Revolver
	Produced by George Martin
	Released on August 1966
	UK CHART POSITION #1 (re-charted #55 in 1987) . . . US CHART POSITION #1 . . . GOLD RECORD (8/22/66), 5x PLATINUM (7/25/00)
	Find it at GEMM
CDP 7 44641-2 cover [high resolution scan]

J ohn, Paul, George and (sometimes) Ringo were increasingly carving out their own musical territory with The Beatles, a point that becomes most pronounced on Revolver. It is the band’s most ambitious album to date, its most psychedelic to date and, to many ears, their best album to date. The stylistic leaps between tracks are daunting; it's amazing to think that “Here, There And Everywhere” and “She Said She Said” came from the same recording sessions. At this stage, John and George had moved decidedly left of center, indulging in distortion and feedback and otherwordly instrumentation. Their contributions are at the cutting edge of psychedelic pop: “Love You To,” “Tomorrow Never Knows,” “I Want To Tell You,” “And Your Bird Can Sing,” “I’m Only Sleeping.” The references to drug experimentation are sometimes clear (“I’m Only Sleeping,” “Tomorrow Never Knows”) and sometimes foggy (“Love You To”), beginning a brief but fruitful affair with altered states that reappeared in tracks like “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” and the surreal imagery of subsequent works. In the right-centrist camp is Paul McCartney, serving up charming if slightly outmoded stories of love and loss. It would be hard to imagine two songs more different than “Eleanor Rigby” and “Tomorrow Never Knows,” yet both are pushing their own personal envelopes: Lennon as a noisemongering anarchist and McCartney as a serious arranger. The three Harrison tracks are led by the remarkable “Taxman,” handily the best track George had written for the band so far. “Love You To” and “I Want To Tell You” are Eastern experiments drenched in sitar and feedback, instantly identifiable as the work of Mr. H but ultimately filler. Ringo doesn’t write a lick, provides some great drumming (especially on the more experimental tracks) and charms the pants off everyone with a nice vocal turn on “Yellow Submarine.” For the last time, UK and US releases varied in track selection, as the UK release featured three “extra” songs that had appeared earlier on the US-only album Yesterday...And Today. If you’re at all interested in The Beatles, you’ve got to give Revolver a shot. It is one of the most important musical recordings from the ‘60s.

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TRACK LISTING

US elpees subtract three tracks (*)

1. TAXMAN    (George Harrison)    2:36
2. ELEANOR RIGBY    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)    2:11
3. *I'M ONLY SLEEPING    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)   
4. LOVE YOU TO    (George Harrison)    3:00
5. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)    2:29
6. YELLOW SUBMARINE    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)    2:40
7. SHE SAID SHE SAID    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)    2:39
8. GOOD DAY SUNSHINE    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)    2:08
9. *AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)   
10. FOR NO ONE    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)    2:03
11. *DOCTOR ROBERT    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)   
12. I WANT TO TELL YOU    (George Harrison)    2:30
13. GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)    2:31
14. TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS    (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)    3:00

CREDITS

GEORGE HARRISON --
JOHN LENNON --
PAUL McCARTNEY --
RINGO STARR --
Anil Bhagwat -- tabla (3)
Alan Civil -- horn (10)
Geoff Emerick -- engineer
Klaus Voormann -- cover design
Robert Whitaker -- back cover photos
Bill Miller -- US release preparation

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