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.[2] It was serviced to US rhythmic contemporary radio a week later, on November 18, 2003.[3] The track, which features rapper Jadakiss, peaked at number 86 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[4]

The second single, "Be Your Girl", was released as a 12-inch vinyl in the US on June 1, 2004,[5] and impacted rhythmic and urban contemporary radio on the same day.[6] It was also released as a CD single in Germany on February 21, 2005.[7] The single reached number 87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[4] 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.[8] The single version features rappers Pitbull and Lil' Scrappy.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[9]

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."[1] Matt Cibula of PopMatters described the album as "awe-inspiring and cool and touching and kind of avant-garde in a weird homegrown way".[10] 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."[9] 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."[11] The album earned Moses comparisons to R&B artists such as Mary J. Blige,[1] Deniece Williams,[9] and Cherrelle.[12]

All tracks produced by Paul Poli, except where noted.

Notes

• The German edition of the album is enhanced to include the music video for "Be Your Girl".[15]
• The Japanese edition features alternative artwork, but is otherwise identical to the North American release.[16]
• The UK edition features alternative artwork as well.[17]

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.[18]