Editing Revolver (Beatles album) (section)

=== Retrospective assessments ===
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="Erlewine/AM">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/revolver-mw0000189174|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|title=The Beatles ''Revolver''|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625230353/http://www.allmusic.com/album/revolver-mw0000189174|archive-date=25 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev2Score = A+<ref name="Klosterman">{{cite news|last=Klosterman|first=Chuck|author-link=Chuck Klosterman|date=8 September 2009|url=https://www.avclub.com/chuck-klosterman-repeats-the-beatles-1798217828|title=Chuck Klosterman Repeats The Beatles|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522154556/http://www.avclub.com/articles/chuck-klosterman-repeats-the-beatles%2C32560/|archive-date=22 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="DuNoyer/Blender">{{cite magazine|last=Du Noyer|first=Paul|date=2004|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2950|title=The Beatles ''Revolver''|magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504144501/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2950 |archive-date=4 May 2006 |access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="McCormick/Tele">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6150301/The-Beatles-Revolver-review.html | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | first=Neil | last=McCormick | title=The Beatles – Revolver, review | date=7 September 2009 | access-date=24 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517152241/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6150301/The-Beatles-Revolver-review.html | archive-date=17 May 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{sfn|Larkin|2006|p=489}}
| rev6 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev6Score = 4.5/5{{sfn|Graff|Durchholz|1999|p=88}}
| rev7 = ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''
| rev7Score = 100/100<ref name="Kemp/Paste">{{cite web|last=Kemp|first=Mark|date=8 September 2009|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/the-beatles-the-long-and-winding-repertoire.html|title=The Beatles: The Long and Winding Repertoire|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date=24 June 2017|page=59|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023065059/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/09/the-beatles-the-long-and-winding-repertoire.html|archive-date=23 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev8Score = 10/10<ref name="Plagenhoef/Pitchfork">{{cite web |last=Plagenhoef |first=Scott |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13434-revolver/ |title=The Beatles: Revolver Album Review |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=9 September 2009 |access-date=24 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620192306/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13434-revolver/ |archive-date=20 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=51}}
| rev10 = Sputnikmusic
| rev10Score = 5/5<ref name="Campbell">{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Hernan M.|date=27 February 2012|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/48319/The-Beatles-Revolver/|title=Review: The Beatles – Revolver|publisher=Sputnikmusic|access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref>
}}
In the 2004 edition of ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'', [[Rob Sheffield]] wrote that ''Revolver'' found the Beatles "at the peak of their powers, competing with one another because nobody else could touch them"; he described it as "the best album the Beatles ever made, which means the best album by anybody".{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=53}} Writing for ''[[PopMatters]]'' that year, David Medsker said that ''Revolver'' showed the four band members "peaking at the exact same time", and he deemed it to be "the best of the bunch, the letter that went unanswered" among a series of reciprocally influential musical statements exchanged between the Beatles and the Beach Boys over 1965–67.<ref name="Medsker/PM">{{cite web|last=Medsker |first=David |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/beatles-revolvermft/ |title=The Beatles: Revolver |website=[[PopMatters]] |date=29 March 2004 |access-date=24 June 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619191640/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/beatles-revolvermft/ |archive-date=19 June 2013 }}</ref> In a 2007 appraisal of the band's albums, Henry Yates of ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' magazine paired it with ''Sgt. Pepper's'' as the two "essential classics" in the Beatles' canon and described it as "Always the rock fraternity's favourite (and the blueprint for [[Noel Gallagher]]'s career)".<ref>{{cite web|last=Yates|first=Henry|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-beatles-best-albums-buyers-guide-collection|title=The Beatles – A guide to their best albums|work=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|date=14 November 2017|orig-year=2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418185649/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-beatles-best-albums-buyers-guide-collection|archive-date=18 April 2019|access-date=20 August 2020}}</ref> Writing in ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'', [[Mark Kemp]] says that the album "completed [the Beatles'] transformation from the mop tops of three years earlier into bold, groundbreaking experimental rockers",<ref name="Kemp/Paste" /> while [[Paul Du Noyer]], in a review for ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'', said that it marked the group's arrival as "psychedelic gurus" and was a work in which the Beatles "revolutionized their own style and rock music itself{{nbsp}}... with the boldest innovations of the band's career".<ref name="DuNoyer/Blender" />

[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] describes ''Revolver'' as "the ultimate modern pop album". While noting the diverse musical directions adopted by Lennon, McCartney and Harrison in their respective contributions, he states: "The biggest miracle of ''Revolver'' may be that the Beatles covered so much new stylistic ground and executed it perfectly on one record, or it may be that all of it holds together perfectly."<ref name="Erlewine/AM" /> In his review for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', [[Neil McCormick]] says that the album shows the band at their most unified and is a work in which "they introduce whole new vistas of sound yet still contain them within tightly structured and performed songs." He also attributes an acerbic quality to the album that psychedelia lacked once the genre succumbed to "the woolly politics of [[flower power]]".<ref name="McCormick/Tele" /> Scott Plagenhoef of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' views ''Revolver'' as a "sonic landmark" that, in its lyrics, "matur[ed] pop from the stuff of teen dreams to a more serious pursuit that actively reflected and shaped the times in which its creators lived". He considers it to be McCartney's "maturation record" as a songwriter in the same way that ''Rubber Soul'' had been for Lennon.<ref name="Plagenhoef/Pitchfork" />

Chris Coplan of ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' is less impressed with the album, rating it a "B" and "the black sheep of the Beatles' catalog". Although he admires the psychedelic tone, he considers that this experimentalism renders the more standard pop songs, such as "Got to Get You into My Life" and "Here, There and Everywhere", "seemingly out of place" within the collection.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coplan|first=Chris|date=20 September 2009|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/09/album-review-the-beatles-revolver-remastered/|title=Album Review: The Beatles – Revolver <nowiki>[Remastered]</nowiki>|website=[[Consequence of Sound]]|access-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613212430/https://consequenceofsound.net/2009/09/album-review-the-beatles-revolver-remastered/|archive-date=13 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for [[Rough Guides]], Chris Ingham describes it as "clearly brilliant" but adds: "There's an edge to the sound and a danger in the air{{nbsp}}... that makes listening to it an uncomfortable trip. It's easy to admire, even to be awed by, but some listeners find ''Revolver'' a little harder to love."{{sfn|Ingham|2006|p=41}} In retrospect, Christgau says he prefers ''Sgt. Pepper'', ''Rubber Soul'' and ''[[Abbey Road]]'' to ''Revolver'', finding the latter "somewhat cluttered" but nevertheless worthy of a "high A minus".<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=18 March 2020|url=https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/xgau-sez-067|title=Xgau Sez|work=And It Don't Stop|publisher=Substack|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref>