The
Beatles – Revolver
Vinyl
LP, Mono, 1966
Capital
Records
The
emotional favorite for a lot of Beatle fans, but for me there are few
surprises on this album anymore. The only songs that are fresh to
me is “She Said She Said” and “Tomorrow Never Knows.”
Also keep in mind that there are no bad songs on this album, even
“Yellow Submarine” is imaginative and witty. But, this is one
of the few albums where I can just look at the cover and all the
songs come to mind – recording, voices, just everything. Most of
the Beatles albums have that affect on me. I grew up with them, and
after awhile I just say 'ta-ta.'
But the funk of “Tax Man” and the two Lennon songs still give me
that goose-bump feeling in the back of my neck. Also this is a very
sophisticated album with respect to where they were two years ago
when they recorded this material. It is kind of amazing to me that
bands or artists these days make an album every four or five years or
even longer, and it basically has the same sound as their last album.
But The Beatles changed so radically over their career, that what
they did was really unique. Beatles For Sale turns to Rubber
Soul and then Revolver. How did that happen?
If someone came up to me and told me that Revolver is the
greatest album ever made, I wouldn't disagree. But funny enough the
visuals of this album is stronger than actually listening to the
record. Similar to Proust eating that cookie that brought up
memories, this album does the same for me.
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