I Thought I Was Better Than You is the seventh studio album by English musician Baxter Dury. It was produced by Paul White together with Dury and was released through Heavenly Recordings on 2 June 2023. The album also followed the release of Dury's 2021 memoir "Chaise Longue".
Critical reception.
"I Thought I Was Better Than You" received a score of 81/100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic based on 7 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."
In a five star review for "The Arts Desk", Kathryn Reilly said that despite the relatively short running time of the album, it does not lack "in emotional insight... Here we have the characteristic all-consuming melancholy that oozes from Baxter Dury but without the menace of "Prince of Tears". Reviewing the album for "Mojo", Andrew Perry lauded "I Thought"... as "Baxter's third cracking album in a row, a consistency which eluded even papa Ian." Tim Sendra in a review for AllMusic praised Dury's stylistic shift towards "hip-hop and R&B" while noting that "he and White make it work without lapsing into rip-off territory." 
Zara Hedderman of "Loud and Quiet" said in a four star review that "I Thought"... "serves as a companion piece to his 2021 memoir, "Chaise Longue"; the two share characters, and musically it complements the text very well." "The Line of Best Fit"'s Janne Oinonen came to a similar conclusion, adding "Dury’s talents require no piggybacking on anyone else’s fame: this is the real deal."
Personnel.
Credits are adapted from the "I Thought I Was Better Than You" LP.
Production and design