Crackin' Up!
1987 studio album by Ray Stevens
Crackin' Up! | ||||
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Studio album by Ray Stevens | ||||
Released | June 1987 | |||
Genre | Country, novelty, comedy | |||
Label | MCA Nashville #42020 | |||
Producer | Ray Stevens | |||
Ray Stevens chronology | ||||
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Crackin' Up! was Ray Stevens' twenty-fourth studio album and his fourth for MCA Records, released in 1987. Three singles were lifted from the album: "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex", "Three-Legged Man" and "Sex Symbols", the last two of which did not chart.
Chuck Donkers of AllMusic rated the album four stars out of five, saying that the songs "don't just make you laugh, they make you think, too."[1]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex" | Margaret Archer, Chet Atkins | 2:46 |
2. | "Three-Legged Man" | Shel Silverstein | 3:41 |
3. | "Cool Down Willard" | C.W. Kalb, Jr. | 3:16 |
4. | "I'm My Own Grandpaw" | Dwight Latham, Moe Jaffe | 2:41 |
5. | "The Ballad of Cactus Pete and Lefty" | C.W. Kalb, Jr., Ray Stevens | 4:37 |
6. | "Sex Symbols" | C.W. Kalb, Jr. | 3:51 |
7. | "Gourmet Restaurant" | Ray Stevens, C.W. Kalb, Jr. | 3:45 |
8. | "The Flies of Texas Are upon You" | Layng Martine, Jr., Austin Roberts | 3:34 |
9. | "Doctor, Doctor (Have Mercy on Me)" | C.W. Kalb, Jr. | 2:54 |
10. | "The Day That Clancy Drowned" | Sheb Wooley | 3:09 |
Album credits
As listed in liner notes.[2]
- Produced and Arranged by Ray Stevens
- Recorded at Ray Stevens Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).
- Engineer – Stuart Keathley
- Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).
- Mixed and Mastered using the JVC Digital Mastering System.
- Art Direction – Ray Stevens and Slick Lawson
- Photography – Slick Lawson
- Design Concept – Ray Stevens
Musicians
- Ray Stevens – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
- Mark Casstevens – rhythm guitars, banjo, harmonica
- Steve Gibson – electric guitars
- Stuart Keathley – bass
- Tommy Wells – drums
- Carol Chase – backing vocals
- Lisa Silver – backing vocals
- Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
Chart performance
Album
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 25 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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US Country | CAN Country | ||
1987 | "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex" | 41 | 45 |
References
- v
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- 1,837 Seconds of Humor
- This Is Ray Stevens
- Even Stevens
- Gitarzan
- Have a Little Talk with Myself
- Everything Is Beautiful
- Unreal!!!
- Turn Your Radio On
- Losin' Streak
- Nashville
- Boogity Boogity
- Misty
- Just for the Record
- Feel the Music
- There Is Something on Your Mind
- Be Your Own Best Friend
- Shriner's Convention
- One More Last Chance
- Don't Laugh Now
- Me
- He Thinks He's Ray Stevens
- I Have Returned
- Surely You Joust
- Crackin' Up!
- I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like
- Beside Myself
- Funny Man
- #1 With a Bullet
- Osama—Yo' Mama: The Album
- The Best of Ray Stevens (1967)
- The Best of Ray Stevens (1968)
- Greatest Hits (1983 Ray Stevens album)
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Ray Stevens album)
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Ray Stevens album)
- His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits
- The Very Best of Ray Stevens
- 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ray Stevens
- "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills"
- "Ahab the Arab"
- "Gitarzan"
- "Along Came Jones"
- "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
- "Have a Little Talk with Myself"
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
- "Everything Is Beautiful"
- "All My Trials"
- "The Streak"
- "Misty"
- "Indian Love Call"
- "Young Love"
- "You Are So Beautiful"
- "In the Mood"
- "I Need Your Help Barry Manilow"
- "Shriner's Convention"
- "Mississippi Squirrel Revival"
- "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex"