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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's 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 /TiVo
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Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Electric Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Mccartney, Tambura, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE HARRISON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Sitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist - Anil Bhagwat, Tabla, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Finger Clicking, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Finger Clicking, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Electric Guitar, Finger Clicking, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Acoustic Guitar, Voice, Background Vocalist, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass, Background Vocalist, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Tambourine, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, Vocals, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Guitar, Organ, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Tambourine, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Piano, Vocals, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Bass, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, Tambourine, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Guitar, Vocals, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Guitar, Bass, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, Tambourine, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Piano, Vocals, Bass, Clavichord, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, Tambourine, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist - Alan Civil, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Electric Guitar, Maracas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Tambourine, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, Piano, Bass, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE HARRISON, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, Maracas, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Electric Guitar, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Electric Guitar, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Giles Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Lennon, Organ, Vocals, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Piano, Bass, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, Sound Effects, Tambura, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Showell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ringo Starr, Drums, Tambourine, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Okell, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Album 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's 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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:36
- Main artists: The Beatles
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group) This Compilation ℗ 2022 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
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