Label: Toshiba-EMI Ltd. (Japan), TOCP-51117
Style: Rock, Pop, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Liverpool, England
Time: 34:59
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 213 Mb
Charts:
UK #1, AUS #1, FRA #5, GER #1, NOR #14. Brazil & Italy: Gold; AUS
& NZ: Platinum; UK & CAN: 2x Platinum; US: 5x Platinum.
Beatles
biographer Nicholas Schaffner cites 1966 as the start of the band's
"psychedelic period", as do musicologists Russell Reising and Jim
LeBlanc. Schaffner adds: "That adjective [psychedelic] implies not only
the influence of certain mind-altering chemicals, but also the
freewheeling spectrum of wide-ranging colors that their new music seemed
to evoke." Music journalist Carol Clerk describes Revolver as having
been "decisively informed by acid", following John Lennon and George
Harrison's continued use of the drug LSD since the spring of 1965.
Through these experiences, the two musicians developed a fascination for
Eastern philosophical concepts, particularly regarding the illusory
nature of human existence. Despite his bandmates' urging, after Ringo
Starr had also partaken of the drug, Paul McCartney refused to try LSD.
Intent on self-improvement, McCartney drew inspiration from the
intellectual stimulation he experienced among London's arts scene,
particularly its thriving avant-garde community. With Barry Miles as his
guide, he became immersed in the nascent British counterculture
movement, which soon emerged as the underground.
While arranging
dates for the band's world tour, Epstein agreed to a proposal by
journalist Maureen Cleave for the Beatles to be interviewed separately
for a series of articles that would explore each of the band members'
personality and lifestyle beyond his identity as a Beatle. The articles
were published in weekly instalments in London's Evening Standard
newspaper throughout March 1966, and reflected the transformation that
was underway during the group's months of inactivity. Of the two
principal songwriters, Cleave found Lennon to be intuitive, lazy and
dissatisfied with fame and his surroundings in the Surrey countryside,
while McCartney conveyed confidence and a hunger for knowledge and new
creative possibilities. In his book Revolver: How the Beatles Reimagined
Rock 'n' Roll, Robert Rodriguez writes that, whereas Lennon had been
the Beatles' dominant creative force before Revolver, McCartney now
attained an approximately equal position with him. In a further
development, Harrison's interest in the music and culture of India, and
his study of the Indian sitar, had inspired him as a composer. According
to author Ian Inglis, Revolver is widely viewed as "the album on which
Harrison came of age as a songwriter".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_(Beatles_album))
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)
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