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Release Date: August 5, 1966
Length: 34:58
Recorded: Abbey Road Studios, London, United Kingdom
Label: Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
Revolver is the seventh album by The Beatles, released on 5 August 1966. Many of the tracks on Revolver are marked by an electric guitar-rock sound, in contrast with their previous, folk rock inspired Rubber Soul. It reached #1 on both the UK chart and U.S. chart and stayed at the top spot for seven weeks and six weeks, respectively.
It was released before the Beatles' last tour in August 1966, but they did not perform songs from the album live. Their reasoning for this was that many of the tracks on the album, for example "Tomorrow Never Knows", were too complex to perform with live instruments.
A key production technique used for the first time on this album was automatic double tracking (ADT), invented by EMI engineer Ken Townsend on 6 April 1966. This technique used two linked tape recorders to automatically create a doubled vocal track. The standard method was to double the vocal by singing the same piece twice onto a multitrack tape, a task Lennon particularly disliked. The Beatles were reportedly delighted with the invention, and used it extensively on Revolver. ADT quickly became a standard pop production technique, and led to related developments, including the artificial chorus effect.
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 Please Please Me - 1963
With the Beatles - 1963
A Hard Day's Night - 1964
Beatles for Sale - 1964
Help! - 1965
Rubber Soul - 1965
Revolver - 1966
Magical Mystery Tour - 1967
Yellow Submarine - 1969
Abbey Road - 1969
Let It Be - 1970
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