The New You!
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{{Infobox album
| name = The New You!
| type = Album
| artist = Corduroy
| cover = The_New_You_CR.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1997
| recorded = 1996
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Acid jazz
| length = 46:10
| label = Big Cat Records
| producer = Ben Addison, Scott Addison
& Ricky Ricketts
| prev_title = Out of Here
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Clik!
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r261044|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review: The New You] accessed 16 March 2010
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=549}}
|rev3 = NME
|rev3score = 1/10{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000407reviews.html|last=Whyte|first=Gill|title=Corduroy - The New You|journal=NME|date=29 March 1997|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817220833/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000407reviews.html|archivedate=17 August 2000|accessdate=3 November 2019}}
}}
The New You! is the fourth album by the London-based acid jazz band Corduroy, released in 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/corduroy-mn0000116932/biography|title=Corduroy | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} "The Joker Is Wild" was released as a single and reached No. 80 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1997.{{cite web|url= http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/the-joker-is-wild/|title=Corduroy | The Joker is Wild|publisher=Official Charts |date= |accessdate=2018-08-03}}
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, with S. T. Erlewine writing: "Working from the same acid-jazz foundation that informed their previous records, the band has added slightly ironic flourishes of lounge music and movie soundtracks while beginning to develop a sophisticated sense of pop craft, largely modeled after Steely Dan." On the other hand, Gill Whyte from NME rated the record 1/10, writing: "From the middle-class funk of Steely Dan meets The Kids From Fame, to the 'hilarious' '60s B-movie soundtracks, complete with Tijuana brass, Corduroy display an embarrassingly indulgent use of irony and ability to tell everyone else's gags very badly indeed."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| music_credits =
| title1 = Evolver
| music1 = Nelson-Smith, Addison, Addison
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = The Joker Is Wild
| music2 = Searle, Addison, Addison
| length2 = 3:05
| title3 = Winky Wagon
| music3 = Addison, Addison
| length3 = 3:06
| title4 = Supercrime
| music4 = Addison, Addison
| length4 = 3:42
| title5 = Season Of The Rich
| music5 = Addison, Addison
| length5 = 4:23
| title6 = Designosaur
| music6 = Addison, Addison
| length6 = 3:29
| title7 = The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
| music7 = Addison, Addison
| length7 = 3:48
| title8 = (I Know Where) The Good Times Have Gone
| music8 = Addison, Addison
| length8 = 3:50
| title9 = Data 70
| music9 = Nelson-Smith, Addison, Addison
| length9 = 3:07
| title10 = Crossfire
| music10 = Searle, Addison, Addison'
| length10 = 2:53
| title11 = Fisherman's Wharf
| music11 = Addison, Addison
| length11 = 3:41
| title12 = The New You
| music12 = Addison, Addison
| length12 = 2:26
}}
Personnel
- Ben Addison – vocals, drums
- Scott Addison – vocals, keyboards
- Simon Nelson-Smith – guitars
- Richard Searle – bass guitar
- Donald Gamble – percussion
- Sid Singh – percussion
- Mike Smith – saxophone
- Dennis Rollins – trombone
- Sid Gauld – trumpet
- The Duke Quartet – strings
Chart positions
=Single charts=
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! Year !! Title !! Chart !! Peak Position | |||
| 1997 | "The Joker Is Wild" | UK single charts | #80 |
References
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