Full Description
Ranked number one in "Q" magazine's June 2000 survey of the '100 Greatest British Albums Ever!', "Revolver" is widely regarded as The Beatles most innovative and daring album. The essays in this book assess the band's accomplishment in their 1966 masterpiece from a variety of perspectives, from their use of harmonies and accidentals, to the technological and marketing significance of the album's recording and distribution, and its influence on the development of rock music.
Contents
Of the beginning - Introduction, Russell Reising, when i'm in the middle of a dream: remembering "Revolver". Part 1 Where do they all come from? - "Revolver"'s influences: Detroit and Memphis - the soul of Revolver, Walter Everett; I'm Eleanor Rigby - female identity and "Revolver", Jacqueline Warwick; Sailing to the sun - "Revolver"'s influence on Pink Floyd, Shaugn O'Donnell. Part II It is shining - "Revolver"'s musicality: "Revolver" as a pivotal art work - structure, harmony and vocal harmonization, Steven Valdez; Tonal family resemblance in Revolver, Naphtali Wagner; A flood of flat-sevenths, Ger Tillekens. Part III And our friends were all abroad - "Revolver"'s players: Tomorrow never knows - the contribution of George Martin and his production team to the Beatles' new sound, Kari Macdonald and Sarah Hudson Kaufman; The Beatles for everyone - rearranging base and superstructure in the rock ballad, Cyrus Schleifer; Ringo 'round "Revolver" - rythmn, timbre and tempo in rock rumming, Steven Bauer; The Beatle who became a man - "Revolver" and George Harrison's metamorphosis, Matthew Bannister; Premature turns - thematic disruptions in the American version of "Revolver", James LeBlanc. Part IV Here, there and everywhere - "Revolver"'s themes: Love is all and love is everyone - a discussion of four musical portraits, Sheila Whitely; The Beatles, postmodernism and ill-tempered musical form - cleaning my gun, or, the use of accidentals in Revolver, Ronald Schleifer; It is not dying - "Revolver" and the birth of psychedelic sound, Russell Reising; He helps you to understand - "Revolver"'s history - A quality of exhiliration - 35 years of reactions to "Revolver", Quentin Bailey; It is knowing.
