| The Beatles 7th album, Revolver, is considered by | | | | There really are no weak points in the album. |
| many music experts to be one of the greatest | | | | Every song on Revolver has it's charms. |
| albums of all time. For example it was ranked #3 | | | | Looking at the songs that Paul McCartney wrote |
| on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 | | | | for this album in particular is very impressive: |
| greatest albums of all time. | | | | "Yellow Submarine," "Here, There and |
| The album includes some of The Beatles best | | | | Everywhere," "Eleanor Rigby," "For No One," "Got |
| known songs including "Eleanor Rigby" & "Yellow | | | | to Get You into My Life," & "Good Day Sunshine." |
| Submarine" and it also includes some of their | | | | Talk about timeless classics. McCartney really |
| most experimental songs, in particular "Tomorrow | | | | couldn't do any wrong at this point. While almost |
| Never Knows" which closes the album in futuristic | | | | everyone knows "Eleanor Rigby" & "Yellow |
| fashion. Even today, many years later, | | | | Submarine" (and "Got to Get You into My Life" is |
| "Tomorrow Never Knows" sounds like the distant | | | | very well known too) the other songs are just as |
| future to me. | | | | excellent. |
| Revolver includes an incredible variety of songs | | | | McCartney himself has said that "Here, There and |
| from the rock of "Taxman" to the childlike | | | | Everywhere" is one of own favorites. For me |
| "Yellow Submarine" to the Indian music influenced | | | | "For No One" is right there with it. These are |
| "Love You To." It has been said that every song | | | | songs that are just too beautiful and too perfect |
| on Revolver started a new sub genre of rock | | | | for words to properly describe. |
| music and I would say that's probably only a slight | | | | It's sometimes said that Rubber Soul was The |
| exaggeration. | | | | Beatles "marijuana album" and Revolver was their |
| Another factor that makes Revolver really stand | | | | "LSD album" (or their first LSD album, there would |
| out among Beatles albums is how evenly the | | | | be more to come!) And I can definitely see where |
| songwriting duties were spread out among | | | | that perspective comes from. Revolver is an |
| Lennon, McCartney, & Harrison than on most of | | | | album of ideas. The arrangements and |
| their albums. George Harrison really made himself | | | | instrumentation are very thoughtful. This is really |
| known as a songwriter with this album. 3 of the | | | | music to really listen to, not just to sing along to. |
| album's 14 songs were his, 6 were primarily Paul | | | | This is "art rock." But it's usually subtle enough in |
| McCartney's, and 5 were primarily John Lennon's. | | | | it's artiness ("Tomorrow Never Knows" & "Love |
| While the album doesn't have the same flow to it | | | | You To" being some obvious exceptions) that |
| that their next album (1967's Sgt. Pepper) would | | | | just regular music listeners (rather than true music |
| have, it does arguably have more consistency. | | | | lovers) can get down to the tunes too. |