Him Or Me What’s It Gonna Be/Reno/Upon Your Leaving/Mo’reen/Wanting You/Gone Movin’ On/I Had A Dream/ Tighter/Make It With Me/Ain’t Nobody That Can Do It Like Leslie Can/I Hear A Voice
After two years as top American pop idols, Paul Revere and The Raiders popularity begins to dip, demonstrated by the rather poor US album chart showing of their Revolution! LP. Him Or Me What's It Gonna Be? was a US No. 5 hit single. (US:25)
"This marks a substantial backstep form their otherwise unbroken progression from the obsolete R & B sound of their early releases, towards a much more garage flavoured pop. This one lacks the great period flavour of the earlier LP's. Only a couple of bright spots on this one."
"This would be the last album Terry Melcher would produce for The Raiders and subsequent albums suffer from his departure. Melcher was much of the creative genius of this group, his recognition as such should be greater than what it is. This is a good album for its day. A true Raider fan should have this one in his collection."
"Revolution is no slouch, taking the widened musical horizons of the preceding release folk-rock and sunshine pop interspersed with the R & B laced frat-rock stompers which made their early name - and homogenizing them. The result is an album which sounds more consistent than Spirit Of 67, but retains its charm."
"They balance the garage aggression with blues and a sort of bubblegum melodic treatment that doesn't seem cheesy, just incredibly infectious and groovy with a rockin' edge."
"Revolution is what I consider to be a highly enjoyable collection of short little pop songs. While the creative juices were running high for the band on this album, it's the way the melodies roll off so enjoyably that makes the music on this record so great. The album kicks off with an almost Beach Boys like Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be? It's of course, very melodic, just like the rest of side one."
"Although this album is somewhat lacking in total artistic statement, several of the cuts found their way to the charts and into the hearts of future American power pop ravers. Basically a show band, in the studio it was mainly the lead vocalist and guitarist that performed their duties."
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