The New You! is the fourth album by the London-based acid jazz band Corduroy, released in 1997. "The Joker Is Wild" was released as a single and reached No. 80 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1997.

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."

The New You!

Track listing

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

References

1997 albums

Corduroy (band) albums

The New You!