released Soul Caddy

Despite allowing the Daddies creative control over its production, Mojo’s response to Soul Caddy was considered tepid at best. Claiming that the new material was not like “the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies people know and love”, the label did little to promote neither the album nor its glam-styled single ” Diamond Light Boogie “, at one point releasing the latter without the band’s name on it, allegedly due to hesitancy over marketing a rock single from a band primarily known for swing music. With virtually no publicity behind it, Soul Caddy was quietly released in October 2000. Met by a public largely unaware of the Daddies’ eclectic background, Soul Caddy was received negatively by both fans and critics, one of the more prevalent criticisms being its lack of swing tracks. Some reviewers chastised the band for what was being seen as an abandonment of their swing “roots” in favor of a trendier sound, while a few criticized the Daddies’ entire musical aesthetic — UGO ‘s Hip Online stated bluntly, “covering five or six genres on one album is just insane”. The Los Angeles Daily News placed Soul Caddy on their list of the 10 worst albums of 2000, the reviewer wondering what made a swing band “think it could get away with an album of recycled psychedelic pop”.