Revolver

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The song ends with group harmonies repeating the title phrase, [229] creating an effect that Riley likens to a "cascade" of voices "enter[ing] from different directions, like sun peeping through the trees". Regarded by some commentators as the start of the group's psychedelic period, the songs reflect their interest in the drug LSD, Eastern philosophy and the avant-garde while addressing themes such as death and transcendence of material concerns. For the guitar solo, Harrison recorded two separate lines: the first with a clean sound, while on the second, he played his Gibson SG through a fuzzbox.

While arranging dates for the band's world tour, [29] Epstein agreed to a proposal by journalist Maureen Cleave for the Beatles to be interviewed separately for a series of articles that would explore each of the band members' personality and lifestyle beyond his identity as a Beatle. As with "Rain", the basic track was recorded at a faster tempo before being subjected to varispeeding. The Beatles celebrated the project's completion by attending the opening of Sibylla's, [77] a nightclub in which Harrison had a financial stake. According to Philip Norman, Revolver captured the confidence of summer 1966: "It was hot pavements, open windows, King's Road bistros and England soccer stripes. No group has been as consistently creative as the Beatles, though the [Lovin'] Spoonful and Beach Boys are coming closer all the time.The latter image proved instantly controversial in America due to its depiction of dismembered baby dolls and raw meat.

The Beatles each prepared loops at home, [116] and a selection of these sounds were then added to the musical backing of "Tomorrow Never Knows".

According to author and academic Nick Bromell, "I Want to Tell You" and the next two tracks on Revolver are the first examples of pop music "giving voice to the complexities of the breakthrough experience" afforded by LSD and other psychedelic drugs. Ryan and Kehew quote Emerick as saying: "I know for a fact that, from the day it came out, Revolver changed the way that everyone else made records.