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== Summary == {{Non-free use rationale album cover | Article = Revolver (Beatles album) | Use = Infobox <!-- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION --> | Name = ''Revolver'' | Artist = [[the Beatles]] | Label = [[Parlophone]]/[[EMI]] | Graphic Artist = Klaus Voormann | Item = | Type = album | Website = | Owner = | Commentary = <!--OVERRIDE FIELDS --> | Description = | Source = Resampled from digital copy included on The Beatles USB Box Set | Portion = | Low_resolution = | Purpose = <!--Must be specified if Use is not Infobox / Header / Section / Artist--> | Replaceability = | other_information = }} {{Non-free use rationale album cover | Article = Cultural impact of the Beatles | Use = Appears in a section discussing the Beatles' influence on album artwork, as one of several aspects of artistic presentation they pioneered during their career <!-- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION --> | Name = Revolver | Artist = [[the Beatles]] | Label = [[Parlophone]]/[[EMI]] | Graphic Artist = Klaus Voormann | Item = | Type = album | Website = | Owner = | Commentary = <!--OVERRIDE FIELDS --> | Description = | Source = Resampled from digital copy included on The Beatles USB Box Set | Portion = | Low_resolution = | Purpose = The image is used as an example of the Beatles' influence on LP cover design during the 1960s and how their covers furthered the medium as an art form. The text discusses the creation and significance of the ''Revolver'' sleeve, particularly how the design reinforced the album-wide aesthetic of change and the reinvention of the Beatles' public image. The description includes mention of how the line-drawing caricatures contrast with a collage of photos as if the latter represent an explosion of ideas emanating from the 1966-era band members' heads, bound up in the long hair synonymous with the Beatles' public image. The ''Revolver'' sleeve image is also cited as an example of how the Beatles' album artwork provided the catalyst for record-company art designers to incorporate drug allusions in LP covers for their artists. Mention is also made of ''Revolver''{{'}}s recognition at the 1967 Grammy Awards, where it won in the category of Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts βΒ the first rock album to do so | Replaceability = | other_information = }}
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