I'll Try Something New

I'll Try Something New is the third studio album by the American R&B group the Miracles. It was released in July 1962 on Motown's Tamla label, and as suggested by its title, it saw the group experimenting with a wide variety of pop and soul styles. Like their previous album, Cookin' with the Miracles, it failed to produce a hit comparable to their million-selling "Shop Around", with both of the included singles just barely cracking the Billboard Top 40. Nonetheless, the title track was an important early single for the group, featuring Smokey Robinson's lead voice, a chorus led by his wife Claudette and an orchestra of strings. Unusual for a Miracles album recorded during Smokey Robinson's tenure, fully half of the songs feature other members of the group on lead vocals. The original plan for The Miracles' third album was a collection of covers of show tunes, with the planned title The Miracles Sing Modern. According to Miracle Pete Moore, the group thought the songs did not fit their style but were unwilling to go against Berry Gordy, Jr.'s orders. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'll_Tr...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)