!! Highlights include; ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taxman -with it's thinly veiled venomous send up of ...  Read the complete review

Originally released in 1966 Revolver picked up what was started on Rubber Soul and ran with it. What we have presented here is an album full of great melodies with just enough of the experimental edge. This is one of my favourite Beatles album, the point in time when it was all right. The unusual was side by side with standard rock in just the right quantities. The Lennon/McCartney partnership did seem to be drifting by this time but they still worked together on songs. McCartney's song writing efforts tended to still be aiming towards the commercial market whereas Lennon has already entered his phase of doing just about whatever he fancied that ...  Read the complete review