Music CD - The Beatles: Revolver [UK]

	Music CD: Revolver [UK] Artist: The Beatles List Price: $18.98 Our Price: $8.38 Your Save: $ 10.60 ( 56% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Capitol
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Tracks: 1. Taxman 2. Eleanor Rigby 3. I'm Only Sleeping 4. Love You To 5. Here, There and Everywhere 6. Yellow Submarine 7. She Said, She Said 8. Good Day Sunshine 9. And Your Bird Can Sing 10. For No One 11. Doctor Robert 12. I Want to Tell You 13. Got to Get You into My Life 14. Tomorrow Never Knows
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0077774644129 Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publication Date: 1998 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: 1990-10-25 Studio: Capitol
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: A pivotal album in their careers Comment: The Fab Four continued experimenting in the Abbey Road studio which they prefered to do and this became their finest work to date. In fact, during what turned out to be their last tour in the US, they didn't perform any songs from this album because the songs were now more complex. If you're a Beatles fan and/or a rock fan, this album is truly essential. TAXMAN-One of George's stronger compositions talking about one of life's inescapable realities. ELEANOR RIGBY-Paul's tale about a lonely spinster. I'M ONLY SLEEPING-Featuring backwards guitars, it's John "dreaming his life away" LOVE YOU TO-A song by George featuring all Indian music as the rhythm track. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE-A ballad by Paul. YELLOW SUBMARINE-Written by Paul and sung by Ringo, this became one of their most popular chart toppers. SHE SAID SHE SAID-John said this came from an encounter with an actor who told him he knew what is like to be dead. GOOD DAY SUNSHINE-A feel good song wriiten by Paul. AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING-A composition of John's that he didn't think much of. FOR NO ONE-A song by Paul featuring a clavichord and french horn solo. DOCTOR ROBERT-John's song about drugs and pills. I WANT TO TELL YOU-The piano and Ringo's hard drum playing highlight this George song. GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE-Is this Paul song about a girl or about drugs? Either way it's one of the best cuts here. Capitol released this as a single in '76. TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS-This still sounds amazing four decades later. Even though it's the album's last track, it was the first song recorded. In 1980, John said he took a phrase that Ringo said as the title "to take the edge off the heavy, philosophical lyrics." Customer Rating: Summary: Taxman Comment: Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the best song writing duo ever and that is without a doubt, thus this album is one of the best ever. Not one filler to be found here. George Harrison starts it out with my personal favorite Taxman and it just goes from there. Outstanding lyrics with Paul and John never sounding better. Customer Rating: Summary: Revolver Comment: ESSENTIAL ALBUM!!! The Beatles so-called transitional album (going from a touring group to a studio only group) is one of their most creative. This album marks where they began experimenting in the studio, expanding their sound that would culminate with Sgt. Pepper's. The album features one of George Harrison;s best songs "Taxman", followed by one of Paul McCartney's best songs "Eleanor Rigby". Other outstanding tracks include "Good Day Sunshine", "Here, There and Everywhere" & "Got to Get You Into My Life". The closing track "Tomorrow Never Knows", though disowned by John Lennon, is one of Lennon's best songs leading the way to the psychedelic era. The album cover also is one of the most unique ever done, it's artist is Klaus Voorman who would later play bass for Lennon on his early solo releases. There is some filler here, mostly by Lennon, but it's great that we have the U.K. version instead of the illegitimate children that Capitol passed off onto the domestic market. I agree with some that this is NOT one of the best albums that they ever did, I reserve that for The White Album & Abbey Road. The one thing about the Beatles, though, was you never knew exactly what you were getting until you played it, which always made it entertaining! Customer Rating: Summary: Don't believe the hype Comment: I bought this album believing the hype it's surrounded. I wasn't impress by it. They are a few good songs in it, but I feel that most of them are fillers.I still don't understand why or how this album manages to make it to the top five of every greatest-album-of- all-time list.Most of the time it is chosen # 1. That's why I bought it. I thought it was that good.I'm beginning to think that this album is overrated.I still think Rubber Soul is better and more cohesive than this album. I gave it three stars only because it's The Beatles. Customer Rating: Summary: The only revolver you'll ever need Comment: Revolver has one of the nicest Album covers and that's not all. It also carries two of John and Paul's greatest songs. I'm Only Sleeping and Eleanor Rigby. It still sounds vibrant and vital more then 40 years after production. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Revolver wouldn't remain the Beatles' most ambitious LP for long, but many fans--including this one--remember it as their best. An object lesson in fitting great songwriting into experimental production and genre play, this is also a record whose influence extends far beyond mere they-was-the-greatest cheerleading. Putting McCartney's more traditionally melodic "Here, There and Everywhere" and "For No One" alongside Lennon's direct-hit sneering ("Dr. Robert") and dreamscapes ("I'm Only Sleeping," "Tomorrow Never Knows") and Harrison's peaking wit ("Taxman") was as conceptually brilliant as anything Sgt. Pepper attempted, and more subtly fulfilling. A must. --Rickey Wright