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This was my first listen to the full album and have a greater appreciation of the entire package. Revolver is just revolutionary. This is the Beatles firing on all cylinders. Refining the studio techniques they started during the previous album, they got bolder with experimentation and produced such a diverse album. From George's Love You To to John's Tomorrow Never Knows and Paul's Got To Get You Into My Life and of course Eleanor Rigby and everyone on Yellow Submarine, it raised the bar for everyone and influenced all kinds of music for generations to come. There's not a dud in the whole lot. Here, There, and Everywhere and Doctor Robert are the standouts of the songs I wasn't already familiar with.
Beatles rated 3
The masters of making hit after hit and being able to adapt to the times and change up their style and keeping it fresh.
All time classic, luv it
This seems a really important album staring to move into more creative and innovative music at the height of their power.
Maybe the best Beatles? Every song is amazing. I love this record. I’d write more but this is a very hectic time for me. On a shitty day in a shitty week in a shitty time of year, relistening to this in full was a true bright spot.
I love this album. This might be my favorite beatles album.
Just solid. Not a bad track on this album
A psychedelic Beatles (near) masterpiece
Paul McCartney’s voice is angelic. For No One and Eleanor Rigby are two of the best songs ever written. The Beatles have to potential to really make waves I think if they keep putting out stuff like this
So many of my favourites listed on 1 album. 5 stars, easy
I love how by 1966, they were adding in Indian influence, as else as experimenting with the psychedelic sound. Taxman really sets the tone for the album and then launches you right into Eleanor Rigby. Psych rock + sweet ballads + short punchy rock songs. Its so so good and so unique. Especially considering when it was made. A few more notable songs that stand out to me: - Love You To. Fun trippy, rad. - Here, There, and Everywhere. Sweet, sentimental. I love it. - Yellow Submarine. Still to this day, I don't care for this song. It obviously catchy but I don't know WTF is going on. - She said, She said. One of my fav Beatles songs. I love how it builds and flows. - For No One. Always almost makes me cry. Genius song. - Tomorrow Never Knows. Simply amazing.
It's the Beatles... nothing bad to say. My dad loved this album so I've listened to it on everything fun vinyl to 8 track to cd and now streaming. Great album.
Not my favorite Beatles album but still brilliant
probably the best beatles album. would be perfect if it didn't have yellow submarine though: 9.4/10
Love love love.
Some real bangers, Yellow Submarine is dumb tho
My Favourite Beatles album with my favourite track by them - For No One, with the wonderful French Horn that has no reason to be there but is just beautiful!
The Beatles are underrated
One of their best and one my faves
classic songs in there but album as a whole was class
easy
Always go back to my favorite Beatles album
I mean, it's the Beatles. Weird but relatable. Melodic but off-kilter and intriguing. It's great.
Classic. Not my favorite Beatles album. That's Rubber Soul. A classic nonetheless.
This may be the most interesting Beatles album
My favorite Beatles album.
An enduring classic!
It's a great album, like every Beatles album, but I rarely find myself returning to Revolver besides a few songs. Dunno why, just doesn't click with me as much. Nonetheless I still know every single song.
Ace! I'd forgotten that this Beatles gem hadn't appeared on the list yet - and with only 15 albums left I'll take all the good surprises the 1001 list can throw my way (...roll on Appetite For Destruction and Kick!). So, Revolver: classic mid-period Beatles with great songs and lots of fun and interesting studio experimenting. Even the Indian-themed songs are not too grating. Obviously Tomorrow Never Knows is outstanding, thank you Ringo. Got To Get You Into My Life is another highlight. I was thinking that Yellow Submarine was going to be childishly tedious, but I couldn't help but sing along with the infectious chorus. I could wax lyrical about so many songs. There is a chance that because Sergeant Pepper is overplayed and over-celebrated Revolver is a tiny bit less familiar (as if any Beatles album really can be!). I prefer it. I'll pull Hard Day's Night, Revolver and Abbey Road as my three era-covering quintessential Beatles LP's amongst an 8 year incredible period.
Для меня альбом делится на "Элеанор Ригби" и всё остальное. За первую хочется поставить 6 из 5, нежно люблю ее со времен фигурного катания. И до сих пор многослойность завораживает. А всё остальное крепкая 4.
It's fucking Revolver!
10/10 BANGERZ
Love this album. From start to finish - what a great album!
One of the best Beatles albums.
One of the greatest albums of all time. Imagine being in 1966 listening to all the other stuff coming out in the mid-60s and then you're hit with this. Track after track of great sound, many tracks that just had no comparable songs at the time. Highlights: -George Harrison's first song that rivals Lennon/McCartney quality in Taxman. -Paul's guitar solo on Taxman. -The feel of I'm Only Sleeping and its reversed and patched together guitar solo sweeping across your ears. -The harmonies on Here There and Everywhere. -The drumming on She Said She Said. -The dual guitar melody on And Your Bird Can Sing. -The everything on For No One (my top Beatles track). -Just when you're winding down listening to this album Tomorrow Never Knows smacks you in the face and still has no songs that really remind me of it. Amazing stuff.
The ultimate Beatles album, showcasing their evolution from pop stars to rock legends!
Perfect album.
incredible. such a chaotic tracklisting that males absolutely no sense yet it all works. the arrangements and production techniques are so cutting edge for this time. not a bad song on here. a perfect album in every way.
Pretty fantastic.
Revolver was one of my first album encounters when it comes to the Beatles. It remains among my favorites.
Up there in the Top 2 Beatles albums for me. Tomorrow Never Knows was very formative
one of the greatest albums ever made. ever. makes me regret giving any other album five stars, but also not fair to compare other albums to this bc it's soo fucking good.
As expected this is a 5. Creative, every song sounds different. Vocal harmonies and instrumentals are great.
Not even my favorite Beatles album, but pretty much every song here is really great, very memorable and fun to listen to. I still dont care for yellow submarine on its own, but in the album context it honestly kinda works.
One of their best. Great song variety. Ic any say anything here that hasn’t already been said.
What can I say that hasn't already been said- lots of hits and even the other tracks are well known. Not my favourite album of theirs (that's Abbey Road) but I still like it. It's the Beatles starting to get their stuff together. They were so incredibly successful and even now are lauded as the greatest but a lot of people are sick of hearing it. Maybe we overplay them a tad? Still gets 5/5 stars from me though.
Excellent album, great variety, incredibly catchy parts
That’s a masterpiece. And the 2022 Remix is bliss. 5 stars
Might be the best beastles album, the consistent greatness throughout the album is unbelievable
Potentially my favourite Beatles album. Love the old production with strange panning and all the different sounds they make across the one album.
A classic.
Classic album where every song is a great listen
The Beatles' history can be classified into three stages - The initial pop stage, the power pop stage, and the psychedelic pop stage. Revolver not only epitomizes the middle stage, but it is also one of the best representations of the entire power pop genre. It is packed with instant classics such as Taxman, Elenor Rigby, Here, There, and Everywhere, and She Said She Said. The latter presaged the White Album with its complex sitar string arrangements. In addition to all of that musical goodness, there is also the silly but fun Yellow Submarine (showing that the Beatles didn't always take themselves too seriously) and the archetypal power pop song And Your Bird Can Sing. Revolver, along with Rubber Soul, became the template for later power pop bands such as Big Star, the Raspberries, The Cars, the Bangles, and The Romantics of the 1960s through the 1990s. No matter what you think of the early "I live you yeah yeah yeah" era Beatles, or their final incarnation as a psychedelia band, Revolver is one of the greatest albums of all time.
Anything by The Beatles is an instant 5/5 for me, but especially Revolver. It’s all over the place with different styles but it works. If you rate this anything other than 5, you’re wrong.
Excellent album and it's easy to pick up on the Indian (George Harrison/Ravi Shankar?) influences on the sound. Really good...
You don’t even have to rank it based on it being almost 60 years old, it still sounds perfect. All pop and rock music owes a debt to this album.
What is there to say? Probably their best album, so good that it contains their worst song by far (yes, worse even than the throwaway stuff on the White Album and Let It Be) yet still is unimpeachably excellent and ground-breaking. Sensational
Oh The Beatles. It's cliche, but what can I really say about them that hasn't been said before? In the grand scheme of the last 50 years, my opinion matters very little. And yet, I liked to tell people I didn't like The Beatles. Even though I had never given them a chance. Don't know why. I think I just liked saying it. But what I'm going to say in this review is obvious. Yes, Revolver is good. Amazing in fact. I do actually like The Beatles. Rubber Soul marked a turning point for the band. But Revolver is truly when the Fab Four went from a huge band to something special. They continued to push their sound forward here, moving into more sophisticated territory. Songs like Eleanor Rigby, Love You To, and Tomorrow Never Knows show a clear evolution of their music. The amount of time that passed between their debut and this was only 3 years. It's remarkable how quickly they moved and became excellent songwriters. It is also remarkable just how in sync and harmonious these four were with each other. Around here, I won't tolerate any Ringo hate. Put him in any other band and he would probably fall flat. But for this group, he was undeniably a perfect fit. I don't know how good Revolver is as an introduction to the band, but it definitely makes me feel more confident knowing that I can actually enjoy their music and not try and pretend like it sucks. Rating: 9/10
Supi
Probably my least favorite Beatles album, but that’s not saying much since I’m still giving it a 5.
Obviously a classic. I love Lennon but think this is McCartney's time to shine. Eleanor rigby just genius. Got to get you into my life and good day sunshine are like Motown crossed with British rock. Lennon has some solid tunes like and your bird can sing and the pretty amazing tomorrow never knows
Amazing
Still great.
What a fucking fuck?
Great
It’s the Beatles… and Eleanor Rigby- come on
This might be my favorite album of all time. Everything on it is so good and the variety? The experimentation? Unmatched. TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS???? FOR NO ONE?? Yes
Very cool
One of the greatest albums of all time. Perfect blend of the beautiful simplicity of the early Beatles and the creativity of the later years
Would give a 6/5 if I could
I must admit I was like oh Beatles wil there goes my Spotify recommendations but this album is pretty darn good. Taxman is a good laugh, Eleanor Rigby is such a wonderful song, Yellow Submarine is a joy, and Tomorrow Never Knows is a great song I wasn't previously familiar with.
Hmmm, I might like this more than "Abbey Road" on balance - seems like the weaker tracks here aren't as weak as they are there. No hesitation about giving this one a five! Fave tracks - "Eleanor Rigby" is probably my favorite Beatles track ever. "Tomorrow Never Knows" is an absolute belter too!
Living in a yellow submarine is a great concept but it's just not realistic
This album kicked off in my opinion the best era of the Beatles. Incredible
4.5
Classic. Yellow Submarine sucks but it can't have a 4. 4.75.
Yeah this is just as good as the hype. First 5* album from me
Duh
Always good
Great Beatles album. Exactly what you’d expect if you know their music. Love you Too and Tomorrow Never Knows weren’t as good as the rest
Not much to say on this one, the Beatles are legendary and pop icons. This album defined a generation of music.
It’s the Beatles. Enough said. Love the experimentation and genre blending throughout the album.
one of my favorite albums ever, the riffs are brilliant, the harmonies in songs like Eleanor Rigby are masterful.
Great album, not my first listen. Includes a few of the Beatles iconic hits
This is a great Beatles album, so many good songs on here. Only in comparison to some of their other albums I might have given this one a 4.5/5 (if I could) just because at times it can feel more like a collection of disparate songs than a thought out set of songs for a specific album but they were churning out albums so quickly and again, this is still filled with such strong songs. So, I've got to round up to a 5/5. Standout Tracks: Taxman, Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping, Love You To, She Said She Said, Good Day Sunshine, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One, I Want to Tell You, Got to Get You into My Life, Tomorrow Never Knows
I mean it's a 5. Top 3 Beatles albums. More psychedelic than I remember. Standout tracks:elanor Rigby, here there and everywhere, yellow submarine
Curto muito
lol @ people rating this less than 5*
An obvious 5
A total classic. SUCH great tracks on here, hard to leave notes.
The PIONEERS of psychedelic rock, such a cool sound. I love the difference between the Beatles pre and post LSD. They went from pop heartthrob boy band to playing experimental psychedelic sitar music in like 2 years. Imagine the Beatles fans in 1966 expecting Drive My Car or Paperback Writer and you listen to Tomorrow Never Knows.
Rubber Soul may have been when the Beatles came into their own from a songwriting perspective, but 1966’s Revolver proved 1965 wasn’t a fluke. Revolver is one of the best albums by the Beatles, and might be one of the best albums of all time by anyone. Fit squarely between their touring days of the early to mid-sixties and their purely recording days of the late sixties, Revolver was their most complete album yet. George and even Ringo shine on vocals, Paul starts dabbling in psychedelics, and the group draws from Indian influences that becomes one of their hallmarks in 1967 and 1968. The record features major hits like “Eleanor Rigby” and “Yellow Submarine,” but it really sets itself apart with its deeper cuts like “And Your Bird Can Sing” and “I’m Only Sleeping.” They lightly address the day’s political landscape in “Taxman” while making room for ballads both heartfelt (“Here, There, and Everywhere”) and crushing (“For No One”). The closing “Tomorrow Never Knows” offers a glimpse at the next year’s offerings in Sgt Pepper’s and Magical Mystery Tour. The summer of 1967 may have been the Summer of Love, and the Beatles were either a step ahead of everyone else or they single-handedly created the psychedelic rock genre that came to dominate the late sixties. The Beatles’ brief career is typically divided into the early years from 1963 to 1965 and the later years from 1967 to 1969. Revolver straddles both eras, and while under 35 minutes, it is one of the most complete rock albums ever conceived. It’s one of my personal favorites, and it always will be.
Love so much of the Beatles' music, and this album is one of my favorites of theirs. Just so many iconic and memorable songs, even though I've heard them so very often. For example, I still never tire of "Eleanor Rigby" after all these decades of hearing it countless times. You get it. I love them, and I love this album. Full stop.
Classic
4.5/5 - deducted half a start for yellow submarine. every other song is flawless though. One of my favorite Beatles albums.
The only argument is whether or not it's the Fabs best album. I'm a Rubber Soul fan myself, and at gun point I have this behind The White Album, Abbey Road and Rubber Soul. I'd also find a place for this on my list of top ten all time favorite albums. My re-listen here was the 2002 Deluxe Remaster (I didn't listen to the uncooked, alternate takes they loaded on the set, I'm not a monster). And holy shit do songs like Got To Get You Into My Life, Tomorrow Never Knows, even Taxman and Yellow Submarine pop. Sometimes the Fabs lose me when George insists on bringing out the sitar, and I can't help but think including the B-Side "Rain" on this instead of "Love You To" would push this thing among my all time top 5 favorite albums. I get it: Band politics. But "Rain" is one of the best Beatles tracks ever. The fact they have so many classic albums with classic songs recorded during the sessions that didn't even make their corresponding albums speaks to the band's genius. They deservedly have the most albums of any other artist on this list, and the Beatles will be the only band anyone still talks about hundreds of years from now.
An album I could listen to over and over again…
Great album; a lot of very sold Beatles songs on here, with some of their quieter hits. Favorite song: Eleanor Rigby. 9/10
An amazing album. A real turning point in their musical writing skills
Classic and surprisingly varied Beatles album showing increased maturity in writing and themes which still stands up well today. Taxman is curiosity too no doubt a response to their own increased person wealth, but a complete about turn from their working class roots. Yellow Submarine still feels like a sea shanty though which doesn't really fit with anything else here, but it's hard to mark the rest of the record down because of this. Ranked personal standouts: * For No One * I'm Only Sleeping * Eleanor Rigby
Contender for their best album. A towering achievement. Perfect balance of song craft and sonic experimentation.
Probably one of my favorite Beatles albums, tied with The White Album, this has to be the best album I’ve been recommended thus far. Throws me back to studying about differential equations in college and I used to have this on in the background. Eleanor Rigby is my jam.
It can be seen, heard and felt that they were innovators. Always a pleasure to listen to some psychodelic rock
It can only be 5, despite the fact that I'm still traumatised by that one time my English teacher decided to make the class listen to Yellow Submarine 20 times during 45 minutes.
Great varied album with some classic songs. Vocals, music and lyrics are in great harmony. Some love songs are timeless without being overcomplicated.
Great album, The Beatles really evolved from their "boy band" fab four roots. Taxman, the first time they sang anything political. Eleanor Rigby, great song, a departure from earlier work. I'm only sleeping, another great song, showing off their skills. The experimental sitar songs Love You Too, and Tomorrow Never Knows. I doubt anyone had put sitar in a western album before this. Good Day Sunshine, Got to get you into my life, great songs. Overall excellent album
Some of my favorite songs here! Imo, best, most classic, peak Beatles
Possibly the greatest pop music lp ever.
There’s a decent argument to made that this is their masterpiece. Psychedelia, baroque pop, hard hitting rock, children’s rhymes, they’re all here and all spectacular.
Been a while since I listened to this one. Still a classic.
This is one of the ultimate beatles Album you have to listen to. Best Beatles period. Classic. 5/5
Maybe the greatest album of all time. Even if Yellow Submarine blows.
Showcases the breadth of writing ability/styles from Lennon/McCartney and Harrison, even with vocal contributions from Ringo. Really diverse set of tracks, with Eleanor Rigby rubbing alongside Love You to and Yellow Submarine. Also notable for the innovative recording techniques, and it still sounds modern today.
I know this album really well, so it’s difficult to write about it. It’s always in the “top albums” lists and for good reason. It has some amazingly innovative tracks that pushed the boundaries of what could be done musically. You can really start to see the different personalities within the band and the influences that derived from their travels and interests. I’ve always found it to be a great album lyrically. Taxman has such a scathing tone, which seems really modern. There are some beautiful lyrics in more conventional songs like For No One. Tomorrow Never Knows is trippy and weird, which fits with the backwards samples. Then you have Yellow Submarine, which I think has very little going for it. I did have to sing it in school assemblies weekly, so that has given it a sense of familiarity and boredom that is not fair to Ringo.
IT was the Beatles. always good
Some classics on this album like Eleanor Rugby and Yellow Submarine. An enjoyable listen.
Obviously lol
I don't know, guys. It's the Beatles. What do you want?
¿De verdad me estás pidiendo que opine de este disco? ¿De verdad?
Uno de los mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos. Innovador, entretenido, creativo y sorprendente. Este LP revolucionó el panorama musical de la época y tras una serie de remasterizaciones, sigue fascina hasta el día de hoy. Realmente un indispensable musical y un clásico del rock.
Last year they released a super deluxe edition of this record. There are 5 discs in total, 2 of which were alternate tracks, including 2 of Eleanor Rigby of just the orchestral parts, they were gorgeous. It is a beautiful album.
The songwriting on this is wild, every track has some super catchy hook and almost all of them are excellent. Goes down smooth after listening to the White Album - Revolver still has an interesting mix of styles, but it's really coherent as well, a great album listen. Also the average track length is really short (2.5 mins) - might be a product of the era? Either way it's great.
I mean, I’m not gonna say anything revolutionary here; no hot takes. This is one of, if not, the best arranged album of all time. I don’t think there can be an argument. No skips, no lulls, nothing that should’ve been left off the track list. It’s not my favorite Beatles album, and I don’t think it’s their best, but if you think that, I wouldn’t fight you on it. Do yourself a favor and listen to the 2022 mix if you can!
I’m too familiar with this album to really talk about it in any objective way so I’m not gonna try. I love it to death. Even if you hate it, 100% a must-listen. The Beatles at their greatest intersection of creative energy and unity as a group. Best song: this time it was Tomorrow Never Knows
Aaah ça nettoie mes oreilles! Définitivement un de leur meilleur album, on retrouve un bon mix entre l’expérimentation psychédélique qui suivra dans Sgt Pepper et les chansons catchy de leur début
Revolver is all the Beatles in fine form. Each Member contributes significantly whether it’s John with the experimental Tomorrow never knows or the psychedelic classic I’m only sleeping, or Paul with two of the greatest love songs of all time with htae and For no one. Revolver is one of the best albums of all time
Listened to already, great stuff
Second best Beatles album. 5/5.
deserves its position as one of the best albums of all time, reminds me of smoking weed in the summer at my parents house in the country, early 20s. Was one of the first Beatles albums I got into. So much to enjoy here, even the cheesier stuff.
I only wish most of the tracks were a bit longer.
Not my favourite Beatles album but still think it's better than a lot of albums any other artist has made
This album just brings me so much joy, love it any time of the day.
Among my favourite Beatles albums, just like most other Beatles albums.
Perfection.
love revolver, one of my all time favourite albums. each song is a hit
The last album of phase one, I ONE IX ^ HE DIE, No. 49, Cranberry Sauce. Brilliant album, so easy to listen to. Top notch.
I absolutely love this album. I wasn't alive when it came out, but it doesn't matter : 'Got to get you into my life' and 'Here, there and everywhere' are absolutely perfect pop songs. Chemical Brothers also heavily leant on 'Tomorrow never knows' in 'Let Forever Be.' Ahh, this is one of the few albums that deserves the hype. John's voice sounds amazing. There are pop tunes mixed with global influences. There's silliness and heartfelt simple love. I just love it. Well done The Beatles. Five stars.
Listening to the Beatles always makes me smile. Great album.
It's crazy how good Tomorrow Never Knows is. The whole sitar movement in the 60's was a strange time in retrospect huh. 5/5
"Just hook it to my veiiiins!"- Barney Gumble, of the Be Sharps In all honesty, the Taxman solo distorted & repurposed for "Tomorrow Never Knows" is one of my favourite moments in any Beatles album. "For No One" is a Beatles song that I forget about for stretches of time, but am always floored by how beautiful it is. "Doctor Robert" may be the most underrated track, a great lil ditty whose only crime is being surrounded by even greater songs And of course, kudos to George Harrison for getting more songwriting representation and experimenting right off the bat, with "Love You To" and the dissonant "I Want To Tell You" July 21, 2023
I mean, come on. Each song could be a single. So many experimentations in style but somehow a defined sound. A cracking album all around.
Genius - even Yellow Submarine
This has always been my favourite Beatles album. Dang heck yeah.
Once upon a time, this album was picked apart, overlooked and then forgotten as the colorful, epoch-defining one-two punch of Sgt. Pepper's and Magical Mystery Tour set The Beatles away on a psychedelic trip for the ages. Over time, people would come to see this album for the masterpiece that it always was and would eventually notice the signs that was there all along: that Revolver, maybe, perhaps definitely, is the best album The Beatles ever made. Sure, Rubber Soul spawned Pet Sounds. Sure, the aforementioned Sgt. Pepper's and Magical Mystery Tour defined a generation. Sure, The White Album and Abbey Road would dominate the field in their diversities and denouement. But none of those albums contained the unified spirit that made The Beatles... well, you know. With the studio as an instrument and with songs that were difficult to reproduce on the increasingly oppresive stage, Revolver showcased John, Paul, George and Ringo at their most avant-garde, their most devoted to experimentation and their most creative as a whole. It is hard to believe nowadays that 35 minutes was needed to craft a cohesive statement such as this, but The Beatles not only ripped up the rulebook, they pretty much burned it. Before the train began to get off track, before one's ideas overrode the others, before the sense of the inevitable, Revolver is the best example of pop music at its most exciting, its most pure and its most mind-boggling.
Geweldig album, zoveel prachtige nummers.
A stellar album - if I wasn’t decided which one of the Beatles album is the best, right this feels like it. Some of the richest of the songwriting. Even the inclusion of the Yellow Submarine doesn’t take away from the sublime beauty of this record.
ive listened to this before but it just feels so sweet and sentimental. special moment with the sitars on Love You To. Here, There, Everywhere is such a nice love song.
I love this album!
Not as good as Abbey Road, but still as some nice ones in there. To not be basic ans just mention Yellow Submarine, I specially liked I'm Only Sleeping, a very trippy vibe overall, and Good Day Sunshine. Well, these guys really like to sing about the Sun.
absolute classic comfort album
Best album, ever. Best band, ever.
There are two insanely good songs being She Said She Said and Tomorrow Never Knows. These two songs are on a different level from anything The Beatles (or anyone else) had done before. As is the case on most Beatles albums, Ringo is at his most creative on John's most creative songs. The vinyl that I have is the American version which has these two songs as the only songs by John. Why anyone would leave I'm Only Sleeping off the album is beyond me. The chorus and solos on I'm Only Sleeping sound like insomnia. I'm not saying they make you feel sleep deprived; they sound like how you feel when you're sleep deprived. How they figured out how to do that boggles the mind. I had read that Tomorrow Never Knows was based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead so, being a big John fan, I bought the book. Trying to read this bad boy was as tough as anything I ever read and I never got close to even half way through. I just found out from the Wiki notes that the song was actually based on Timothy Leary's book "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead." Duh! Timothy would be a much easier read. George's Taxman and his Hindustani song are also excellent. There are even some very good songs by Paul. For No One is a very good ballad as is Eleanor Rigby. I even like Here, There and Everywhere. Interesting that this album was released before their final tour but they didn't play any songs from this album on tour. I guess the album was a little too sophisticated to tackle live with only guitars, bass, drums and screams.
Nothing I can really say that others haven’t already.
Omg the Beatles are good?? Who knew??
God damn, I guess I’m giving the yellow submarine album a 5
Love it! Such a good ali
10 stars.
Album rules. Only (small) thing is I could do without ever hearing Yellow Submarine again. 4.75/5
5 My favourite Beatles album God its just so unbelievably good there isn't a single bad song on this it's just perfection perfection one of my favourite albums of all time Favourite songs: Tomorrow Never Knows, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, Here There and Everywhere, Love You To, I'm Only Sleeping
It's Revolver
I've already listened to this before and I love it. All of the tracks on here are so good. Some of my favorites are Eleanor Rigby, For No One, Here there and Everywhere, I'm Only Sleeping, and Tomorrow Never Knows. Overall an amazing album, my favorite Beatles album.
Beatles. Vinilo.
One of the best albums from The Beatles. It's psychadelic but in moderation. They've got a clever use of "alternative" instruments like the sitar which breaks the traditional formula in western music. This a more experimental but still grounded Beatles.
Wonderfull album, really Great!
I was conflicted if I should give this a 4 or 5, but ended up going with a 5. It's all in all a great album, with only 1 or 2 tracks I didn't like (and even they weren't that bad). I also imagine it must have been quite progressive for its time. The track I most enjoyed was I'm Only Sleeping.
Literally every track is a massive hit, what can I say?
Beautiful, also "Yellow Submarine" will always be on my top tier songs
This album belongs on top of no pedestal, it belongs in the foundations of the albums that came since its release. A innovative and revolutionary triumph that, like 'Pet Sounds', changed the music scene forever.
In the early days of the COVID lockdown, around April 2020, one of the ways my partner’s family chose to pass the time was by compiling and comparing their top-ten songs by different artists. When we inevitably came to The Beatles, I was thrilled: a chance to wax lyrical about my ten favourite songs by my favourite band, all of us revelling in their greatness via Zoom. But when I declared “She Said She Said” as my number 10, it was met with blank looks and raised eyebrows - and then, a “oh, haven’t heard of that one” - from a family who are generally very knowledgeable on popular music. So until every damn person in the whole damn world has listened to “She Said She Said”, as well as the rest of “Revolver”, and can give an informed opinion on it, don’t even think of coming to me and shouting about The Beatles being overplayed. “She Said She Said” is an amazing song which encapsulates the Beatles’ “Revolver” era: Lennon’s thick, lysergic double-tracked vocals, buzzsaw lead guitar dialled up on distortion and echo, lyrics of paranoia, disillusion and memories of childhood, McCartney’s bass more melodic than ever, Ringo’s frenzied toppling drums, harmonies crystal-clear as ever underneath it all. It’s one of fourteen flawless offerings of a band beginning to push the envelope with the help of bottomless studio gear, emergent counterculture, and just a little bit of drugs. I don’t care if it makes me sound obvious or basic: I love “I’m Only Sleeping” for its backwards guitar solo and jangly acoustic. I love “Here There and Everywhere” for its gorgeous falsetto and harmonies, “Yellow Submarine” for its boundless fun, “I Want to Tell You” for its unpredictable musical motif, “For No One” for its effortless distillation of a failed relationship. More than anything, I adore “Got To Get You Into My Life” and “Tomorrow Never Knows” (the other “Revolver” tracks in my top ten) from beginning to end. “Revolver” is often cited as the thinking person’s “Sgt Pepper”, the cool person’s “Abbey Road”. It’s about as alternative as a Beatles record gets, and has arguably outlasted the rest of the group’s catalogue in terms of influence on contemporary music. Fifty-seven years on, “Tomorrow Never Knows” still sounds like the future. That’s one hell of an impression to leave.
One of the greatest albums ever made and for good reason. Every track on this (save maybe Dr. Roberts) is an absolute classic among classics. Taxman is one of George’s finest earlier songs, Eleanor Rigby is one of if not their best of the #1 hits, Yellow Submarine is catchy beyond belief, Love You To/Tomorrow Never Knows are mind blowing for their time, I’m Only Sleeping/She Said She Said are some of John’s best written songs ever, and For No One is one of the most soul crushing ballads put to pen. And that’s not even covering every track. It’s not far fetched to call this the best pop album to ever exist, since it’s just genuinely perfect in all regards. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard this, but there’s not much more to be said about this one. Just listen to it.
Brilliant
One of the best!
Beatles. Say no more
Always was my favorite Beatles album. Then diving into the experimental and the eastern music influences. Could listen to the whole thing often.
I went back and forth back and forth between a 4 and 5, if I use the Pollens-Tungate method my songs would average closer to a 4 then 5, but as a whole I liked this more than a 4. It was close but this earns a 5 I’m sure of it now, based off a lot of the shit we’ve had to listen to this blows 99% of it out of the water and deserves a seat at the 5 table.
Ah, a big one today. "Revolver" is the seventh studio album by The Beatles and the final recording prior to their retirement as live performers. It was the most overt use of studio technology at the time building on their previous album "Rubber Soul" which included double tracking, varispeed, reversed tapes, closed audio tracking and various unique instruments. One of the reasons for this was that they never intended to perform these songs live. It was the start of their pyschedelic period (lots of LSD apparently involved in the album), used Eastern Philosophy, espoused principles of the 60's counterculture and was avant garde addressing themes of death and transcendence of material concerns. A huge commercial success being #1 in the UK for six weeks and #1 for seven weeks. For the record, every song here deserves its own paragraph. 1,2,3,4, a cough and we're off with "Taxman." George Harrison's protest against marginal tax rates by top earners. Hmmm, don't know how that go over today in certain circles but was one of the first topical Beatle songs. An Indian style guitar solo. Believe it or not, the only single (and on Side A) was "Eleanor Rigby." A string octet and we're going baroque. The perils of loneliness. And Father MacKenzie. And on the single Side B, there's "Yellow Submarine." Ringo takes the lead but everyone is involved. Ocean sounds, chains, whistles, bells and a brass band. A sea voyage of friends and probably a blast to make. That great guitar opens "She Said She Said." Changes in time meter. Lennon wrote it based on acid trips with George, The Byrds and Peter Fonda who commented "I know what it's like to be dead." Hey, a fairly happy song in Paul's "Good Day Sunshine." Piano, piano solo. The long hot London summer of 1966. Paul turns the table of the melancholy "For No One." Pretty much a Paul solo song with Ringo. Piano, bass, clavichord. Also, french horns and the ending of Paul's relationship to Jane Ascher. A laugh, seagulls and the Beatles bring it to a glorious end in "Tomorrow Never Knows." Hypnotic drums. George on tambura and sitar. An Indian drone sound. Tape loops. Reversed guitar. Processed vocals. Pyschedelic to say the least as John wants mind expansion. Were they on acid as well here? No comment. A top five Beatle song for me. Without question one of the best albums of all time with brilliance in so many areas: songwriting, musical execution, studio technology, experimenting, futuristic, maturity and.....the only question here is whether you need to replace your current album version.
I was adamant that I wouldn’t rate any Beatles albums so high but when you listen…..
One of the best Beatles albums, great songs cover to cover. Even the weaker ones are incredible.
Awesome album
One of the all time greats. Hard for me to really grasp how revolutionary this might have been 55 years ago. With these top tier albums I’m sometimes tempted to poke holes or point out the imperfections- I’m not a fan of Doctor Robert- but my 2 year old son has no regard for The Beatles at all but he loves Yellow Submarine, it’s all subjective I guess?
Come on. It’s the Beatles. Eleanor Rigby and For No One are the obvious standouts but there are sleeper hits in And Your Bird Can Sing, She Said She Said, I’m Only Sleeping, and Taxman. The sitar on the album is also great. The only true dud is Yellow Submarine.
Perfect album, met alleen de slechtste track ooit geschreven; Wat is Yellow Submarine toch een dramatisch slecht klote nummer. Je zou ze 't bijna vergeven omdat de rest zo mooi is.
Dit is by far het beste Beatles album wat ik ken. Heb het nu al voor de zoveelste keer geluisterd en het blijft van top tot teen boeien. Fab Four in topvorm!
Zo fijn!
Probably my favorite Beatles album.
Point for real guitars and drums Point for horns Point for sonic/electronic experimentation Minus point for Yellow Submarine Minus point for not enough Harrison compositions Point for the solo on Taxman and the riff for And Your Bird Can Sing Pretty good album. I think these boys are going to be good.
In 1963, the Beatles’ first album begins on a quick count of “One, Two, Three, Four…” Barely three years later (the span of time it takes Lorde and Dua Lipa to release ONE album), and the Beatles have turned popular music on its head from the moment George starts off Taxman with the slow, chill 1-2-3-4 count. Backwards guitar solos, a full on sitar-laden song, a pop song that’s just a string arrangement, horn arrangements, Ringo’s drumming on She Said She Said, the vocal harmonies on Here There and Everywhere. These are all examples of things that were nearly single-handedly invented or perfected by the Beatles, and they’re all on one album. Most days, this is maybe my 4th or 5th favorite Beatles album, but I think it definitely has one of the strongest cases for their most important album. In terms of influence, this is probably a top 2-3 most influential album on this 1,001 list. Just a shame the biggest hit from it is a kid’s tune about a submarine…
Love a bit of Beatles! Straight up 5.
My favorite Beatles album. They began to push forward into more experimentation but still included beautiful ballads. Felt like there was healthy competition between band members but also between bands of the time that led to this excellent album.
Damn, the generator went from giving me none of the Beatles stuff to almost all of it in the same 100 albums. Anyway, this album rocks. I've always said Abbey Road is the best album by the Beatles, but this is the BEATLES album, if that makes sense (and White Album is my favorite). Just the amount of musical innovation here that was overshadowed by Sgt. Pepper shortly after really goes under-appreciated due to it in the modern eye. Sure, Eleanor Rigby is the beginner's song for getting into the deeper Beatles discography, but are you jamming to the dissonate chords in I Want To Tell You? Obviously, no gate keeping here, like what you like, but basically, this album just has everything for everyone. Want rockier stuff? Sure! Ballads? Hell yeah! Weird trippy shit? Gotcha covered! It just is such an excellent thirty minutes that happens to have the smudge that is Doctor Robert, and that's okay! Even the punching bag of this album, Yellow Submarine, is too iconic and jolly to dislike unless you're too far up your own ass. I'm partial, personally, to I'm Only Sleeping (the better of the Lennon sleep cycle duology), Here, There, Everywhere and For No One. God, I didn't think I liked this album this much, but writing this reviews makes me feel I have so much to say here, that I'll cut myself off. Easy five stars, though.
El punt d'inflexió en l'etapa de maduresa de la banda. Nous instruments, composicions més intrincades, noves influències, sobretot de la música oriental. La màgia i la inspiració seguien en el seu punt àlgid i el nou camí no feia sinó fer-los encara més interessants com a grup musical, i no només com a fenomen social
Beautiful music in this album, no notes
The Beatles here in full force. I'm not sure if this is my favorite Beatles album but it's certainly up there.
Own on Vinyl
My favourite Beatles album, and one of my all time favourite albums of all time, absolutely brilliant and so influential. Masterpiece.
It's astounding to me that this isn't a best of. Just another record.
The Beatles at the absolute top of their powers...
Too much has been said about this since 1966 till now and of course Revolver will be kept on speaking about even later, so my poor language shoulds express no more verbose things. Fav Track: Yellow Submarine
One of my very favorites, a set of incredible tracks
O melhor dos beatles, o meu favorito dos beatles, o mais experimental dos beatles, o mais lindo dos beatles, o mais beatle dos beatles, o mais emocional dos beatles, o mais sinistro dos beatles (olha a cara do george). eu podia continuar falando pra sempre de todas as coisas que esse album é pra carreira dos beatles. foi depois desse album que o estilo deles mudou de forma pesada, passaram a usar o estudio com um instrumento. por mais que durante um tempo o rubber soul tenha sido meu preferido por ser mais pop, eu sempre tive o revolver la no topo junto, sempre em duvida de qual eu preferia. conforme eu fui aumentando meu conhecimento musical esse album subiu pro primeiro lugar facilmente. a forma como as musicas são complicadas mas bem curtas é o fator beatle. por isso que eles são quem eles são. o "pop" nunca saiu deles, mesmo no album mais experimental deles.
LP
Is this the best beatles album? I'm partial to the white album, but this is so goddamn good that its hard to tell which is better. Anyway, its a 5/5, but the whole beatles catalog would be tough to score under a 5. 5/5
Yeah, OK. It's pretty good
Duh
Don't really think I need to say much about a pioneer in psychedelic music. Tomorrow Never Knows will forever be one of my favorite songs of all time. Best album I've heard thus far.
Full rulle!
if you say this is your favourite Beatles album I wouldn’t be mad. one of the great beatles opening runs with taxman thru to yellow submarine (not that the rest is anything to sniff at). Best tracks: here, there, and everywhere, got to get you into my life, taxman
Fantastic.
I love this.
A classic. Eleanor Rigby is a goddamn masterpiece
I maintain that Sgt. Pepper's is the best Beatles album, but I enjoy Revolver the most. Best track... Tomorrow Never Knows...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
So so good, what an amazing album with a timeless sound. So different from the other classics yet so incredibly familiar. All timer!
I’ll admit I’m cynical when it comes to the beatles, but cynicism only goes so far. This album slaps. Starts off strong with tax man, which is almost proto-punk. Eleanor rigby is eerie and beautiful. Yellow submarine, an objectively ridiculous song, somehow isn’t out of place. For no one is also a highlight. Just a great piece of work.
Easy five, what more can I say. Fantastic songs one after another
Seriously. This is arguably the best release by the best band ever. We need more stars.
Easy 5. Amazing how many great songs got packed in 35 minutes!
Probably my easiest 5 thus far. One of my top ten albums of all time and one can’t even imagine hearing for the first time in 1966. Two years after “She Loves You” the Beatles were doing THIS? Astounding. More melodic and revolutionary than Sgt. Pepper and more adventurous than Rubber Soul, Revolver shows the Beatles at the peak of their creative collaboration. Each songwriter is bringing absolute heaters to the table here. I tried to list my favorite songs on here but could not decide. I wish we could have had cameras in the studio for the making of this masterpiece.
A defining moment for the Beatles and pop music as an art form. While 'Sgt Pepper' typically receives the majority of the accolades, this is a worthy predecessor and the first clear demonstration of what the Beatles were capable of when it came to pushing the limits of what popular music could offer. From beginning to end, this album is a joy to listen to. The band retains their cheeky, infectious sense of humour ("Taxman", "Doctor Robert") and injects plenty of more 'classically' poppy tunes ("Yellow Submarine", "And Your Bird Can Sing") while also just being relentlessly brilliant on track after track. "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Love You To", "For No One", "Eleanor Rigby", "I'm Only Sleeping"...even today, writing this in 2023, it's just incredible that people could write songs as original, creative, and enjoyable as these. One of the best things the Beatles (or any musician, for that matter) ever wrote.
This album makes me understand why people were so nuts about the Beatles
This is The Beatles actually being as good as people say they are. Revolver is maybe their best album. No filler here and a perfect blend of innovation and catchiness. These songs are iconic. Paul McCartney's bass is especially incredible.
Great tracks that start going downhill a little with "Yellow submarine"
I never really thought about the impact it would have had to make an album that was never intended to be performed live. Removing that constraint from the creative process must've unlocked creativity in all directions, leading to Revolver being as innovative and intricate as it is. This is an absolute work of art from start to finish.
Stone cold classic. She Said She Said perennially underrated.
The Beetles, huh? Well, I guess you get into all kinds of obscure music on a list like this I think I might like Rubber Soul better than this album, but this album definitely steps into a world of music that is beyond anything that they achieve on Rubber Soul. It feels like they're searching for something with this album that they ultimately find on Sgt Pepper's. Looking at this album in isolation, it is a powerhouse of great songs. Even the songs that I don't love (like Love You To) are interesting and well executed. 5/5 I think these scruffy lads might just make it in the music industry
the songs reflect their interest in the drug LSD, vittu HUUME HÖRHÖILYÄ AINA TARTTE....expanded the boundaries of pop music. ymmörrän että influence on asia mutta miksi ei saa vähemmän tunnetut enemmän eksperimentaaliset hommellssonit mitäämutta jos valkoihoinen populääri poikabändi menee hiukan normien ulkopuolelle niin kikkelit on pystyssä. joojoo on erittäin hyvä albumi, eagpari biisiä ei hojrlkgsa esim eka biisi,, huonoon paikkaan ...aika huonoon VI btw yellow submarine hyvä biisi taas joku yks mielipide lähtenyt käsistä ja kaikilla on nyt sama eleanor rigby
Not too bad.
Legendary album and we all know it
3rd album in a row that it’s given me that I have listened to A BUNCH. Not much to say about this one… just a fantastic album from start to finish. Don’t love YELLOW SUBMARINE, but 6 year old me sure did
Brilliant, its that simple
I tried my hardest to fight my nostalgia and give this a lower score. It’s just too damn good. I love almost every song and the one I don’t(yellow submarine) is iconic. Harrison sitar influence. Excellent vocals and famous bass licks from Paul. Just fantastic.
One of my favorite albums of all time
Best Beatles album?
Elsk ❤️
I understand the music but not for me
Brilliant 5/5 Standouts: Taxman, Eleanor Rigby, Here, There and Everywhere, Yellow Submarine, Good Day Sunshine, Got to Get You Into My Life, Tomorrow Never Knows, For No One Others: I Was Only Sleeping, Love You To, She Said She Said. Classic
I wrote some notes and then apparently I forgot to save them, so I'll make this quick: I love this album. It's one of the five Beatles albums that I might call my favorite depending on the day and my mood. "Rubber Soul" was a paradigm shift for the Beatles, but I think this album's where they really hit their artistic stride. Eleventy-five stars.
Incredible album & my favorite by the band. Every song is a hit, and each of the Fab Four gets at least one song on lead vocals. Keen writing & storytelling with both classic & experimental Beatles sound. This is peak Beatles. 5 out of 5.
An easy 5 this, not a duff moment in the whole thing.
alright, this is the first album i’ve reviewed in here so far cuz i’m a lazy pos, but revolver is probably my favorite beatles album, so i felt obligated to write something. the first time i heard tomorrow never knows was in that one episode of mad men, and i was instantly teleported to a different world. i hadn’t previously listened to much of the beatles and thought “there’s no way this is the fucking beatles, there’s like backwards shit in here”. little did i know, revolver was one of the first commercially successful records to have backwards tape played on it. i could probably go through every song and say what i love about it, but that seems a bit excessive, so i’ll just list some standout songs. eleanor rigby might be in my top 5 favorite songs ever. the work that george martin did to transform paul’s vision into an expansive string piece shows how much of a magician he really was. harrison’s sitar work on love you to blows me away every time. this and many other songs on this album put me in a trance-like state. for no one is a masterclass in song writing. the structure, the chords, the lyrics, everything about this song keeps you engaged. the horns on got to get you into my life are infectious. the chorus is really just one line and feels like a john chorus, but it’s so instantly catchy. for tomorrow never knows, martin assigned each beatle to bring recordings of their choosing and then played them backwards like some kind of chaotic orchestra. these recordings + ringo’s unrelenting groove + john and paul’s elongated vowels make for the trippiest song in the beatles’ discography.
My first listen was the Revolver 2009 Remaster via corporate streaming service. I liked it. I knew a few of the songs. Taxman and Eleanor Rigby are classics. Yellow Submarine is an all time favorite from my youth. Thematically, I loved this song growing up. Shoutout Ringo. Here, There And Everywhere is on the list. I haven't listened to every Beatles record in full, and I believe this was on the list of have nots. Each time I listen to a full Beatles, I start to accumulate some non-hit favorites. This time around was 'And Your Bird Can Sing' and 'For No One'. The dueling guitar walk down in the chorus and harmonies of the former made me stop and listen. The horn was a nice touch in the latter. Both songs 2 minutes or less. Punk rock. However, some of the other songs lesser known to me just didn't pop, and this is a pop music of the time. Everything sounded good, but I wasn't wowed. Also, wasn't 'Good Day Sunshine' used in an LG tv commercial or something back in the day? I won't get into everything I read about the writing, recording, and history of Revolver, but my favorite detail is Tomorrow Never Knows was the first song recorded. I've always thought this should be the first song on Revolver. An introduction to the Beatles the listener would soon hear. I suppose it serves more as some sort of reference section. I was thinking somewhere between a 4 and a 5, with interesting innovations in recording and other fun facts giving the ultimate push from a 4 to a 5. And then I was told there was a 2022 mix, and I gave that a listen. Everything just started to pop everywhere. The songs I already loved were shown greater affection. The songs that didn't wow before, wowed. The list of non-hit favorites grew ('Got To Get You Into My Life', maybe I really like horns). 5/5.
If you ever wanted to understand the difference between Lennon and McCartney, listen to Tomorrow Never knows (Lennon) and Eleanor Rigby (McCartney) back to back. Almost can’t believe how those two collaborated at all, let alone produced some of the century’s greatest music. Maybe the secret is just the right amount of that tension. But as for the rating…. How can you rate an album that has been rated the #3 album of all time by Rolling Stone — twice — anything less than 5? Maybe if you had to force-rank the Beatles albums against each other you could do that, because this definitely isn’t my favorite Beatles album. But just to say the others are better doesn’t mean this isn’t great. Maybe all you can do is honestly reflect on how the music makes you feel in the moment. Some of these are better that I remember (She Said She Said, For No One), some now seem mundane (Good Day Sunshine, Got to Get You Into My Life) and some are just unpleasant to listen to, even if they are The Beatles (Doctor Robert, The Taxman). Funny story: I heard that another 60s band that was really into the psychedelic drug culture of the time (The Doors I think, though I can’t be sure) jumped for joy when they heard the opening lines of Tomorrow Never Knows, because they immediately realized The Beatles were into drugs just as much as they were. Thank God that Paul wasn’t dead and was writing songs like Here, There and Everywhere. And Eleanor Rigby. Ah, Eleanor Rigby. Still makes me weep. The rest of the tracks could be silence and it’d still be a 5 just for Eleanor Rigby.
Love this album. Not my favorite from the Beatles, but that’s not saying much
My pick for “best Beatles album” has evolved over the years. Listening again to Revolver today, I think it takes the honor. The magic of Revolver is that you can listen to it in 2023, having listened to it many times before, and still hear that special pop something this band brought to music back in 1966. You can hear that, of course on each subsequent Beatles album, but that “special pop something” is also increasingly infused with a pretense, a felt duty to one-up themselves. Post-Revolver Beatles is art pop and concept albums. Which is great, and I love all those records. But, I think Revolver is peak Beatles as a phenomenon and a pop group. Most my favorite Beatles songs are on those later albums, with the exception of “Tomorrow Never Knows,” sure, they’re more seasoned after all. But as a cohesive, joyful, listening experience, Revolver is hands down my favorite Beatles album. I’m a George stan, so love to see a cut of his opening up a Beatles record (and that solo!). Side note: I never noticed how truly psychedelic this album art is. George is staring straight through me. Plus you get an underwater Ringo staple and Paul and John just working at an incredulous rate to craft bangers and ballads across all sorts of musical boundaries. Not a beat is missed. Every time I hear this album it’s like the first time. It’s like I’m 6 years old again in the back of my Dad’s car by. No other Beatles album claims this power over me. No other music period. This being the best Beatles album makes it probably the best album on this whole fkn list that isn’t Pet Sounds too. So, 1,000,000,000/5. Nice job George, Ringo, Paul, and John. You guys are good!
Revolver is a basically perfect album, by an imperfect, human, but nonetheless a one-in-a-million, band. I mean, what are the freaking odds that two of our greatest songwriters are in the same band? And that they are coming into their own, writing-wise, at exactly the same time, pushing the band in two divergent, competing directions. Lennon’s mystic but somehow cynical, afflicted songs, about the mundane things in life that somehow keep you wanting. McCartney’s way of encapsulating phases of love and living in a small turn of phrase, so earnestly, but from the perspective of the songbird, maybe the muse, looking below on the human condition. And all of this song-y-ness happens in… 2 to 3 minute, experimental, baroque pieces of music that bear more resemblance to Mozart than music today. All while being silly, whimsical, experimental, uncompromising in its quality. On four tracks! It’s actually like going to the Moon. The talent here for everyone involved is just staggering. I’ve given a lot of records from this period 3 stars, 2 stars, because Revolver etc. loom large in my mind. So many records of this time, sonically, sound like the era they’re from… chambers, stringy guitars, wall of sound, tape breaking up. And, well, Revolver actually sounds nothing like that. Totally a product of its time, but outside of it. These focused chamber arrangements, minimal and still whimsical, playful. I can actually hear the limitations of George Martin and the band as they struggle to fit their ideas down into four tiny tracks of tape. But rather than push the tape, they edit the arrangement, obsessively. Condense, break it up. There’s never too much or too little in the production, it’s exactly the right amount. Really impressive to hear. I used to say this was my favorite Beatles record because that’s what everyone always says. Now, with 15 years worth of returning, and having gotten into the actual business of songwriting and production, I can say it’s got to be one of the brightest. Maybe the best example of their songwriting chops in action, George Martin’s budding experimentalism. It’s just tight, there are no misses (okay I never *loved* Dr. Robert), and it’s some of the band members’ best individual efforts. It’s the Beatles as maybe they should be best remembered. 5/5
I can never decide which is my favorite Beatles record: Abbey Road, or this one. This one certainly is the underdog, I feel, but it has so many of their most underrated songs (I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing) as well as such wildly forward-thinking ideas blended into such a fine draught. Ugh, its too hard to decide, but both are undoubtedly 5 stars.
These guys are pretty good, I'm surprised they aren't more popular.
The Beatles first truly experimental album in their discography. They'd hinted in their early work they were capable of writing songs that weren't mainstream pop. Their decision to become solely a studio band opened possibilities they probably hadn't ever considered. Every song on this album is good, most are great, and some are undeniable classics. Production, writing, instrumentation, etc. are all beautiful. No complaints. 5/5
классика, что еще сказать :)) очень хорошо - кажется это мая самая частая оценка альбомов из 60х)))
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This is a brilliant album. I am late to the Beatles appreciation train but now I am on board with a sexy 1st class ticket baby. This is as good as it gets for me. Just a belter full of belters.
Gran Album, sigo descubriendo temas que me encantan a la primera y ademas es de los mas experimentales de ellos
One of my favorite Beatles albums
I already love this album, The Beatles have been one of my favourite bands for years. Thinking about picking up the remaster of this soon. Favourite track: Taxman Least favourite track: Doctor Robert
wow
Some amazing songs and a few I wasn’t that familiar with.
This is indeed one of the best albums that was ever made. It was a great pleasure to revisit it at this occasion.
John Lenin :)
Easy 5 right, so we're done? A lot has been written and said about Revolver, and I'm sure I have nothing particularly interesting to add to that conversation. I will say that although I think Abbey Road remains The Beatles' masterpiece, Revolver has really grown in my estimation over the years. If I had to hold up one album that really encompasses what this band was about, I think it would be this one. There are threads that lead back to the band's earlier work, but this is also the gateway between that early work and the more experimental, more monumental later albums. It's appealing on various levels to every kind of Beatle fan. It's melodic, creatively adventurous, spiritual, whimsical, and lyrically smart. And for every step the band takes into new territory, they never lose their pop sensibility and their inherent gift of songcraft. This is an album that grows more interesting the more you hear it, the kind of album countless other artists have been trying/failing to make for over 50 years now. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): For No One; Taxman; And Your Bird Can Sing; Eleanor Rigby; Here, There and Everywhere; I'm Only Sleeping; Yellow Submarine; She Said She Said; Tomorrow Never Knows; Love You To; Got to Get You into My Life; I Want to Tell You; Good Day Sunshine; Doctor Robert
Feel like Eleanor Rigby alone elevates this album above a five. I think that sometimes with albums from this era you can be like 'oh, I understand logically why this is a step forward in music, but it's so dated that it's difficult to enjoy'. This album is just genuinely fun and holds up in every way. Japanese Breakfast recently caused a massive twitter controversy by saying that people whose fave Beatles album is Revolver are unfeeling and contrarian. I don't know if that's entirely fair - I still think there's plenty of emotion in this album. The difficulty with The Beatles is that pretty much all their albums are five stars and merit inclusion on this list! So of course some people are going to gravitate to Revolver and the ways it was revolutionary! Anyway, amazing album, Beatles are GOATed
4.5
Following the subtle experimentation from Rubber Soul by dipping a whole foot in the water for Revolver, the Beatles begin to lay the foundation for Sgt. Pepper's on this album. While Pepper's may be their most "musically ambitious" record, Revolver may be one of their more enduring. Featuring several iconic Harrison tracks, orchestrations, and some of their most enduring hits this album makes a strong case for one of the bands best.
It's the Beatles, and it's the Beatles when they knew how to use a studio. There's so much going on musically (and then there is Yellow Submarine).
Wow, what an album. My first Beatles, I hope I’m not just in a good mood, but this pretty much a perfect album. Banger certified, 5! TBz 1. Eleanor Rigby 2. Got To Get You Into My Life 3. Good Day Sunshine 4. Taxman 5. Yellow Submarine
My first introduction to the Fab Four…wonderful album, great music
One of my favorite Beatles albums, after Abbey Road and Let It Be.
An album with a ton of hits. Each song is unique. And, most include things that other bands were not doing at the time (e.g., use of a sitar; counterpoint guitar riffs; madrigal piano riffs; use of a cello; use of a mellowtone horn; etc.). Tying them all together were the beautiful harmonies. Still a great album after all this time.
No loads to say beyond its a classic.
It was “cool” to say that The Beatles were overrated when I was younger, but the Rubber Soul>Revolver>Sgt. Pepper’s>Magical Mystery Tour>White Album run is insane.
The best Beatles album, bar none.
top 3 beatles album for me, some all-timer songs on here. still not a fan of yellow submarine's tracklist placement, but i don't mind it as a song. every song is really really good.
Eleanor Rigby , Yellow submarine.
Tori Amos was on Take 5 and I was delighted to see her first selection was Eleanor Rigby. It is pretty much my favourite Beatles track. I switched between a few different 'remastered' editions while listening to this. There is a big difference between some of them. Hit up the 2022 version if you want bass forward mixing. I've got to play more Beatles to my kids, STAT! Here, There And Everywhere and I Want To Tell You are totally underrated songs. Some real magic moments in this one.
Worst. Album. Ever. Sorry I meant best. Just an amazing line-up of amazing tracks by amazing people. Still sounds as fresh as if it'd been recorded yesterday. So yes, my favourite album of all time.
An incredible achievement. Best track: Eleanor Rigby
From Revolver and onwards (perhaps with the slight exception of Let It Be), everything coming from the Beatles was sheer excellence. I’ll leave it to others to explain why that was the case, but it seems the band simply matured and stopped trying to please the universe.
One of my favorites
Þetta er besta plata ársins 1966 og þetta er mögulega besta plata allra tíma. Ég gæti skrifað langa ritgerð um hvað ég elska hana mikið, en ég hlífi ykkur við því. Þið megið bara vita að mér þykir hún best.
Things are starting to get weird, and I'm here for it.
Amazing
amazing album, I have never heard it from begining to back because my boyfriend loves the beatles and always listen to a lot of songs to them but yeah, Also, amazing cover, I really liked it
Top notch
my favorite britos
Fantastic
Classic
One of the best of all time for sure!
Classic
Flawless. Should be a 6.
Best Beatles album.. Unreal.. A Masterpiece
Ehkä suosikki The Beatlesilta.
great album. surprised how short it was though. i'm only sleeping was a "hidden" gem I hadn't listened to (or at least not in a long time)... 4 or 5 stars this album is pretty evenly great - mixing experimental rock sounds with pop sensibilities.
So so good.
I mean it’s the Beatles. Also revolver has my all time favorite Beatles song Eleanor rigby. So that’s a 5 from me
Not my personal favorite from the band, but a classic. Several of my favorite songs from the band appear here. It's just a good time.
It's not perfection, but it's pretty damn close.
There are several songs on Revolver that sound completely different from any previous Beatles album, or any previous album by anybody. It’s got that edge, that weirdness, that dreaminess that, if reviews from people who lived through it are to be believed, changed music forever. It’s still got those perfect McCartney melodies. It’s got a song called I’m Only Sleeping which has no right to be as good as it is. They released Yellow Submarine as a double A-side with Eleanor Rigby FFS - what more do you want?!
Bang!
Probably best album ever.