Your Life Is a Record
Your Life Is a Record is the third studio album by American country music artist Brandy Clark. It was released on March 6, 2020, via Warner Records. It includes the single "Who You Thought I Was".[1] The album has received positive critical reception for Clark's songwriting skills. Despite wide acclaim, it was not as commercially successful as her previous albums, peaking at #46 the country charts and not making the Billboard Top 200 among all albums. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.
Your Life Is a Record
March 6, 2020
- Neon Cross, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Royal Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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On February 12, 2021, Clark announced that a deluxe edition of the album would be released on March 5, 2021, with six new songs, including live versions of "Pawn Shop" and "Who You Thought I Was" and a new version of "The Past Is the Past" featuring Lindsey Buckingham.[2]
Recording and release[edit]
As the album was nearing completion, Clark and producer Jay Joyce made a conscious effort to avoid country music cliches, using experimental musicians and strings to make sounds unlike her previous work; the singer had anxiety about if Warner Records could successfully market it past the tepid reception to her 2016 album Big Day in a Small Town.[3] To start the recordings, Clark and Joyce began with a simple acoustic combo and only later added electric elements or string arrangements to enhance the stripped-down recordings.[4] The album was preceded by a music video for the track "Who You Thought I Was",[5] one of many songs on the album discussing a break-up Clark had after a 15-year relationship.[3] This was followed by a video for "Love Is a Fire" on February 14.[6]
The track "Better Boat" was recorded as a duet with Randy Newman.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Clark decided to release a deluxe edition of the album that included older recordings, a brief live performance for MusiCares, and the new composition "Remember Me Beautiful".[7]
