Revolution 9

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Revolution 9 is an experimental avant-garde sound collage by the Beatles, notable for its abstract structure and heavy use of tape loops and spoken-word elements.

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Label Occurrences
Revolution 9 canonical 2
Beatles song "Revolution 9" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf avant-garde composition ⓘ
experimental music work ⓘ
song ⓘ
sound collage ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Revolution No. 9 ⓘ
linked to: Revolution #9
artist The Beatles ⓘ
composer George Harrison ⓘ
John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
Yoko Ono ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
derivedFrom improvised jam at the end of "Revolution 1" ⓘ
featuresSpokenWordBy George Harrison ⓘ
George Martin ⓘ
John Lennon ⓘ
Yoko Ono ⓘ
genre avant-garde ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
musique concrète ⓘ
hasCriticalReception polarizing ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasNotableSample repeated phrase "number nine" ⓘ
hasTheme chaos ⓘ
media saturation ⓘ
war imagery ⓘ
isRelatedWork Revolution 1 ⓘ
length 8:22 ⓘ
notableFor abstract structure ⓘ
extensive spoken-word elements ⓘ
heavy use of tape loops ⓘ
lack of conventional melody and rhythm ⓘ
partOfAlbum The Beatles ⓘ
performer George Harrison ⓘ
John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
Ringo Starr ⓘ
positionOnAlbum side four ⓘ
track 5 on disc two of The Beatles ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
recordedBy EMI Studios, London ⓘ
recordLabel Apple Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
usesElement crowd noise ⓘ
orchestral samples ⓘ
sound effects ⓘ
spoken word ⓘ
usesTechnique sound collage ⓘ
tape loops ⓘ

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The Beatles (White Album) → hasPart → Revolution 9 ⓘ
Revolution → hasVersion → Revolution 9 ⓘ
number9dream → titleInspiredBy → Beatles song "Revolution 9" ⓘ
linked to: Revolution 9