Now You See Inside
2000 studio album by SR-71
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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.[5]
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| Released | June 20, 2000 | |||
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| Length | 42:23 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Melodic |  [2] |
| Ox-Fanzine | Favorable[3] |
| PopMatters | Favorable[4] |
Music
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.".[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Politically Correct" | Mitch Allan | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Right Now" |
| 2:47 |
| 3. | "What a Mess" |
| 3:42 |
| 4. | "Last Man on the Moon" (listed on some copies as "Last Moon on Monday") |
| 3:47 |
| 5. | "Empty Spaces" |
| 4:28 |
| 6. | "Another Night Alone" |
| 3:33 |
| 7. | "Alive" |
| 4:12 |
| 8. | "Fame (What She's Wanting)" |
| 2:46 |
| 9. | "Go Away" | Allan | 4:20 |
| 10. | "Non-Toxic" | Allan | 4:04 |
| 11. | "Paul McCartney" |
| 5:25 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Right Now" (acoustic) |
| 2:58 |
| 13. | "Last Excuse" (demo version) | Allan | 4:18 |
| 14. | "Right Now" (Enhanced video) |
| 3:10 |
Charting positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | Billboard 200 | 81 |
| Billboard Heatseekers Chart | 2 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | "Right Now" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 2 |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 102 | ||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 38 | ||
| Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 81 | ||
| "Politically Correct" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 22 |
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