Revolver (Beatles album) group collective since 1962, and gave them an unprecedented amount of time to prepare for a new album. Writing in "The Beatles Forever", Nicholas Schaffner cites 1966 as the start of the band's "'psychedelic' period" and adds: "That adjective implies not only the influence of certain mind-altering chemicals, but also the freewheeling spectrum of wide-ranging colors that their new music seemed to evoke." Music journalist Carol Clerk describes "Revolver" as having been "decisively informed by acid", following John Lennon and George Harrison's continued experimentation with the drug LSD since the spring of 1965.<ref name="Clerk/Uncut"> Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).</ref>
The Beatles' Second Album The Beatles' Second Album The Beatles' Second Album is the Beatles' second Capitol Records album, and their third album released in the United States including "Introducing... The Beatles" released three months earlier on Vee-Jay Records. "The Beatles' Second Album" replaced "Meet the Beatles!" at number one on the album charts in the US. In 2004 "The Beatles' Second Album" was issued for the first time on compact disc (catalogue number CDP 7243 8 66877 2 2), (CDP 7243 8 66878 2 1) as part of "The Capitol Albums, Volume 1" boxed set and was issued in a miniature cardboard replica