Today’s album review is one of major importance to me. The Beatles are no doubt the best musical group of all time. I will here absoloutely no argument otherwise. So today I grade what I believe is there best album. Revolver, it is also the first musical album I ever listened too. See I didn’t really listen to music until I was in about the sixth grade. The story goes our teacher assigned us a biography assignment and for some odd reason I found the Beatles book in the library thought oh my dad likes these guys and began. I read that Biography probably four times, it wasn’t anything huge it was a book designed for fifth graders. When I bought it up with my dad he gave me the only Beatles album he owned, Revolver. I immediately fell in love with it I got a cd player, as that was the style at the time, and had it plugged in and playing the Beatles at all times through the sixth grade. I know every Beatles song word by word by heart, I love the band more than any other music I have ever heard. If this scores too high, personal bias is probably to blame.
Revolver By The Beatles
Taxman 10
Elanor Rigby 9.5
I’m only sleeping 9
Love You To 8
Here There and Everywhere 8.5
Yellow Submarine 8
She said She said 8.5
Good Day Sunshine 10
And Your Bird Can Sing 8
For No One 8.5
Doctor Robert 9.5
I want to tell you 8
Got to Get you into my heart 10
Tomorrow Never Knows 8
The album starts with an unapologetic banger. Taxman is probably one of my favorite Beatles songs. The album then takes on a darker tone. Elanor Rigby, the story of a bride left at the alter (my interpretation) and a priest who is writing a sermon that no one will ever here sends shivers down my spine every time. “Father Mckenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave” after hemming his socks in the night while there’s nobody there is one of the better lyrics of all time in my opinion, the song is easy to connect with, heart break. The album then gives me my favorite song to listen to when I’m groggy in the morning, I’m only sleeping. Literally about not wanting to get out of bed the guitar interludes make this song though. The album then softens out and here there and everywhere gives a charming love song that gets you a little teary eyed if you’re in that kind of headspace. Yellow Sumbarine gets a eight because while yes it was a song of my childhood there is really no substance to it and while catchy I just don’t think it fits the album. People love it but its my lest favorite song on the album, it says a lot that my least favorite song on the album gets an eight. Then good day sunshine bellows and the second ten score of the album is gained. The song is just happy, even when your sad you can put it on and you feel a little better. My uncle Matt always describes the Beatles the best “you never have to be in a mood to listen to the Beatles. The Beatles are always good.” Doctor Robert is my favorite “deep cut” from this album. It’s a good song to just chill out to and no one can succeed like Doctor Robert. Got to get you into my heart is another ten on this album. Why? The blaring trumpets are a nice touch it’s a catchy beat and the dulcet tones of Paul McCartney take you through the first half of the song and then the passion comes out in a rough yet smooth sensation of the ear that is hard to put into words when he so desperately sings that he needs to get you into his life. Tommorow never knows closes out the album with a psychedelic dream scape.
The Final Verdict
8.9