In 2004, Revolver appeared at number 2 in The Observer 's list of "The 100 Greatest British Albums", compiled by a panel of 100 contributors. [446] In 2006, it was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best albums [450] and topped a similar list compiled by Hot Press. [451] That same year, Guitar World readers chose it as the tenth best guitar album of all time. [452] In 2010, Revolver was named the best pop album by the official newspaper of the Holy See, L'Osservatore Romano. [453] In 2013, Entertainment Weekly placed the album at number 1 in its "All-Time Greatest" albums. [451] [454] In September 2020, Rolling Stone ranked Revolver at number 11 on its new list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [455] According to MacDonald, this was the "price" the Beatles paid alongside their being appointed MBEs in September 1965. [163] Aside from the financial imposition, Harrison was alarmed that the money was being used to fund the manufacture of military weapons. [164] The suspense over which album by the Beatles might be next in line to get a remix and bonus-filled boxed-set treatment is over: It’s officially “ Revolver.” RPM published its first Top LPs chart on 2 January 1967, almost five months after the release of Revolver. [471]

Bromell qualifies the statement by saying, "If we don't count the Holy Modal Rounders' 1964 cover of Leadbelly's ' Hesitation Blues'", which included a newly written verse referring to "the psychedelic blues". [256] Wells, Matt (9 November 1999). "How Robbie headed Amadeus in the race to be music's man of the millennium". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 June 2020. The expanded ‘Revolver’ box set is more like the early ‘Sgt Pepper’ reissue in that it does not contain any unreleased Beatles songs. Disc’s two and three feature alternate takes from the sessions, while disc one is a new stereo mix of the original album and disc four is a mono mix of the original album. a b Rolling Stone staff (31 May 2012). "500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 3. The Beatles, 'Revolver' ". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018 . Retrieved 4 October 2018. a b Shutler, Ali (30 August 2022). "Deluxe boxset of The Beatles' 'Revolver' to be released". NME . Retrieved 11 September 2022.Greatest Beatles Songs: 37. 'She Said, She Said' ". rollingstone.com. 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011 . Retrieved 24 June 2017. Christgau, Robert (December 1967). "Columns: December 1967 ( Esquire)". robertchristgau.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 24 June 2017. American producer Tony Visconti has cited the album as a work that "showed how the studio could be used as an instrument" and partly inspired his relocation to London in the late 1960s, "to learn how people made records like this". [140]

Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3. a b Kemp, Mark (8 September 2009). "The Beatles: The Long and Winding Repertoire". Paste. p.59. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013 . Retrieved 24 June 2017.Apple Corps and Universal Music have confirmed that a deluxe celebration of the 1966 release — which, like the Beatle boxes that have preceded it, will include a Giles Martin remix — is in the pipeline for this fall. The Beatles producer Giles Martin has confirmed a deluxe boxset of the band’s 1966 album ‘Revolver’ is in the works.