New Inside

American singer Tiffany released her first two teen pop albums, Tiffany on June 29, 1987,"[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Tiffany&ti=Tiffany&format=Album&type=#search_section American album certifications – Tiffany – Tiffany]". Recording Industry Association of America. April 5, 1988. and Hold an Old Friend's Hand on November 21, 1988.{{Cite news |last=Britt |first=Bruce |date=November 11, 1988 |title=New LPs from Guns N' Roses, Tiffany due out |pages=37 |work=Kingsport Times-News |url=https://newspapers.com/image/594423098/?terms=tiffany%20hold%20an%20old%20friend%27s%20hand&match=1 |access-date=November 1, 2023}}"[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Tiffany&ti=Hold+an+Old+Friend%27s+Hand&format=Album&type=#search_section American album certifications – Tiffany – Hold an Old Friend's Hand]". Recording Industry Association of America. Her self-titled debut album explores the "growing pains of a wholesome California teen".Christgau, Robert (February 23, 1988). "[https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv2-88.php Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide]". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 4, 2023. It peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Pop Albums chart."[https://www.billboard.com/artist/tiffany/chart-history/tlp/ Tiffany Chart History (Billboard 200)]". Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2016. The album spawned five singles, including international hits "I Think We're Alone Now", "Could've Been", and "I Saw Him Standing There", the former two in which peaked at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100.{{Cite magazine |date= |title=Tiffany Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tiffany/chart-history/hsi/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 27, 2023}} Her second album, Hold an Old Friend's Hand, explores a theme of young adulthood,Buss, Bryan. "[https://www.allmusic.com/album/hold-an-old-friends-hand-mw0000197411 Hold an Old Friend's Hand Review by Bryan Buss]". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2023. though the themes from her first album remained.{{Cite news |last=Hunt |first=Dennis |date=December 5, 1988 |title=Tiffany turns out pop gem in 2nd album |pages=45 |work=Star Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/191293831/?terms=tiffany%20hold%20an%20old%20friend%27s%20hand&match=1 |access-date=October 28, 2023}} Though it does not replicate the success of her self-titled debut album, "All This Time" peaked at No. 6 on Billboard Hot 100, becoming her fourth and final top-ten single.

In 1989, Tiffany got her first voiceover role as Judy Jetson in Jetsons: The Movie at the age of 17 years,{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Vernon |date=July 10, 1990 |title=Tiffany explores a new direction by dubbing voice off Judy Jetson |pages=8 |work=The Indianapolis Star |url=https://newspapers.com/image/105993106/?terms=tiffany%20new%20inside&match=1 |access-date=November 4, 2023}} replacing most of Janet Waldo's original dialogue.{{Cite news |date=May 26, 1989 |title=[Unknown] |work=Los Angeles Herald Examiner |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58558-JETSONS-THEMOVIE?sid=12997cca-b942-4ff2-bbc0-e357575bdf03&sr=9.816468&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=November 4, 2023}}{{Efn|Some of Janet Waldo's dialogue as Judy Jetson remained intact in the film. It is unknown if these are errors.}} According to Vernon Scott of United Press International, her singing voice caught the attention of Joe Barbera and asked Tiffany to sing several songs for the film's soundtrack. In the now-defunct Los Angeles Herald Examiner article on May 26, 1989, Waldo stated that Tiffany was originally going to be the singing voice of Judy Jetson, but MCA Records convinced Universal Pictures to switch the voices altogether. The switchover was done to make the film more relevant to a younger audience. The film was released on July 6, 1990, to mixed reviews.{{Cite news |date=July 6, 1990 |title=Jetsons: The Movie Starts Today |pages=141 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-jetsons-movie-1990/112482182/ |access-date=November 4, 2023}}{{cite web |title=Jetsons: The Movie |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/jetsons-the-movie/critic-reviews |access-date=November 4, 2023 |website=Metacritic}}

Despite her international success, Tiffany was frustrated with the music business and her "pop star" image that was created for her.{{cite web |last=Eakin |first=Marah |date=2012-08-21 |title=Tiffany on "I Think We’re Alone Now," being the queen of the mall, and dubstep | Mall Week |url=https://www.avclub.com/tiffany-on-i-think-we-re-alone-now-being-the-queen-o-1798233135 |access-date=2013-03-01 |website=The A.V. Club}} In a 2012 interview with The A.V. Club, Tiffany recalled that several people told her to not change her image nor date any men. She further explained that girls were "dressing more sexy; music was changing." Tiffany decided to grow up as an artist, becoming a "little more edgy" and a "little bit more tuned-in". During 1989, she developed a new, sexier image for her third album.{{Cite news |last=Harmon |first=Rod |date=December 28, 2000 |title=Tiffany's now ready to play with the big girls |pages=46 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/833440881/?terms=tiffany%20album&match=4 |access-date=August 13, 2023}}

After the release of Hold an Old Friend's Hand, Tiffany decided to change her musical direction to R&B and new jack swing.{{Cite news |last=Martine |first=Katherine |date=July 10, 1990 |title=Baby Sings the Blues |pages=119, 311 |work=New York Daily News |url=https://newspapers.com/image/467859397/?terms=tiffany%20singer&match=1 |access-date=November 4, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=February 10, 1991 |title=Barbie Sings! Plus the Latest from Other Living Dolls |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1991/02/10/barbie-sings-plus-the-latest-from-other-living-dolls/a9d2fe95-ed53-459b-b23d-f29b94ce29bb/ |access-date=November 4, 2023}} According to a New York Daily News article issued on July 10, 1990, Tiffany stated that she has been wanting to "do something a little bit different" for a long time. When manager and producer George Tobin disagreed with her desire to change musical direction, the singer looked for a new manager and selected the New Kids on the Block managers Dick Scott and Maurice Starr.{{cite web |last=Britt |first=Bruce |date=December 6, 1990 |title=`New Inside` Is More Than Just An Album Title For Singer Tiffany |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/12/06/new-inside-is-more-than-just-an-album-title-for-singer-tiffany/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075228/https://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-12-06/features/9004110159_1_george-tobin-new-manager-first-album-i-d |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Chicago Tribune}}{{Cite news |last=Wilker |first=Deborah |date=September 27, 1990 |title='X' re-marks the spot for super Aussie group INXS |pages=61 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |url=https://newspapers.com/image/238431012/?terms=tiffany%20new%20inside&match=1 |access-date=November 4, 2023}}

Under Starr's direction, Tiffany got the opportunity to sing harder and more densely constructed songs than the light pop tunes she had been accustomed to singing; this caused her vocal range to naturally expand and would prove to be a strong influence on the albums of her later career. In a 2012 interview with The A.V. Club, Tiffany stated that Phillip Damien "vocally took [her] to a whole different level", as she recorded some vocals "[she] didn't know [she] could do." Tiffany also got the chance to perform gospel music for the album.

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Upon its release, New Inside received mixed reviews from critics. On its release, Billboard felt Tiffany had "shrug[ged] off the dated sound" of her previous work with Tobin in favor of a "harder-edged, pop/funk pose" on New Inside. The reviewer considered the album to be made up of "formulaic material" but added that it has "several sterling moments".Album review, Billboard, October 27, 1990 Jan DeKnock of the Chicago Tribune noted that New Inside contained "a much more contemporary sound, with plenty of pop-funk-dance winners" and described Tiffany's vocals as having a "new throaty snarl to go along with her powerful pipes". She criticized some tracks for having "too many layers of busy production" and highlighted "Here in My Heart" for having a "simple charm" and allowing Tiffany to show off her "strong, expressive voice to greater advantage".

Greg Sandow of Entertainment Weekly considered the album to shift Tiffany from pop to R&B, but felt the album was in need of "classier songs" and that the production left the album "without much personality". He noted, "The R&B she sings here is the mass-produced kind, electronic and unusually punchy. So yes, she now sounds tough and street smart; she can wail with a vocal strength she never demonstrated before. But the plaintive, even troubled undercurrent in her voice, which was the best thing about her teen pop, mostly gets buried under a barrage of synthesizer effects." In a retrospective review, Alex Henderson of AllMusic noted Tiffany's attempt to move away from "sugary pop" and "embrac[e] a tougher urban contemporary sound". However, he felt the album was unmemorable, commenting, "High-tech cuts like 'Tiff's Back' and the new jack swing-influenced 'It's You' sound like they were tailor-made for urban radio. They also sound contrived and robotic."

{{Track listing

| headline =

| title1 = New Inside

| writer1 = {{hlist|Phillip Damien|Dennis Cheese}}

| length1 = 5:35

| title2 = It's You

| writer2 = {{hlist|Tiffany|Kevin Grady|Damien}}

| length2 = 5:22

| title3 = A Moment To Rest / Tenderly

| writer3 = {{hlist|Nayan|Chris Bednar}}

| length3 = 5:27

| title4 = Never Run My Motor Down

| writer4 = {{hlist|André Cymone|Gardner Cole}}

| length4 = 3:58

| title5 = Here in My Heart

| writer5 = Diane Warren

| length5 = 4:08

| title6 = Tiff's Back

| writer6 = Maurice Starr

| length6 = 3:52

| title7 = Our Love

| writer7 = Damien

| length7 = 6:01

| title8 = Life Affair

| writer8 = {{hlist|Cole|Matthew Garey}}

| length8 = 4:07

| title9 = Back in the Groove

| writer9 = {{hlist|Starr|Tiffany}}

| length9 = 4:35

| title10 = There Could Never

| writer10 = {{hlist|Damien|Mark Wilson}}

| length10 = 7:36

| total_length = 50:41

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