LSD, as well as a few other drugs was a non-musical interest that influenced both music and lyrical content for Revolver.
During the recording of Revolver, The Beatles used the studio as an instrument. A perfect example of this is the introduction to their song "Taxman". You can hear the band in the studio counting down before starting the song off. This made the listeners aware of the studio and the recording process. While recording Revolver, The Beatles also used the studio as an instrument by utilizing advanced technology including double tracking, phasers, flangers, harmonies, and compression.
There are many innovations that are found on this album, including strange tape loops to backwards guitars and vocals. The song "Tomorrow Never Knows" includes loops, psychedelic instruments, and sped-up guitars that sound like screaming seagulls. Double tracking of guitars is utilized in the song "She Said She Said" and the song "Love You Too", focuses on the genre of Indian Raga.
As a listener and industry professional, I am blown away by the musical and production quality of this album. I believe that this album, as well as Rubber Soul, really shows the musical and creative intelligence of the band. By accompanying different instruments such as sitars and strings on certain tracks of the album, like "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Eleanor Rigby", The Beatles expand upon their usual guitar and percussion arrangement and introduce different styles of music production. I especially like all of the innovations that were put into this album.
This was a fun post to read as a Beatles fan. The post was interesting and informative for someone who might not know much about the Beatles or the type of work they put into the Revolver album. I like how you tell the reader that the band had progressed from using the typical guitar, bass and drums to the use of instruments like the sitar and orchestral strings. You also talked about how the Beatles sort of brought the listener into the studio with them for this album buy counting off the beginning of Taxman and using other type of uncommon studio techniques, which was a good point. I enjoyed reading the post because I enjoy the Beatles so much and there are things in it that even big fans of The Beatles could learn something new from it.
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