''Revolution!'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band

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, on

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(CS 9521). Produced by

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and released in 1967, it reached number 25 on the U.S. albums chart and yielded two top 40 singles. The album cover photo was taken on the porch of a house located at the corner of East 15th Street and Mississippi Avenue in

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Release and reception

''Revolution!'' featured such

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s as

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and

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. It peaked at number 25 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. In a 1967 review, ''

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'' called the album a "driving package" that should continue the band's "successful chart string." The tracks " Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be?", "I Had a Dream", "Mo'reen", "Tighter" and "Gone - Movin' On" were named album highlights.

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's Jack Rabid wrote: "If not as consistently a knockout as '' Spirit of '67'', ''Revolution!'' is nevertheless right on its heels, containing as it does an even greater degree of pop experimentation within the form." Rabid described singer and songwriter

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as a "minor marvel" and "the glue that holds what would have been a willy-nilly collection together." This album was remastered and rereleased by

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on November 19, 1996 with bonus tracks.

Original track listing

All songs written by

and

Side 1

# " Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be?" — 2:50 # "Reno" — 2:24 # "Upon Your Leaving" — 3:12 # "Mo'reen" — 2:30 # "Wanting You" — 2:52 # "Gone - Movin' On" — 2:34

Side 2

# "I Had a Dream" — 2:20 # "Tighter" — 1:59 # "Make It with Me" — 3:07 # "Ain't Nobody Who Can Do It Like Leslie Can" — 2:19 # "I Hear a Voice" — 2:49

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1996 version

# "Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be?" — 2:50 # "Reno" — 2:24 # "Upon Your Leaving" — 3:12 # "Mo'reen" — 2:30 # "Wanting You" — 2:52 # "Gone - Movin' On" — 2:34 # "I Had a Dream" (

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, Lindsay, Melcher, David Porter) — 2:20 # "Tighter" — 1:59 # "Make It With Me" — 3:07 # "Ain't Nobody Who Can Do It Like Leslie Can" — 2:19 # "I Hear a Voice" — 2:49 # "Ups and Downs" — 2:49 (Bonus track) # "Try Some of Mine" — 2:45 (Bonus track) # "Legend of Paul Revere" — 3:49 (Bonus track)

Chart performance

Personnel

*Paul Revere - keyboards *

- vocals, saxophone *Mike "Smitty" Smith - drums *Charlie Coe - bass guitar *Drake "Kid" Levin - lead guitar *Phil "Fang" Volk - bass guitar *Jim "Harpo" Valley - lead guitar * Freddy Weller - lead guitar *Joe Correro, Jr. - drums

References

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