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 (album) your view". He concludes: "None of it sounds like it was meant to share album space together, but somehow "The Beatles" creates its own style and sound through its mess." Among reviews of the 2009 remastered album, Neil McCormick of "The Daily Telegraph" found that even its worst songs work within the context of such an eclectic and unconventional collection, which he rated "one of the greatest albums ever made". Writing for "Paste", Mark Kemp said "The Beatles" had been wrongly described as "three solo works in one (plus a Ringo song)", saying it "benefits from each member's wildly different