Mr. Misunderstood
album by Eric Church
Mr. Misunderstood is the fifth studio album from American country music artist Eric Church. EMI Records Nashville released the album on November 3, 2015, to his fan club, before being released on iTunes the following day. Church worked with long-time music producer Jay Joyce for the production of the album.
Background
Church started his songwriting of the album on his guitar, nicknamed "Butter Bean" by his son, in the latter part of the summer. Originally, he set out to create a collaboration album with other country artists about their journey in music:“Initially, it was going to be a collaboration album. I had contacted Willie, I’d contacted Kris Kristofferson, I’d contacted Bob Seger, Billy Joel and all these people. And I said, ‘Hey, I want to do this album where we get together and we make an album about what we all share, which is this journey in music.'” Within just twenty days, he had twenty songs written for the album, when he went into the studio, where twenty days later after some recording sessions, the ten tracks that comprise this album were finished. The recording sessions for this album took place in mid-to-late-September to early-October 2015. Church got Jay Joyce to produce the album, while his label EMI Records Nashville was the imprint used.
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