Now You See Inside is the debut studio album by American rock band SR-71. It was released on June 20, 2000, with "Right Now" being its lone radio hit single. The title comes from a line in the bridge of "What a Mess". In December 2000, SR-71 toured the US east coast with American Hi-Fi.
Music Now You See Inside has been described as pop-punk, pop rock, power pop and post-grunge with elements of indie rock.
Reception Now You See Me Inside divided music critics, with most of them citing a lack of musical variety after the first few tracks and criticizing the lyrical content. Some critics found the band's polished look and radio-friendly pop-punk sound as shallow, while others highlighted the album's catchiness. Whitney Z. Gomes of AllMusic gave the album a score of 3 out of 5 and said, "Rather than attempting to maintain the velocity of opening one-two combo "Politically Correct" and "Right Now", the quartet soars into several airwave-friendly dimensions: "Last Man on the Moon" deserves heavy rotation, "Fame" features downright wondrous keys with a clever Kinks reference, and closer "Paul McCartney" owes more musically to Venus and Mars than Sgt. Pepper. SR-71 also swipes from the Stones, but the Spin Doctors aside in "Non-Toxic" seems closer to home. Take the time to see inside SR-71's debut. Like any commercial band, SR-71 morphs into whatever is on the radio, so the sophomore effort chases nauseously neurotic nu-metal; luckily, the delectably disposable Now You See Inside delivers pure pop for now people, and they need it now.".
Track listing
Charting positions YearChartPosition2000Billboard 20081Billboard Heatseekers Chart2
Single YearSingleChartPosition2000"Right Now"Billboard Modern Rock Tracks2Billboard Hot 100102Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks38Billboard Hot 100 Airplay81"Politically Correct"Billboard Modern Rock Tracks22
Personnel
SR-71 Mitch Allan – vocals, rhythm guitar Dan Garvin – drums, percussion, backing vocals Jeff Reid – bass, keyboards, backing vocals Mark Beauchemin – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Additional personnel John Shanks – producer, guitars Gil Norton – producer, keyboards David Bendeth - producer John Allen – backing vocals Kevin Kadish – backing vocals Mark Pythian – keyboards Patrick Warren – keyboards Rob Ladd – percussion Richard George – violin Chris Tombling – violin Audrey Riley – cello Richard Bissell – French horn Graham Dominy, Brandon Mason, Bradley Cook, Richard Ash - engineering Jack Joseph & Neal Avron - mixing Ted Jensen - mastering
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