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Revision as of 20:53, 22 August 2002 by Lee Daniel Crocker (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Revolver was The Beatles' seventh album in three years, released in 1966. It is often considered a "turning point" in the band's devlopment, and includes new features that would later become associated with the band and with the times.
George Harrison contributes three songs, including the lyrically incisive opening track "Taxman". The "Mr. Wilson" and "Mr. Heath" in the lyrics refer to Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, British politicians of the time. Harrison also experiments with even more instruments, and includes some backwards guitar work on "I'm Only Sleeping"--Harrison played the notes in reverse order, then reversed the tape and mixed it in.
"Yellow Submarine" and "Doctor Robert" reflect the growing drug culture of the 1960s, and there are three powerful McCartney ballads, topped by the durable classic "Eleanor Rigby", which was released as a single (opposite "Yellow Submarine" concurrently with the album.
- Taxman (Harrison)
- Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney)
- I'm Only Sleeping (Lennon/McCartney)
- Love You To (Harrison)
- Here, There, and Everywhere (Lennon/McCartney)
- Yellow Submarine (Lennon/McCartney)
- She Said She Said (Lennon/McCartney)
- Good Day Sunshine (Lennon/McCartney)
- And Your Bird Can Sing (Lennon/McCartney)
- For No One (Lennon/McCartney)
- Doctor Robert (Lennon/McCartney)
- I Want to Tell You (Harrison)
- Got to Get You Into My Life (Lennon/McCartney)
- Tomorrow Never Knows (Lennon/McCartney)