 Whereas "Sgt.Pepper" had long been identified as the Beatles' greatest album, since the 2000s "Revolver" has often surpassed it in lists of the group's best work.Sheffield cites the album's 1987 CD release, with the full complement of Lennon compositions, as marking the start of a process whereby "Revolver" "steadily climbed in public estimation" to become recognised as the Beatles' finest work.