Surely You Joust
1986 studio album by Ray Stevens
Surely You Joust | ||||
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Studio album by Ray Stevens | ||||
Released | June 1986 | |||
Recorded | Ray Stevens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee[1] | |||
Genre | Country, novelty | |||
Label | MCA Cassette (MCAC-5795), LP (MCA-5795) | |||
Producer | Ray Stevens | |||
Ray Stevens chronology | ||||
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Surely You Joust was Ray Stevens' twenty-third studio album and his third for MCA Records. The album's front cover shows Stevens disguised as a medieval knight with a horse standing next to him. The album's back cover shows Stevens in the same costume but in a junk pile with two junk men. Three singles were lifted from the album: "Southern Air" (featuring Jerry Clower and Minnie Pearl), "People's Court", and "Can He Love You Half as Much as I", the last of which did not chart.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Southern Air" (Special guest appearances by Jerry Clower and Minnie Pearl) | Brent Holmes, Stuart Dill | 5:25 |
2. | "People's Court" | C.W. Kalb, Jr., David Slater, Jack White | 4:43 |
3. | "Bionie and the Robotics" | Stevens, Kalb | 4:28 |
4. | "Makin' the Best of a Bad Situation" | Dick Feller | 2:56 |
5. | "Fat" | Kalb | 3:29 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Can He Love You Half as Much as I" | Kalb | 2:50 |
2. | "Smokey Mountain Rattlesnake Retreat" | Kalb | 3:21 |
3. | "The Camping Trip" | Stevens, Kalb | 5:50 |
4. | "Camp Werthahekahwee" | Bobby Russell | 3:53 |
5. | "Dudley Dorite (Of the Highway Patrol)" | Kalb | 4:35 |
Album credits
Per liner notes.[1]
- Ray Stevens – producer, arrangements, art direction
- Stuart Keathley – engineer
- Ray Stevens Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording location
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Susan Lawson – production coordinator
- Slick Lawson – art direction, photography
- Barnes & Company – design
- Camille Engel Advertising – CD design
Musicians
- Ray Stevens – vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, trumpet
- Shane Keister – vocoder programming
- Mark Casstevens – rhythm guitars, banjo
- Steve Gibson – electric guitars, dobro, mandolin
- Jack Williams – bass guitar
- Jerry Kroon – drums
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Denis Solee – saxophones
- Norro Wilson – armpit sounds
- Lisa Silver – backing vocals
- Wendy Suits – backing vocals
- Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
Chart performance
Album
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 11 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak positions |
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US Country | ||
1986 | "Southern Air" | 63 |
1986 | "People's Court" | 70 |
References
- ^ a b Surely You Joust (CD booklet). Ray Stevens. MCA Records. 1986. MCAD 5795.
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