 He also attributes an acerbic quality to the album that psychedelia lacked once the genre succumbed to "the woolly politics of flower power".Scott Plagenhoef of "Pitchfork" views "Revolver" as a "sonic landmark" that, in its lyrics, "matur[ed] pop from the stuff of teen dreams to a more serious pursuit that actively reflected and shaped the times in which its creators lived".He considers it to be McCartney's "maturation record" as a songwriter in the same way that "Rubber Soul" had been for Lennon.