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* EnsembleDarkhorse: For a long time, ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' was viewed as the Beatles' artistic peak, and it certainly had the biggest social impact at the time of release. However, many Fab Four fans have claimed that ''Revolver'' is the better album at least since 1974, when Roy Carr & Tony Tyler first published the quote featured on [[Music/RevolverBeatlesAlbum the main page]].[[note]]They also wrote that "[U]nlike the later ''Sgt. Pepper'', [''Revolver''] has aged well -- it's even matured -- and the wealth of musical invention, social observation and downright intuition are as fresh today as when the album was originally issued."[[/note]] In 1996, ''Beatlefan'' magazine published "a 30th anniversary salute" to ''Revolver'' with the provocative title "Their Best Album? If You Say ''Sgt. Pepper'', Maybe You'd Better Think Again!" In his book about the LP, Robert Rodriguez calls it "a dark horse within the Beatles' oeuvre".
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: In the post UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan-UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher era, it can be hard to believe that "one for you, nineteen for me" is not an exaggeration; the British government in 1966 really did have a 95% top marginal tax rate.[[note]]That's ''marginal'' tax rate; that is, only your income over a certain very high amount was taxed at 95%[[/note]]
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* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: The fact that "I'm Only Sleeping" has a backwards guitar riff on it. And it was a complete accident.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The album's title is a {{Pun}} on a type of handgun and the revolving motion of a record as it spins on the turntable, but it can hard not to feel somewhat uncomfortable about it when thinking about how Music/JohnLennon would eventually die after being shot with a .38 revolver.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The album's title is a {{Pun}} on a type of handgun and the revolving motion of a record as it spins on the turntable, but it can hard not to feel somewhat uncomfortable about it when thinking about how Music/JohnLennon would eventually die after being shot be murdered with a .38 revolver.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As hard as it is to believe given it's now considered one of the Beatles' masterpieces, the album got this reaction from the band's original fanbase of teenage girls due to its experimentalism.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As hard as it is to believe given that [[VindicatedByHistory it's now considered one of the Beatles' masterpieces, masterpieces]], the album got this reaction from the band's original fanbase of teenage girls due to its experimentalism.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: For a long time, ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' was viewed as the Beatles' artistic peak, and it certainly had the biggest social impact at the time of release. However, many Fab Four fans have claimed that ''Revolver'' is the better album at least since 1974, when Roy Carr & Tony Tyler first published the quote featured on [[Music/RevolverBeatlesAlbum the main page]].[[note]]They also wrote that "[U]nlike the later ''Sgt. Pepper'', [''Revolver''] has aged well--it's even matured--and the wealth of musical invention, social observation and downright intuition are as fresh today as when the album was originally issued."[[/note]] In 1996, ''Beatlefan'' magazine published "a 30th anniversary salute" to ''Revolver'' with the provocative title "Their Best Album? If You Say ''Sgt. Pepper'', Maybe You'd Better Think Again!" In his book about the LP, Robert Rodriguez calls it "a dark horse within the Beatles' oeuvre".

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: For a long time, ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' was viewed as the Beatles' artistic peak, and it certainly had the biggest social impact at the time of release. However, many Fab Four fans have claimed that ''Revolver'' is the better album at least since 1974, when Roy Carr & Tony Tyler first published the quote featured on [[Music/RevolverBeatlesAlbum the main page]].[[note]]They also wrote that "[U]nlike the later ''Sgt. Pepper'', [''Revolver''] has aged well--it's well -- it's even matured--and matured -- and the wealth of musical invention, social observation and downright intuition are as fresh today as when the album was originally issued."[[/note]] In 1996, ''Beatlefan'' magazine published "a 30th anniversary salute" to ''Revolver'' with the provocative title "Their Best Album? If You Say ''Sgt. Pepper'', Maybe You'd Better Think Again!" In his book about the LP, Robert Rodriguez calls it "a dark horse within the Beatles' oeuvre".



* HarsherInHindsight: The album's name, "Revolver", was a wordplay on a type of handgun and the revolving motion of a record as it spins on the turntable, but it can hard not to feel somewhat uncomfortable about it when thinking about how Music/JohnLennon would eventually die after being shot with a .38 revolver.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The album's name, "Revolver", was title is a wordplay {{Pun}} on a type of handgun and the revolving motion of a record as it spins on the turntable, but it can hard not to feel somewhat uncomfortable about it when thinking about how Music/JohnLennon would eventually die after being shot with a .38 revolver.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The album's name, "Revolver", was a wordplay on a type of handgun and the revolving motion of a record as it spins on the turntable, but it can hard not to feel somewhat uncomfortable about it when thinking about how Music/JohnLennon would eventually die after being shot with a .38 revolver.


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* HarsherInHindsight: The album's name, "Revolver", was a wordplay on a type of handgun and the revolving motion of a record as it spins on the turntable, but it can hard not to feel somewhat uncomfortable about it when thinking about how Music/JohnLennon would eventually die after being shot with a .38 revolver.
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* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: The fact that "I'm Only Sleeping" has a backwards guitar riff on it. And it was a complete accident.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: In the song "Taxman" British politicians UsefulNotes/HaroldWilson and UsefulNotes/EdwardHeath are referenced, making it one of the few Beatles songs that directly reference 1960s society. When George later performed the song in concert in 1991 (in what would be released on his ''Live in Japan'' album), he updated the lyrics slightly, adding another verse changing the political references to ones more relevant of the era (UsefulNotes/JohnMajor, UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin, UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush).
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: For a long time, ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' was viewed as the Beatles' artistic peak, and it certainly had the biggest social impact at the time of release. However, many Fab Four fans have claimed that ''Revolver'' is the better album at least since 1974, when Roy Carr & Tony Tyler first published the quote featured on [[Music/{{Revolver}} the main page]].[[note]]They also wrote that "[U]nlike the later ''Sgt. Pepper'', [''Revolver''] has aged well--it's even matured--and the wealth of musical invention, social observation and downright intuition are as fresh today as when the album was originally issued."[[/note]] In 1996, ''Beatlefan'' magazine published "a 30th anniversary salute" to ''Revolver'' with the provocative title "Their Best Album? If You Say ''Sgt. Pepper'', Maybe You'd Better Think Again!" In his book about the LP, Robert Rodriguez calls it "a dark horse within the Beatles' oeuvre".

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: For a long time, ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' was viewed as the Beatles' artistic peak, and it certainly had the biggest social impact at the time of release. However, many Fab Four fans have claimed that ''Revolver'' is the better album at least since 1974, when Roy Carr & Tony Tyler first published the quote featured on [[Music/{{Revolver}} [[Music/RevolverBeatlesAlbum the main page]].[[note]]They also wrote that "[U]nlike the later ''Sgt. Pepper'', [''Revolver''] has aged well--it's even matured--and the wealth of musical invention, social observation and downright intuition are as fresh today as when the album was originally issued."[[/note]] In 1996, ''Beatlefan'' magazine published "a 30th anniversary salute" to ''Revolver'' with the provocative title "Their Best Album? If You Say ''Sgt. Pepper'', Maybe You'd Better Think Again!" In his book about the LP, Robert Rodriguez calls it "a dark horse within the Beatles' oeuvre".
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: For a long time, ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' was viewed as the Beatles' artistic peak, and it certainly had the biggest social impact at the time of release. However, many Fab Four fans have claimed that ''Revolver'' is the better album at least since 1974, when Roy Carr & Tony Tyler first published the quote featured on [[Music/{{Revolver}} the main page]].[[note]]They also wrote that "[U]nlike the later ''Sgt. Pepper'', [''Revolver''] has aged well--it's even matured--and the wealth of musical invention, social observation and downright intuition are as fresh today as when the album was originally issued."[[/note]] In 1996, ''Beatlefan'' magazine published "a 30th anniversary salute" to ''Revolver'' with the provocative title "Their Best Album? If You Say ''Sgt. Pepper'', Maybe You'd Better Think Again!" In his book about the LP, Robert Rodriguez calls it "a dark horse within the Beatles' oeuvre".
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The album's name, "Revolver", was a wordplay on a type of handgun and the revolving motion of a record as it spins on the turntable, but it can hard not to feel somewhat uncomfortable about it when thinking about how Music/JohnLennon would eventually die after being shot with a .38 revolver.
* GenreTurningPoint: The album continued the band's shift toward focusing on albums, pulling the rest of the rock and pop world with them. They also introduced advanced tape manipulation techniques to popular music with tracks like "I'm Only Sleeping" and "Tomorrow Never Knows".
* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: "Yellow Submarine," especially if you liked it as a kid, evokes an unprecedented feeling of innocence.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As hard as it is to believe given it's now considered one of the Beatles' masterpieces, the album got this reaction from the band's original fanbase of teenage girls due to its experimentalism.
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