| The New You! | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Corduroy |
| Cover: | The_New_You_CR.jpg |
| Released: | 1997 |
| Recorded: | 1996 |
| 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 |
The New You! is the fourth album by the London-based acid jazz band Corduroy, released in 1997.[1] "The Joker Is Wild" was released as a single and reached No. 80 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1997.[2]
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."