Revolver Entry

The musical image of the Beatles prior to the release of Revolver was like most albums of their time, consisting of mostly "boy girl love songs"; fitting in with the rest of the pop society with songs like "I Want To Hold Your Hand". Coming with a new sound for the Beatles was not just inspired from a want to make good music as a lot of it was a response to band members using LSD and having a lot of travel and time on their hands. They also had to compete and, sort of catch up with the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album that featured songs that came purely from artistic vision, not just the desire to have a typical pop song. One of the things I found fascinating about the album was the way the studio was used as an instrument, like the way John Lennon sung through a rotating speaker that was made to be used on an organ which is also an innovation to vocals never before seen before that time. Other innovative creations to vocals was done in "Tomorrow Never Knows" that feature compression and artificial doubling of vocals. Revolver truly shows what can happen when things are in the right place at the right time. One of the key contributors to the success of this album musically was the amount of time they had to create a masterpiece, and not being pressured by any deadlines. On an inspirational note, it is clear to see that as a producer, it is important to give the music what it needs. In "Eleanor Rigby" there wasn't any instrumentation from any of the Beatles but still a great song was composed of it and nothing seemed to be missing. This is a very important concept to remember for future references in my career.