In the United Kingdom, the album's 14 tracks were gradually distributed to radio stations in the weeks before its release. In North America, "Revolver" was reduced to 11 songs by Capitol Records, with the omitted three appearing on the June 1966 LP "Yesterday and Today". The release there coincided with the Beatles' final concert tour and the controversy surrounding John Lennon's remark that the band had become "more popular than Jesus". The album topped the "Record Retailer" chart in the UK for seven weeks and the US "Billboard" Top LPs list for six weeks. Critical reaction was highly favourable in the UK but less so in the US amid the press's unease at the band's outspokenness on contemporary issues.