New Directions is the eleventh album by
Americansoul/
R&B group
Tavares, released in 1982. It is the group's first album for
RCA Records following their departure from
Capitol. Lead single "
A Penny for Your Thoughts" peaked at #16 on the R&B chart and #33 on the
Billboard Hot 100, the group's highest placing on that chart since 1977, and which would turn out to be their last single to register there. The track was nominated for a
Grammy award in 1982. New Directions reached #30 on the R&B albums chart.[1]