Rubber Soul marked the end of an era. Revolver heralded something quite new. The music became mature. Gone were the covers of other songs, gone were the imitations of others.
It was a momentous time for the band. Touring had become boring and was soon to be stopped, so music recorded in the studio did not have to be performable on stage.
It was a new start, the chance to produce some of the very best songs ever before moving on to high art.
Everything about it says ‘revolution’. We love the monochrome album cover, though wish the writing etc had been left off the front. The back cover just shows the lads together having a chat and being cool. No silly notes from Tony Barrow, no hype, the information and that’s it.
Harrison gets three tracks: Taxman, Love You To and I Want To Tell You. Lennon is starting to be experimental.
Included is one of their best singles, a double A side, Eleanor Rigby and Yellow Submarine, Ringo’s turn to sing.
Both John and Paul bring some great songs to the table: Here There and Everywhere, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No-one, Got To Get You Into My Life… There is not a duff track here.
It started a pattern that was fully realised on their next album, of course.