Beatles - Revolver ( full album 1966 )

 „Revolver” is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 5 August 1966, accompanied by the double A-side single "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine". The album was the Beatles' final recording project before their retirement as live performers and marked the group's most overt use of studio technology to date, building on the advances of their late 1965 release Rubber Soul. It has since become regarded as one of the greatest and most innovative albums in the history of popular music, with recognition centred on its range of musical styles, diverse sounds and lyrical content.

In the United Kingdom, the album's 14 tracks were gradually distributed to radio stations in the weeks before its release. In North America, Revolver was reduced to 11 songs by Capitol Records, with the omitted three appearing on the June 1966 LP Yesterday and Today. The release there coincided with the Beatles' final concert tour and the controversy surrounding John Lennon's remark that the band had become "more popular than Jesus". The album topped the Record Retailer chart in the UK for seven weeks and the US Billboard Top LPs list for six weeks. Critical reaction was highly favourable in the UK but less so in the US amid the press's unease at the band's outspokenness on contemporary issues.

Revolver expanded the boundaries of pop music, revolutionised standard practices in studio recording, advanced principles espoused by the 1960s counterculture, and inspired the development of psychedelic rock, electronica, progressive rock and world music. The album cover, designed by Klaus Voormann, combined Aubrey Beardsley-inspired line drawing with photo collage and won the 1967 Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts.

List of tracks                                                                                                  

The following track listing is for the original release in all markets other than North America and was subsequently adopted as the standard version of the album for its international CD release in 1987. The original North American edition used this order except for omitting "I'm Only Sleeping", "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "Doctor Robert". All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.

 

„Revolver” este al șaptelea album de studio al trupei rock engleze The Beatles. A fost lansat pe 5 august 1966, însoțit de single-urile cu două fețe A „Eleanor Rigby” și „Yellow Submarine”. Albumul a fost ultimul proiect de înregistrare al Beatles înainte de retragerea lor ca artiști live și a marcat cea mai evidentă utilizare a tehnologiei de studio de către grup până în prezent, bazându-se pe progresele lansate la sfârșitul anului 1965, Rubber Soul. De atunci, a devenit considerat unul dintre cele mai mari și mai inovatoare albume din istoria muzicii populare, recunoașterea fiind centrată pe gama sa de stiluri muzicale, sunete diverse și conținut liric.

În Regatul Unit, cele 14 piese ale albumului au fost distribuite treptat către posturile de radio în săptămânile dinaintea lansării sale. În America de Nord, Revolver a fost redus la 11 melodii de către Capitol Records, cele trei omise apărând pe LP-ul din iunie 1966, Yesterday and Today. Lansarea de acolo a coincis cu ultimul turneu de concerte al Beatles și cu controversa din jurul remarcii lui John Lennon că trupa devenise „mai populară decât Isus”. Albumul a fost în fruntea clasamentului Record Retailer din Marea Britanie timp de șapte săptămâni și a listei Billboard Top LP-uri din SUA timp de șase săptămâni. Reacțiile criticilor au fost foarte favorabile în Marea Britanie, dar mai puțin în SUA, pe fondul neliniștii presei față de franchețea trupei pe teme contemporane.

Revolver a extins limitele muzicii pop, a revoluționat practicile standard în înregistrarea în studio, a avansat principiile adoptate de contracultura anilor 1960 și a inspirat dezvoltarea rockului psihedelic, a electronicii, a rockului progresiv și a muzicii mondiale. Coperta albumului, concepută de Klaus Voormann, a combinat desenul liniar inspirat de Aubrey Beardsley cu colajul foto și a câștigat premiul Grammy din 1967 pentru cea mai bună copertă de album, Arte grafice.

Lista pieselor

Următoarea listă de piese este pentru lansarea originală pe toate piețele, altele decât America de Nord, și a fost adoptată ulterior ca versiune standard a albumului pentru lansarea internațională pe CD în 1987. Ediția originală nord-americană a folosit această ordine, cu excepția omiterii pieselor „I'm Only Sleeping”, „And Your Bird Can Sing” și „Doctor Robert”. Toate piesele sunt compuse de Lennon–McCartney, cu excepția cazurilor în care se specifică altfel.

Side one

1.	"Taxman" (George Harrison)	Harrison	2:36
2.	"Eleanor Rigby"	McCartney	2:11
3.	"I'm Only Sleeping"	Lennon	3:02
4.	"Love You To" (Harrison)	Harrison	3:00
5.	"Here, There and Everywhere"	McCartney	2:29
6.	"Yellow Submarine"	Starr	2:40
7.	"She Said She Said"	Lennon	2:39
Total length:			18:33

Side two

1.	"Good Day Sunshine"	McCartney	2:08
2.	"And Your Bird Can Sing"	Lennon	2:02
3.	"For No One"	McCartney	2:03
4.	"Doctor Robert"	Lennon	2:14
5.	"I Want to Tell You" (Harrison)	Harrison	2:30
6.	"Got to Get You into My Life"	McCartney	2:31
7.	"Tomorrow Never Knows"	Lennon	3:00
Total length:			16:28  35:01

Personnel

The Beatles

John Lennon – lead, harmony and backing vocals; rhythm and acoustic guitars; Hammond organ, Mellotron,[467] harmonium; tape loops, sound effects; tambourine, handclaps, finger snaps

Paul McCartney – lead, harmony and backing vocals; bass, rhythm[198] and lead guitars; piano, clavichord; tape loops, sound effects; handclaps, finger snaps

George Harrison – lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead, acoustic, rhythm and bass guitars; sitar, tambura; tape loops, sound effects; maracas, tambourine, handclaps, finger snaps

Ringo Starr – drums; tambourine, maracas, cowbell, shaker, handclaps, finger snaps; tape loops; lead and backing[468] vocals on "Yellow Submarine"

Additional musicians and production

Anil Bhagwat – tabla on "Love You To"

Alan Civil – French horn on "For No One"

George Martin – producer; mixing engineer; piano on "Good Day Sunshine" and "Tomorrow Never Knows"; Hammond organ on "Got to Get You into My Life"; tape loop of the marching band on "Yellow Submarine"

Geoff Emerick – recording and mixing engineer; tape loop of the marching band on "Yellow Submarine"

Mal Evans – bass drum and background vocals on "Yellow Submarine"

Neil Aspinall – background vocals on "Yellow Submarine"

Brian Jones – sound effects, ocarina[468] and background vocals on "Yellow Submarine"

Pattie Boyd – background vocals on "Yellow Submarine"

Marianne Faithfull – background vocals on "Yellow Submarine"

Alf Bicknell – sound effects[468] and background vocals on "Yellow Submarine"

Tony Gilbert, Sidney Sax, John Sharpe, Jurgen Hess – violins; Stephen Shingles, John Underwood – violas; Derek Simpson, Norman Jones – cellos: string octet on "Eleanor Rigby", orchestrated and conducted by George Martin (with Paul McCartney)

Eddie Thornton, Ian Hamer, Les Condon – trumpet; Peter Coe, Alan Branscombe – tenor saxophone: horn section on "Got to Get You into My Life" arranged and conducted by George Martin (with Paul McCartney)