{"product_id":"the-mountain-goats-beat-the-champ","title":"the Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncluded in:\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2015\/12\/the-50-best-albums-of-2015.html?a=1\"\u003ePaste's Best Albums of 2015\u003c\/a\u003e (#11)\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/feature\/the-80-best-albums-of-2015\/P5\/\"\u003ePopMatter's Best Albums of 2015\u003c\/a\u003e (#29)\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2015\/12\/the-50-best-songs-of-2015.html\"\u003ePaste's Best Songs of 2015\u003c\/a\u003e (#3 \"The Legend of Chavo Guerrero\")\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/feature\/the-90-best-songs-of-2015\/P6\/\"\u003ePopMatter's Best Songs of 2015\u003c\/a\u003e (#21 \"The Legend of Chavo Guerrero\")\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/1847314\/the-50-best-music-videos-of-2015\/franchises\/2015-in-review\/\"\u003eStereogum's Top Music Videos of 2015\u003c\/a\u003e (#49 \"The Legend of Chavo Guerrero\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Beat the Champ\u003c\/i\u003e is about professional wrestling, which was an avenue of escape for me when I was a kid. Wrestling was low-budget working class entertainment back then, strictly UHF material. It was cheap theater. You had to bring your imagination to the proceedings and you got paid back double. I wrote these songs to re-immerse myself in the blood and fire of the visions that spoke to me as a child, and to see what more there might be in them now that I'm grown.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— John Darnielle, Durham, NC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"2-LP (Black)","offer_id":52739190292791,"sku":"MRG516LP","price":32.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52739190227255,"sku":"MRG516CD","price":15.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739190260023,"sku":"MRG516digital","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/b0aef2545515da929608f6d5c7c6fc52113b984a_7bd333f22df3fb471e2f7cd7ebdf0d15334b568e_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1789587511","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/the-mountain-goats-beat-the-champ","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}