According to Turner, the album's combination of novel sounds and unusual subject matter "challenged all the conventions of pop" and it was the upcoming generation of writers who "got it immediately". Among these, Richard Goldstein of "The Village Voice" described "Revolver" as "a revolutionary record" that was "as important to the expansion of pop as was "Rubber Soul"". He added: "it seems now that we will view this album in retrospect as a key work in the development of rock and roll into an artistic pursuit ..." Another writer identified by Turner, Jules Siegel, likened "Revolver" to works by John Donne, Milton and Shakespeare, saying that the band's lyrics would provide the basis for scholarly analysis well into the future.