According to Paul Du Noyer , Revolver marked The Beatles ' arrival as `` psychedelic gurus '' .
Writing in Paste , Mark Kemp says that the album `` completed [ the Beatles ' ] transformation from the mop tops of three years earlier into bold , groundbreaking experimental rockers '' , while Paul Du Noyer , in a review for Blender , said that it marked the group 's arrival as `` psychedelic gurus '' and was a work in which the Beatles `` revolutionized their own style and rock music itself ... with the boldest innovations of the band ’ s career '' .