Revolver (Beatles album) as the Beatles'. While also highlighting the importance of the production, David Howard writes that "Revolver" was a "genre-transforming album", on which Martin and the Beatles had "obliterated recording studio conventions". Combined with the similarly "visionary" work of American producer Phil Spector, Howard continues, through "Revolver", the recording studio had become "its own instrument; record production had been elevated into art." Whereas "Sgt. Pepper" had long been identified as the Beatles' greatest album, since the 2000s "Revolver" has often surpassed it in lists of the group's best work. Sheffield cites the album's 1987 CD release, with the full complement of
The Beatles (album) avant-garde "Revolution 9". "The Beatles" was issued on 22 November 1968 in Britain, with a US release following three days later. The album's working title, "A Doll's House", had been changed when the English progressive rock band Family released the similarly titled "Music in a Doll's House" earlier that year. Schaffner wrote in 1977 of the name that was adopted for the Beatles' double album: "From the day of release, everybody referred to "The Beatles" as 'the White Album.'" "The Beatles" was the third album to be released by Apple Records, following Harrison's "Wonderwall Music", and Lennon’s "Two Virgins". Martin