Complex Simplicity

The album's lead single, "You'll Never Find (A Better Woman)", was released as a 12-inch vinyl in the United States on November 11, 2003. It was serviced to US rhythmic contemporary radio a week later, on November 18, 2003.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-11-14.pdf |title=Going for Adds: Week Of 11/17/03 |magazine=Radio & Records |date=November 14, 2003 |page=27 |issn=0277-4860 |accessdate=January 31, 2018}} The track, which features rapper Jadakiss, peaked at number 86 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/teedra-moses/chart-history/bsi/ |title=Teedra Moses Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=January 31, 2018}}

The second single, "Be Your Girl", was released as a 12-inch vinyl in the US on June 1, 2004, and impacted rhythmic and urban contemporary radio on the same day.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-05-28.pdf |title=Going for Adds: Week Of 6/1/04 |magazine=Radio & Records |date=May 28, 2004 |page=24 |issn=0277-4860 |accessdate=January 31, 2018}} It was also released as a CD single in Germany on February 21, 2005. The single reached number 87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The accompanying music video was directed by Hype Williams.

The third and final single, "You Better Tell Her", was released as a 12-inch vinyl on December 27, 2005. The single version features rappers Pitbull and Lil' Scrappy.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}

| rev2 = Pitchfork

| rev2score = 8.0/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/teedra-moses-complex-simplicity/|title=Teedra Moses: Complex Simplicity Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Shepherd|first=Julianne Escobedo|date=February 12, 2023|access-date=February 12, 2023}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}

}}

AllMusic's Andy Kellman lauded Complex Simplicity as "the best R&B album of 2004—if not the best pop-oriented R&B album since CrazySexyCool."{{cite web |last=Kellman |first=Andy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/complex-simplicity-mw0000206180 |title=Complex Simplicity – Teedra Moses |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=January 31, 2018}} Matt Cibula of PopMatters described the album as "awe-inspiring and cool and touching and kind of avant-garde in a weird homegrown way".{{cite web |last=Cibula |first=Matt |url=https://www.popmatters.com/mosesteedra-complex-2495995253.html |title=Teedra Moses: Complex Simplicity |work=PopMatters |date=October 18, 2004 |accessdate=January 31, 2018}} Jon Caramanica of Rolling Stone wrote that Moses has "a cheery, twee voice, and on her debut she uses it to sass the men in her life."{{cite magazine |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/teedramoses/albums/album/6115499/review/6561290/complex_simplicity |title=Teedra Moses: Complex Simplicity |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 11, 2004 |accessdate=November 30, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215014207/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/teedramoses/albums/album/6115499/review/6561290/complex_simplicity |archivedate=December 15, 2007 |url-status=dead}} Patrick Taliaferro of Vibe viewed the album as "a great entry into the R&B game", adding that "Moses is appealing when revealing her country B-girl bravado, but at the end it's actually all we see, variations in her approach would have been nice."{{cite web |last=Taliaferro |first=Patrick |url=http://www.vibe.com/news/reviews/2004/09/cd_review_teedra_moses_complex_simplicity/ |title=Teedra Moses: Complex Simplicity |work=Vibe |date=September 13, 2004 |accessdate=March 2, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060714010343/http://www.vibe.com/news/reviews/2004/09/cd_review_teedra_moses_complex_simplicity/ |archivedate=July 14, 2006}} The album earned Moses comparisons to R&B artists such as Mary J. Blige, Deniece Williams, and Cherrelle.{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/teedra-moses/2761943 |title=Teedra Moses Biography |publisher=Artistdirect |accessdate=January 31, 2018}}

All tracks produced by Paul Poli, except where noted.

{{Track listing

| headline = Complex Simplicity track listing

| total_length = 62:03

| title1 = Be Your Girl

| writer1 = {{hlist|Teedra Moses|Poli|Nasir Jones|Raul Santiago|Christopher Jones}}

| length1 = 4:09

| title2 = You'll Never Find (A Better Woman)

| note2 = featuring Jadakiss

| writer2 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli|Vee Allen|Al Hudson|Jack Hall}}

| length2 = 4:13

| title3 = Caution

| writer3 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length3 = 4:37

| title4 = Backstroke

| writer4 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length4 = 3:37

| title5 = No More Tears

| writer5 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli|Mac Robinson|André Benjamin|Patrick Brown|Antwan Patton}}

| length5 = 4:11

| title6 = Rescue Me

| writer6 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length6 = 4:06

| title7 = Take Me

| note7 = featuring Raphael Saadiq) (producer: Saadiq

| writer7 = {{hlist|Moses|Saadiq}}

| length7 = 4:44

| title8 = You Better Tell Her

| note8 = producer: Jonathan Smith

| writer8 = {{hlist|Moses|Smith}}

| length8 = 6:15

| title9 = Outta My Head

| writer9 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli|Teddy Randazzo|Bobby Weinstein}}

| length9 = 3:39

| title10 = Complex Simplicity

| writer10 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length10 = 4:16

| title11 = For a Lifetime

| writer11 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length11 = 4:15

| title12 = Caught Up

| writer12 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli|Robinson}}

| length12 = 4:14

| title13 = Last Day

| writer13 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length13 = 3:41

| title14 = I Think of You (Shirley's Song)

| writer14 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli|Robinson}}

| length14 = 6:06

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = UK edition{{cite web |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/39a332b7-efba-4b0f-ada5-5f17f4ba537e |title=Release "Complex Simplicity" by Teedra Moses |publisher=MusicBrainz |accessdate=January 31, 2018}}

| total_length = 91:16

| title10 = Doin' You

| writer10 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length10 = 3:58

| title11 = Complex Simplicity

| writer11 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length11 = 4:16

| title12 = For a Lifetime

| writer12 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length12 = 4:15

| title13 = Caught Up

| writer13 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli|Robinson}}

| length13 = 4:14

| title14 = Last Day

| writer14 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length14 = 3:41

| title15 = I Think of You (Shirley's Song)

| writer15 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli|Robinson}}

| length15 = 6:06

| title16 = Still Your Girl

| note16 = featuring Raphael Saadiq, Truth Hurts and Scipio

| writer16 =

| length16 = 4:15

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 15th anniversary edition

| total_length = 77:04

| title15 = Doin' You

| writer15 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length15 = 3:58

| title16 = You Better Tell Her (TVT Mix)

| writer16 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli}}

| length16 = 3:44

| title17 = Cabernet Sauvignon

| writer17 = Moses

| length17 = 3:24

| title18 = I Think of You (3 Generations)

| note18 = featuring Shirley Moses, Raj and Taj Austin

| writer18 = {{hlist|Moses|Poli|Robinson}}

| length18 = 6:43

}}

Sample credits

• "Be Your Girl" contains replayed elements of "One on One", as performed by Nas
• "You'll Never Find (A Better Woman)" contains a sample of "Better Woman or Bigger Fool", as performed by Alicia Myers
• "No More Tears" contains replayed elements of "SpottieOttieDopaliscious", as performed by OutKast
• "Outta My Head" contains an interpolation of "Goin' Out of My Head", as performed by Little Anthony and the Imperials

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Complex Simplicity.{{cite AV media notes |title=Complex Simplicity |type=liner notes |others=Teedra Moses |publisher=TVT Records |year=2004 |id=TV-2450-2}}

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• Teedra Moses – vocals, vocal arrangement {{small|(all tracks)}}; executive production
• Rich Balmer – engineering {{small|(track 14)}}
• Gerry Brown – recording {{small|(track 7)}}
• Gerald Clayton – keyboards {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 10–13)}}
• Kevin Davis – mixing {{small|(track 4)}}
• Clare Fischer – string arrangements {{small|(track 7)}}
• Ryan Freeland – mixing {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 9–14)}}; engineering {{small|(tracks 9, 14)}}
• John Frye – mixing {{small|(track 8)}}
• Tony Gillis – mastering
• Mark Gray – recording assistance {{small|(track 8)}}
• Jadakiss – vocals {{small|(track 2)}}
• Bryan Leach – co-executive production
• Anthony Mandler – photography
• Charles "Chaz" Muhammad – organ {{small|(track 14)}}
• Paul Poli – production, vocal arrangement {{small|(tracks 1–6, 9–14)}}; engineering {{small|(tracks 1–3, 4–6, 10–13)}}; keyboards {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 10–13)}}; executive production
• Mac Robinson – guitar {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 14)}}; bass, keyboards, percussion {{small|(tracks 9, 14)}}
• Danny Romero – recording {{small|(track 7)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 7, 14)}}
• Raphael Saadiq – bass, guitar, production, vocal arrangement, vocals {{small|(track 7)}}
• Greg Smith – recording {{small|(track 8)}}
• Jonathan Smith – production {{small|(track 8)}}
• Shaffer Smith – vocal arrangement {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8–11, 13, 14)}}
• Benjamin Wheelock – design
• Dubbs Willie – executive production
• Kelvin Wooten – drums, guitar, keyboards {{small|(track 7)}}

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