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]
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]
