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You Can Do Anything
You Can Do Anything
Studio album by the Zutons
Released	2 June 2008
Genre	Indie rock
Length	48:58
Label	Deltasonic
Producer	George Drakoulias
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You Can Do Anything is the third studio album by English rock band the Zutons. It was produced by Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles with producer George Drakoulias (the Black Crowes/Primal Scream/Tom Petty) and was released on Monday 2 June 2008 in the United Kingdom. You Can Do Anything was released after the departure of original lead guitarist Boyan Chowdhury, and is the first album to feature the band's new lead guitarist Paul Molloy.

Background

The Zutons released their second studio album Tired of Hanging Around through Deltasonic in April 2006.^[1] musicOMH contributor John Murphy said that nearly "overnight, The Zutons shifted from quirky cult indie group to 'the band who wrote Valerie'" heightening the expectations for their next album.^[2]

Composition and lyrics

AllMusic reviewer Stewart Mason said tracks such as "Family of Leeches" and "Bumbag" would "cement McCabe's reputation as a sly, cutting lyricist".^[3] The Guardian critic Ian Gittins wrote that Drakoulis' work on the album gave it a "layer of gritty blues" to the band's "skew-whiff psychedelia".^[4] He also mentioned that the Los Angeles sound shows through in Drakoulis' production.^[4] McCabe's voice was compared to that of Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie, Mott the Hoople singer Ian Hunter and David Essex.^[5] Gittins found McCabe's "lewd, kitchen-sink lyrics [to] paint an increasingly delinquent picture of modern Britain".^[4]

"Harder and Harder" was compared to Supergrass^[6] and the mid-1990s work of Primal Scream when they were emulating the Rolling Stones.^[4] "Dirty Rat" is a ballad^[7] that The Independent music critic Andy Gill said was an "adulterer's mea culpa set to the first cousin of a Kaiser Chiefs melody".^[8] "What's Your Problem" was reminiscent of the sound of Reef.^[4] McCane and Harding duet on "You Could Make the Four Walls Cry", which recalled "Shine" (2007) by Take That.^[2] Murphy wrote that "Family of Leeches" has McCabe "secretly lusting after the mother of a family who seem to bear a resemblance to that of the Gallaghers" in Shameless.^[2] The country-esque "Don't Get Caught" recalled the Beach Boys during their Holland (1973) period.^[3] "Always Right Behind You" is a boogie-pop track^[8] that evoked "Reelin' In the Years" (1972) by Steely Dan.^[3] Murphy said "Freak" describes the "story of a gigolo telling tales of 'getting lovin' through money' and spilling the beans on his clients".^[2] The saxophone part in "Give Me a Reason" was done in the vein of Andy Mackay;^[6] it concludes with a funk rock coda section.^[8] The album's closing track, "Little Red Door", merged the sound of the Verve and Neil Young;^[5] Murphy said it had "Drakoulis' influence" all over it with its "slide guitar, mournful vocals and handclaps".^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100^[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Guardian	^[4]
The Independent	^[8]
musicOMH	^[2]
NME	4/10^[10]
The Observer	^[11]
The Skinny	^[7]
The Times	^[12]
WOM magazin	^[13]
Yahoo! Launch	^[6]

You Can Do Anything was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 66, based on nine reviews.^[9]

Several reviewers praised the songwriting. Mason said the combination of writer's block, Chowdhury leaving and the addition of Drakoulias meant it had "all the potential to be something of a train wreck".^[3] He was surprised then that the band "pulled themselves together to, somewhat unexpectedly, deliver the most concise, consistent, and commercial album they've made so far".^[3] The Skinny writer Neal Parsons thought that it had a "delightfully relaxed feel to it, with the group crafting songs which [...] occasionally stray[ed] beyond those origins".^[7] Jason Draper of Yahoo! Launch wrote that the band "somewhat reach back into their bag of who-knows-what, going some way to reminded us why they endeared themselves to us in the first place".^[6] The Observer's Craig McLean wrote that "true to form, this third record pootles around before, ultimately, achieving lift-off".^[11] The Fly writer Darren James noted that there was "less joyous freshness evident than on the previous two albums, but at times they hit some hugely high spots", such as the performances on "What's Your Problem".^[14] Gill wrote that the band's "difficult third album features another cast of flaky characters culled from the seedier corners of David McCabe's imagination, though the inevitable attrition means that none has quite the anthemic appeal of 'Valerie'".^[8]

Other critics were less receptive to the songwriting. Murphy felt that the tracks "here aren't amongst the strongest they've ever recorded" as they lacked the "immediacy of the ones on the band's first two albums". He summarised it as "not a bad record, but by The Zutons' own extremely high standards, it's a disappointment".^[2] Gavin Haynes of NME wrote that "Always Right Behind You" was indicative of the album as a whole: "lurching towards bell-curve-pleasing MOR frigidity in which retro has become repetition and songwriting has become aural plastering".^[10] Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy saw it as the "work of a band desperately striving to attain the next level of success, but falling short in nearly every instance. Drakoulias may have toned up some of the band's former flabbiness, but not even he can rein in their tendency to pursue wonky jam sessions instead of nailing down a killer tune".^[15] Victoria Segal of The Times compared it to "admiring a flower in somebody's lapel only to be squirted with water, a musical hand-buzzer concealed in the sweaty palm of each song".^[12] Record Collector's Terry Staunton felt that it "could have been released at any point in the last 40 years and it wouldn’t sound dated or out of place, but such era- and genre-hopping can be a double-edged sword".^[5] God Is in the TV writer Paul Cook said it stood "out for being stunningly average. Each track merges undetected into the next and before you realise you're halfway in and still searching for a belter of a track".^[16]

Some of them commented on McCabe's singing. BBC Music's Chris Jones wrote that the songs were "delivered with that great yearning scouse voice of Dave McCabe that helps overcome the overwhelming kitchen-sink squalor of it all sometimes".^[17] Fletcher said McCabe's "harsh, cigarette-stained vocals lack the nuance to deal the with the group's softer moments".^[15] Cook wrote that McCabe's vocals were "unvaried and only infrequently made better with the addition of Abi Harding's more exciting, refreshing voice making for a disappointing album on the whole with instances of under-explored brilliance".^[16] Haynes said that despite how "much he hollers, Dave McCabe can’t escape sounding bored, and his often-schoolboy lyrics have begun to actively jar" with the music.^[10]

The album was preceded by the first single "Always Right Behind You", which was released on 26 May 2008. It entered the Official UK Albums Chart at No. 6.

Track listing

*You Can Do Anything* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Harder and Harder"	3:46
2.	"Dirty Rat"	4:01
3.	"What's Your Problem"	3:56
4.	"You Could Make the Four Walls Cry"	3:32
5.	"Family of Leeches"	4:01
6.	"Don't Get Caught"	3:20
7.	"Bumbag"	4:33
8.	"Always Right Behind You"	3:29
9.	"Put a Little Aside"	3:59
10.	"Freak"	4:21
11.	"Give Me a Reason"	6:38
12.	"Little Red Door"	3:22

iTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Pull the Plug"
14.	"Desert Shoot" (Video, iTunes pre-order only)

Personnel

Dave McCabe – lead vocals, guitar
Paul Molloy – guitar, piano, vocals, cigarbox guitar, keyboards
Russell Pritchard – bass, acoustic guitar, winebox bass, vocals
Sean Payne – drums, percussion, vocals
Abi Harding – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone

Charts

Chart performance for *You Can Do Anything*
Chart (2008)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[18]	24
UK Albums (OCC)^[19]	6

References

^ Taylor, Chris (16 April 2006). "The Zutons - 'Tired Of Hanging Around' (Deltasonic) Released 17/04/06". Gigwise. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Murphy, John. "The Zutons You Can Do Anything". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mason, Stewart. "The Zutons - You Can Do Anything Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gittins, Ian (30 May 2008). "The Zutons, You Can Do Anything". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Staunton, Terry (31 May 2008). "You Can Do Anything / The Zutons". Record Collector. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Draper, Jason (7 June 2008). "The Zutons - You Can Do Anything". Yahoo! Launch. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Parsons, Neal (2 June 2008). "The Zutons - You Can Do Anything". The Skinny. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Gill, Andy (30 May 2008). "Album: The Zutons, You Can Do Anything (Deltasonic)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Critic Reviews for You Can Do Anything". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Haynes, Gavin (30 May 2008). "The Zutons You Can Do Anything". NME. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b McLean, Craig (18 May 2008). "The Zutons, You Can Do Anything". The Observer. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Segal, Victoria (31 May 2008). "The Big CD: The Zutons - You Can Do Anything". The Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ Anon. "musik angehört". WOM magazin (in German) (8 September): 29.
^ James, Darren (3 June 2008). "The Zutons 'You Can Do Anything'". The Fly. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Fletcher, Alex (3 June 2008). "The Zutons: 'You Can Do Anything'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Paul (16 June 2008). "The Zutons - You Can Do Anything". God Is in the TV. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ Jones, Chris (2008). "The Zutons You Can Do Anything Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Zutons". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

External links

You Can Do Anything at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

[1] Taylor, Chris (16 April 2006). "The Zutons - 'Tired Of Hanging Around' (Deltasonic) Released 17/04/06". Gigwise. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

[OMHreview-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Murphy, John. "The Zutons You Can Do Anything". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[AMreview-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mason, Stewart. "The Zutons - You Can Do Anything Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[Guardianreview-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gittins, Ian (30 May 2008). "The Zutons, You Can Do Anything". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[RCreview-5] Staunton, Terry (31 May 2008). "You Can Do Anything / The Zutons". Record Collector. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[YLreview-6] Draper, Jason (7 June 2008). "The Zutons - You Can Do Anything". Yahoo! Launch. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[Skinnyreview-7] Parsons, Neal (2 June 2008). "The Zutons - You Can Do Anything". The Skinny. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[Independentreview-8] Gill, Andy (30 May 2008). "Album: The Zutons, You Can Do Anything (Deltasonic)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[Metacritic-9] "Critic Reviews for You Can Do Anything". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[NMEreview-10] Haynes, Gavin (30 May 2008). "The Zutons You Can Do Anything". NME. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[Observerreview-11] McLean, Craig (18 May 2008). "The Zutons, You Can Do Anything". The Observer. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[Timesreview-12] Segal, Victoria (31 May 2008). "The Big CD: The Zutons - You Can Do Anything". The Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[13] Anon. "musik angehört". WOM magazin (in German) (8 September): 29.

[Flyreview-14] James, Darren (3 June 2008). "The Zutons 'You Can Do Anything'". The Fly. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[DSreview-15] Fletcher, Alex (3 June 2008). "The Zutons: 'You Can Do Anything'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[GIITTVreview-16] Cook, Paul (16 June 2008). "The Zutons - You Can Do Anything". God Is in the TV. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[BBCreview-17] Jones, Chris (2008). "The Zutons You Can Do Anything Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[ac_Ireland2_The_Zutons-18] "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Zutons". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[ac_UK2_-19] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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+==Background==
-'''''You Can Do Anything''''' is third album by British [[indie rock]] band [[The Zutons]]. Is set to be relased on [[2 June]] in [[United Kingdom]]. The Album will be preceeded by the first single "[[Always Right Behind You]]", which will be released [[May 26]].
+The Zutons released their second studio album ''[[Tired of Hanging Around]]'' through [[Deltasonic]] in April 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gigwise.com/news/15930/|title=The Zutons - 'Tired Of Hanging Around' (Deltasonic) Released 17/04/06|work=[[Gigwise]]|author=Taylor, Chris|date=16 April 2006|accessdate=25 February 2023}}</ref> ''[[musicOMH]]'' contributor John Murphy said that nearly "overnight, The Zutons shifted from quirky [[Cult following|cult]] indie group to 'the band who wrote Valerie{{single double}} heightening the expectations for their next album.<ref name=OMHreview/>
+==Composition and lyrics==
+[[AllMusic]] reviewer Stewart Mason said tracks such as "Family of Leeches" and "Bumbag" would "cement McCabe's reputation as a sly, cutting lyricist".<ref name=AMreview/> ''[[The Guardian]]'' critic Ian Gittins wrote that Drakoulis' work on the album gave it a "layer of gritty [[blues]]" to the band's "skew-whiff [[Psychedelic music|psychedelia]]".<ref name=Guardianreview/> He also mentioned that the [[California sound|Los Angeles sound]] shows through in Drakoulis' production.<ref name=Guardianreview/> McCabe's voice was compared to that of [[Primal Scream]] frontman [[Bobby Gillespie]], [[Mott the Hoople]] singer [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]] and [[David Essex]].<ref name=RCreview/> Gittins found McCabe's "lewd, kitchen-sink lyrics [to] paint an increasingly delinquent picture of modern Britain".<ref name=Guardianreview/>
+"Harder and Harder" was compared to [[Supergrass]]<ref name=YLreview/> and the [[Primal Scream#Give Out But Don't Give Up (1992–1995)|mid-1990s]] work of Primal Scream when they were emulating [[the Rolling Stones]].<ref name=Guardianreview/> "Dirty Rat" is a ballad<ref name=Skinnyreview/> that ''[[The Independent]]'' music critic Andy Gill said was an "[[Adultery|adulterer]]'s [[mea culpa]] set to the first cousin of a [[Kaiser Chiefs]] melody".<ref name=Independentreview/> "What's Your Problem" was reminiscent of the sound of [[Reef (band)|Reef]].<ref name=Guardianreview/> McCane and Harding duet on "You Could Make the Four Walls Cry", which recalled "[[Shine (Take That song)|Shine]]" (2007) by [[Take That]].<ref name=OMHreview/> Murphy wrote that "Family of Leeches" has McCabe "secretly lusting after the mother of a family who seem to bear a resemblance to that of [[List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#The Gallagher family|the Gallaghers]]" in ''[[Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]''.<ref name=OMHreview/> The country-esque "Don't Get Caught" recalled [[the Beach Boys]] during their ''[[Holland (album)|Holland]]'' (1973) period.<ref name=AMreview/> "Always Right Behind You" is a [[Boogie rock|boogie-pop]] track<ref name=Independentreview/> that evoked "[[Reelin' In the Years]]" (1972) by [[Steely Dan]].<ref name=AMreview/> Murphy said "Freak" describes the "story of a [[gigolo]] telling tales of 'getting lovin' through money' and spilling the beans on his clients".<ref name=OMHreview/> The saxophone part in "Give Me a Reason" was done in the vein of [[Andy Mackay]];<ref name=YLreview/> it concludes with a [[funk rock]] [[Coda (music)|coda]] section.<ref name=Independentreview/> The album's closing track, "Little Red Door", merged the sound of [[the Verve]] and [[Neil Young]];<ref name=RCreview/> Murphy said it had "Drakoulis' influence" all over it with its "[[slide guitar]], mournful vocals and handclaps".<ref name=OMHreview/>
+==Reception==
+{{Music ratings
+| MC        = 70/100<ref name=Metacritic>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/you-can-do-anything/the-zutons/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for You Can Do Anything|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
+| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=AMreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-cross-my-path-mw0000788559|title=The Zutons - You Can Do Anything Album Reviews, Songs & More|website=[[AllMusic]]|author=Mason, Stewart|accessdate=23 February 2023}}</ref>
+| rev2      = ''[[The Guardian]]''
+| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=Guardianreview>{{cite web|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2282860,00.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604084337/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2282860,00.html|title=The Zutons, You Can Do Anything|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Gittins, Ian|date=30 May 2008|archivedate=4 June 2008|accessdate=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+| rev3      = ''[[The Independent]]''
+| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=Independentreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-zutons-you-can-do-anything-deltasonic-836588.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608030247/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-zutons-you-can-do-anything-deltasonic-836588.html|title=Album: The Zutons, You Can Do Anything (Deltasonic)|work=[[The Independent]]|author=Gill, Andy|date=30 May 2008|archivedate=8 June 2008|accessdate=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+| rev4      = ''[[musicOMH]]''
+| rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=OMHreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/zutons-3_0608.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607113408/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/zutons-3_0608.htm|title=The Zutons You Can Do Anything|work=[[musicOMH]]|author=Murphy, John|archivedate=7 June 2008|accessdate=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+| rev5      = ''[[NME]]''
+| rev5score = 4/10<ref name=NMEreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-zutons/9714|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623230252/http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-zutons/9714|title=The Zutons You Can Do Anything|work=[[NME]]|author=Haynes, Gavin|date=30 May 2008|archivedate=23 June 2008|accessdate=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+| rev6      = ''[[The Observer]]''
+| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Observerreview>{{cite web|url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/reviews/story/0,,2279965,00.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521105759/http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/reviews/story/0,,2279965,00.html|title=The Zutons, You Can Do Anything|work=[[The Observer]]|author=McLean, Craig|date=18 May 2008|archivedate=21 May 2008|accessdate=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+| rev7      = ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]''
+| rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=Skinnyreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/the-zutons-you-can-do-anything|title=The Zutons - You Can Do Anything|work=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|author=Parsons, Neal|date=2 June 2008|accessdate=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+| rev8      = ''[[The Times]]''
+| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=Timesreview>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article4019926.ece|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615224753/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article4019926.ece|title=The Big CD: The Zutons - You Can Do Anything|work=[[The Times]]|author=Segal, Victoria|date=31 May 2008|archivedate=15 June 2011|accessdate=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+| rev9      =  ''[[WOM magazin]]''
+| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|author=Anon.|title=musik angehört|journal=[[WOM magazin]]|issue=8 September|page=29|language=de}}</ref>
+| rev10      = [[Yahoo! Music Radio|Yahoo! Launch]]
+| rev10score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref name=YLreview>{{cite web|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/080607/33/21z4i.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620224849/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/080607/33/21z4i.html|title=The Zutons - You Can Do Anything|publisher=[[Yahoo! Music Radio|Yahoo! Launch]]|author=Draper, Jason|date=7 June 2008|archivedate=20 June 2008|accessdate=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+}}
+''You Can Do Anything'' was met with generally favourable reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]]. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an [[Weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 66, based on nine reviews.<ref name=Metacritic/>
+Several reviewers praised the songwriting. Mason said the combination of writer's block,  Chowdhury leaving and the addition of Drakoulias meant it had "all the potential to be something of a train wreck".<ref name=AMreview/> He was surprised then that the band "pulled themselves together to, somewhat unexpectedly, deliver the most concise, consistent, and commercial album they've made so far".<ref name=AMreview/> ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]'' writer Neal Parsons thought that it had a "delightfully relaxed feel to it, with the group crafting songs which [...] occasionally stray[ed] beyond those origins".<ref name=Skinnyreview/> Jason Draper of [[Yahoo! Music Radio|Yahoo! Launch]] wrote that the band "somewhat reach back into their bag of who-knows-what, going some way to reminded us why they endeared themselves to us in the first place".<ref name=YLreview/> ''[[The Observer]]''{{'s}} Craig McLean wrote that "true to form, this third record pootles around before, ultimately, achieving lift-off".<ref name=Observerreview/> ''[[The Fly (magazine)|The Fly]]'' writer Darren James noted that there was "less joyous freshness evident than on the previous two albums, but at times they hit some hugely high spots", such as the performances on "What's Your Problem".<ref name=Flyreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/reviews/album-reviews/1942/the-zutons|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608075534/http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/reviews/album-reviews/1942/the-zutons|title=The Zutons 'You Can Do Anything'|work=[[The Fly (magazine)|The Fly]]|author=James, Darren|date=3 June 2008|archivedate=8 June 2008|accessdate=2 March 2023}}</ref> Gill wrote that the band's "difficult third album features another cast of flaky characters culled from the seedier corners of David McCabe's imagination, though the inevitable attrition means that none has quite the anthemic appeal of 'Valerie{{single double}}.<ref name=Independentreview/>
+Other critics were less receptive to the songwriting. Murphy felt that the tracks "here aren't amongst the strongest they've ever recorded" as they lacked the "immediacy of the ones on the band's first two albums". He summarised it as "not a bad record, but by The Zutons' own extremely high standards, it's a disappointment".<ref name=OMHreview/> Gavin Haynes of ''[[NME]]'' wrote that "Always Right Behind You" was indicative of the album as a whole: "lurching towards bell-curve-pleasing [[Middle of the road (music)|MOR]] frigidity in which retro has become repetition and songwriting has become aural plastering".<ref name=NMEreview/> Alex Fletcher of ''[[Digital Spy]]'' saw it as the "work of a band desperately striving to attain the next level of success, but falling short in nearly every instance. Drakoulias may have toned up some of the band's former flabbiness, but not even he can rein in their tendency to pursue wonky jam sessions instead of nailing down a killer tune".<ref name=DSreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/album-reviews/a97278/the-zutons-you-can-do-anything/|title=The Zutons: 'You Can Do Anything'|work=[[Digital Spy]]|author=Fletcher, Alex|date=3 June 2008|accessdate=2 March 2023}}</ref> Victoria Segal of ''[[The Times]]'' compared it to "admiring a flower in somebody's lapel only to be squirted with water, a musical hand-buzzer concealed in the sweaty palm of each song".<ref name=Timesreview/> ''[[Record Collector]]''{{'s}} Terry Staunton felt that it "could have been released at any point in the last 40 years and it wouldn’t sound dated or out of place, but such era- and genre-hopping can be a double-edged sword".<ref name=RCreview>{{cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/you-can-do-anything|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227144318/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/you-can-do-anything|title=You Can Do Anything / The Zutons|work=[[Record Collector]]|author=Staunton, Terry|date=31 May 2008|archivedate=27 February 2023|accessdate=2 March 2023}}</ref> ''[[God Is in the TV]]'' writer Paul Cook said it stood "out for being stunningly average. Each track merges undetected into the next and before you realise you're halfway in and still searching for a belter of a track".<ref name=GIITTVreview>{{cite web|url=http://archive.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/index9b7c.html?c=Albums&id=2497|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622132208/http://archive.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/index9b7c.html?c=Albums&id=2497|title=The Zutons - You Can Do Anything|work=[[God Is in the TV]]|author=Cook, Paul|date=16 June 2008|archivedate=22 June 2013|accessdate=2 March 2023}}</ref>
+Some of them commented on McCabe's singing. [[BBC Music]]'s Chris Jones wrote that the songs were "delivered with that great yearning scouse voice of Dave McCabe that helps overcome the overwhelming kitchen-sink squalor of it all sometimes".<ref name=BBCreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bxf9/|title=The Zutons You Can Do Anything Review|publisher=[[BBC Music]]|author=Jones, Chris|date=2008|accessdate=2 March 2023}}</ref> Fletcher said McCabe's "harsh, cigarette-stained vocals lack the nuance to deal the with the group's softer moments".<ref name=DSreview/> Cook wrote that McCabe's vocals were "unvaried and only infrequently made better with the addition of Abi Harding's more exciting, refreshing voice making for a disappointing album on the whole with instances of under-explored brilliance".<ref name=GIITTVreview/> Haynes said that despite how "much he hollers, Dave McCabe can’t escape sounding bored, and his often-schoolboy lyrics have begun to actively jar" with the music.<ref name=NMEreview/>
+The album was preceded by the first single "[[Always Right Behind You]]", which was released on 26 May 2008. It entered the Official [[UK Albums Chart]] at No. 6.
 ==Track listing==
+{{Track listing
-#Harder and Harder
+| headline = ''You Can Do Anything'' track listing
-#Dirty Rat
+| title1 = Harder and Harder
-#What's Your Problem
+| length1 = 3:46
-#You Could Make The Four Walls Cry
+| title2 = Dirty Rat
-#Family Of Leeches
+| length2 = 4:01
-#Don't Get Caught
+| title3 = What's Your Problem
-#Bumbag
+| length3 = 3:56
-#[[Always Right Behind You]]
+| title4 = You Could Make the Four Walls Cry
-#Put A LIttle Aside
+| length4 = 3:32
-#Freak
+| title5 = Family of Leeches
-#Give Me A Reason
+| length5 = 4:01
-#Little Red Door
+| title6 = Don't Get Caught
+| length6 = 3:20
+| title7 = Bumbag
+| length7 = 4:33
+| title8 = [[Always Right Behind You]]
+| length8 = 3:29
+| title9 = Put a Little Aside
+| length9 = 3:59
+| title10 = Freak
+| length10 = 4:21
+| title11 = Give Me a Reason
+| length11 = 6:38
+| title12 = Little Red Door
+| length12 = 3:22
+}}
+{{Track listing
+| headline = iTunes bonus tracks
+| title13 = Pull the Plug
+| title14 = Desert Shoot
+| note14 = Video, iTunes pre-order only
+}}
+== Personnel ==
+* Dave McCabe – lead vocals, guitar
+* Paul Molloy – guitar, piano, vocals, cigarbox guitar, keyboards
+* Russell Pritchard – bass, acoustic guitar, winebox bass, vocals
+* Sean Payne – drums, percussion, vocals
+* Abi Harding – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
+==Charts==
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
+|+Chart performance for ''You Can Do Anything''
+!align="left"|Chart (2008)
+!align="left"|Peak<br />position
+|-
+{{album chart|Ireland2|24|artist=The Zutons|rowheader=true|access-date=1 May 2024}}
+|-
+{{album chart|UK2|6|date=20080608|rowheader=true|access-date=1 May 2024}}
+|}
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==External links==
+<!-- This is a licensed stream for the album, which is allowed under Wikipedia polices -->
+* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nMNsbEjq9dIaZpfR9slORmsuVA497wgDo ''You Can Do Anything''] at [[YouTube]] (streamed copy where licensed)
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+[[Category:Albums produced by George Drakoulias]]
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v t e The Zutons
Dave McCabe Abi Harding Sean Payne Russell Pritchard Paul Molloy Boyan Chowdhury
Studio albums	Who Killed the Zutons? Tired of Hanging Around You Can Do Anything The Big Decider
Singles	"Devil's Deal" "Pressure Point" "You Will You Won't" "Remember Me" "Don't Ever Think (Too Much)" "Confusion" "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" "Valerie" "Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done!)" "It's the Little Things We Do" "Always Right Behind You"
Related articles	Discography