Now You See Inside

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Now You See Inside
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
Genre
Length42:23
Label RCA
Producer
SR-71 chronology
Now You See Inside
(2000)
Tomorrow
(2002)
Singles from Now You See Inside
  1. "Right Now"
    Released: September 9, 2000
  2. "Politically Correct"
    Released: 2001
  3. "Another Night Alone"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Melodic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Ox-Fanzine Favorable [3]
PopMatters Favorable [4]

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]

Contents

Music

Now You See Inside has been described as pop-punk [6] , pop rock, [4] [7] , power pop [7] and post-grunge [8] with elements of indie rock [9] .

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.". [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Politically Correct" Mitch Allan 3:19
2."Right Now"2:47
3."What a Mess"
  • Allan
  • Mark Beauchemin
  • Jeff Reid
3:42
4."Last Man on the Moon" (listed on some copies as "Last Moon on Monday")
  • Allan
  • Kevin Kadish
3:47
5."Empty Spaces"4:28
6."Another Night Alone"
  • Allan
  • Reid
  • Beauchemin
3:33
7."Alive"
  • Allan
  • Beauchemin
4:12
8."Fame (What She's Wanting)"
  • Allan
  • Shanks
2:46
9."Go Away"Allan4:20
10."Non-Toxic"Allan4:04
11."Paul McCartney"
5:25
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Right Now" (acoustic)
  • Allan
  • Walker
2:58
13."Last Excuse" (demo version)Allan4:18
14."Right Now" (Enhanced video)
  • Allan
  • Walker
3:10

Charting positions

YearChartPosition
2000Billboard 20081
Billboard Heatseekers Chart2

Single

YearSingleChartPosition
2000"Right Now"Billboard Modern Rock Tracks2
Billboard Hot 100102
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks38
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay81
"Politically Correct"Billboard Modern Rock Tracks22

Personnel

SR-71

Additional personnel

References

  1. link
  2. Huisseune, Rick. "SR-71 - Now You See Inside". Melodic. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  3. Salmutter, Elmar (June–August 2001). "Reviews: SR-71 / Now You See Inside CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  4. 1 2 link
  5. "American Hi-Fi". American Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  6. Marshall, Bob (July 1, 2015). "41 Pop-Punk Albums All 2000s Kids Loved". BuzzFeed.
  7. 1 2 "SR-71 not worth price of admission". The Lantern. January 25, 2001. Retrieved September 16, 2001.
  8. "SR-71 Now You See Inside". January 1, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  9. "SR-71 Now You See Inside". January 1, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  10. "SR-71 Now You See Inside". January 1, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2025.