Back in 1962 when this, the Miracles third album was released, the ten songs featured barely amounted to 27 minutes of music. But what ‘ I’ll Try Something New ’ may have lacked in quantity, it more than made up for in quality. As one critic put it, "it f eatures the Miracles at their early best...as young, eager kids just starting out, filled with optimism, youthful exuberance and enthusiasm, long before record-company politics, favouritism and restrictions changed the group forever."