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Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  a great albumPosted: 2/27/2008A review of Revolver [UK] by 1scooby73 all of these songs are really wonderful Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  Great album, but....Posted: 9/24/2007A review of Revolver [UK] by Anonymous I never understood the appeal of Revolver. It's a great album, but I never considered it their best work (I rated 5th or 6th best). I've heard of non-Beatle fans buying the CD because they saw it on top of a best-album-ever list, and then they're disappointed. When I listen to the album, I hear them expanding their music style in some songs, while falling back in other songs (that's not necessary a negative thing). I don't hear an easily flow of music; rather it's an album of individual styles and rhythms. Taxman, Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine, For No One, Got to Get You into My Life, and Tomorrow Never Knows shows their growth, but individual pieces, edging from a pop sound to a more sophisticated style. All the rest of the songs could have easily been part of the Help! or the Rubber Soul period.
I sometimes think people rated the album so high because of the mesmerizing Tomorrow Never Knows with John’s one-chord writing and Paul’s hypnotic tape loops. But one song an album doesn’t make. They certainly hit their mark with Sgt. Pepper.
Great songs, mind you, but not a best-ever album. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful Revolver Rules--Posted: 2/21/2006A review of Revolver [UK] by Howie601 Filled with above beyond music which, for the most part is ahead of its time--1966 to be exact---Awesome electrical guitar work, Awesome beautiful Soaring Vocals filled with Deep Thought proviking lyrics, REVOLVER is one of the Beatles finest albums a ground breaking adventure in song writing began their journey into mind expanding sounds images. ENJOY! -) Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful not bad!Posted: 6/10/2005A review of Revolver [UK] by Sgtrubberwhite651 The most creative rock musicians at the peak of their consistencey. Not a bad formula for a good record. Rubber Soul may be a bit too pot smoking mellow, though that was the point, Sgt. Pepper hasnt aged as well, leaving this 20th century masterpiece as the cornerstone album from the guys that cornerSTONED the album format.
Im too young to remember them...that doesnt exactly make me young... but the only, and I mean slight, knock I have on this record is that now it seems pretty Verse-Chorus-Verse after repeated, and I mean repeated, listens.
Till you get to Tomorrow Never Knows, that is.
The Beatles were lucky trend hoppers? Try that track. Couldnt really rock? Try Taxman and She Said She Said. Had overrated lyrics? Ummm..the subtle yet somehow obvious poetry of Elenor Rigby, for a kickoff.
The White Album, my personal favourite by them, gets praised for diversity, this has just as much, and better packaged. Next time a really good band pulls off nine different styles in fourteen songs, and confidently gets away with it, let me know.
And Yellow Submarine had to sound just as corny in 1966 as it does now. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 1 users found this helpful brilliantPosted: 2/28/2005A review of Revolver [UK] by ryan45366 this album is amazing all the beatles are amazing im 16 i love the beatles there all i listen to Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful Rock-n-roll!Posted: 7/9/2004A review of Revolver [UK] by Anonymous Revolver and Rubber Soul are the two best Beatles albums. The level of songwriting, technical aspect, and creativity of the playing / recording is found on very few albums even 40 years later. This statement does not take into account that before 1965-1966 there were zero artists who had taken this type of experimental leap with his/her/their music. I commend John, Paul, and George for possibly risking their careers in the name of what they believed. The chance that the Beatles took with redefining their sound is far greater than any other artist in music history. With these two albums, Sgt. Pepper and arguably the White Album, the Beatles drastically changed their style and sound from conforming, clean-cut, nice boys to rebellious, long-hair, drug-taking hippies. So rock-n-roll Zeppelin is the greatest band of all time, but the Beatles are the greatest rock and rollers. Was this review helpful? Sign In 4 out of 4 users found this helpful One Of Their BestPosted: 5/2/2003A review of Revolver [UK] by Kris_Nesta Fantastic influential album was Revolver. One of the Beatles best ever. Every song is fabulous. Highlights are She Said She Said, Taxman, Here There Everywhere, For No One and Eleanor Rigby. Paul provides the better songs but each Beatle has an influence even Ringo takes the lead vocal on the #1 single Yellow Submarine! Tommorrow Never Knows was a phenomenon and it is amazing to think that this was 1966. Was this review helpful? Sign In 2 out of 4 users found this helpful Love at first sitePosted: 3/4/2003A review of Revolver [UK] by Solly8117 I remember i used 2 always listen 2 allt he beatles albums in my house and 2 tell the truth nuthin really did anythign 2 me.One day i came across Revolver and i say it wa slove at first site, every song on thys album is amazing and itthe middle of the Beatles turning point and acid days.George does an amazing job on this album with TAXMAN and one of my favourites LOVE YOU TO which is jut loaded with suitar riffs everywhere!But Paul did the best with ELANOR RIGBY and CRIED FOR NO ONE. ringos famous YELLOW SUBMARINE was on this to. After listneign2 thys album i really got into the Beatls experience with RUBBER SOUL, ABBIE ROAD, WHITE ALBUM this is jsut the beginning my friends! Was this review helpful? Sign In 5 out of 5 users found this helpful It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This...Posted: 7/27/2002A review of Revolver [UK] by pnt4 Although "Sgt. Pepper" is considered their finest hour, in terms of each song being great "Revolver" is hands-down a better LP. As a body of work "Sgt. Pepper" may be just as impressive, put you really can't pull a single track off of "Sgt. Pepper" and get the same result if you were to do that with a "Revolver" track. The fact that Lennon said he didn't even remember the sessions at all overly dismisses the work and creative energy that went into this masterpiece. I've been a Beatles fan for almost 30 years, and this LP is easily my favorite without any hesitation. McCartney is at his zenith as far as I'm concerned on the album, and the fact that Harrison has more original songs here than on any other (single) album helps to create the "group creativity" that I enjoy. Since John Lennon is my favorite Beatle, his five tunes I naturally think are great. "And Your Bird Can Sing", although obscure and hated by John, is in the running for my all-time favorite Beatles song! People who listen to the Beatles only occasionally seem to be unaware of this album and familiar with "Sgt. Pepper"; hopefully the word will get out that "Revolver" is definitely worth at least one listening to. Was this review helpful? Sign In 2 out of 4 users found this helpful The Beatles At Their Best!Posted: 4/18/2002A review of Revolver [UK] by CoolestDana One of their finest albums,almost every song is totally diffrent than the other... One listen and you will be hooked!<br> The Fab four showed us why they were the best group ever with this one. This was their first all the way studio album! Was this review helpful? Sign In 1-10 of 10 Per Page |
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