{"product_id":"james-mcmurtry_complicated-game_2015_disco-virgin-music-group","title":"Complicated game","description":"The magnificent new album from one of the greatest American songwriters. \"For some of us, shining a light on the gem James McMurtry is a bit of a Sisyphean passion. Eight records in twenty-five years, plus two live albums, even though he has been described by none other than Stephen King as 'the truest and wildest' -- the most authentic and wild songwriter of his generation, it’s always like preaching in the desert. With the release of Complicated Game in February, the first record in ages that McMurtry is not producing alone, things may finally change.\" Excerpt from the biography written by Philippe Garnier. Indeed, things are likely to change with his new album Complicated Game, produced by CC Adcock and Mike Napolitano. The initiative for this record comes from Belgian François Moret, the founder of the label Complicated Game, who fell in love with McMurtry's music when he saw him perform live in Austin. When he proposed to McMurtry to make a record, he envisioned taking him in a different musical direction. \"I knew from the start that I wanted to do what Rick Rubin had done for Johnny Cash with his American Recordings,\" explains Moret. \"The label wanted a more acoustic sound,\" McMurtry recounts. \"But we played what felt good at the moment for each song, without necessarily saying: we have to make an acoustic album.\" The result is a potential classic of Americana by a songwriter at the peak of his art. His incomparable lyrics have earned him multiple accolades: Michael Nesmith (The Monkees, First National Band) calls him a \"true American poet,\" Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) the \"best current protest song writer,\" and for the New York Times, \"McMurtry conveys the emotional power of an entire novel through 4-minute songs with austere simplicity.\" Through its tracks but also its production, Complicated Game is an album that does full justice to this immense artist who plays in a class of his own, that of the greatest American songwriters. To quote Philippe Garnier: \"Perhaps the background singer will finally find his length, and many people will finally discover his depth.\"","brand":"James Mcmurtry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57767715307864,"sku":null,"price":23457439.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/5414939919251.jpg?v=1784707867","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/james-mcmurtry_complicated-game_2015_disco-virgin-music-group","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}