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Crackin' Up!

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Released
  
June 1987

Release date
  
June 1987

Label
  
MCA Records

Artist
  
Ray Stevens

Producer
  
Ray Stevens

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Crackin' Up! (1987)
  
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1987)

Genres
  
Country music, Comedy music

Similar
  
Ray Stevens albums, Country music albums

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.

Contents

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."

Album credits

As listed in liner notes.

  • Produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens
  • Recorded at: Ray Stevens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Engineer: Stuart Keathley
  • Mastered by: Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics
  • Mixed and mastered using the JVC Digital Mastering System

    • Musicians

  • Keyboards, synthesizers: Ray Stevens
  • Drums: Tommy Wells
  • Bass: Stuart Keathley
  • Rhythm Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica: Mark Casstevens
  • Electric Guitars: Steve Gibson
  • Background Vocals: Lisa Silver, Diane V. Tidwell, Carol Chase
  • Art Direction: Ray Stevens, Slick Lawson
  • Photography: Slick Lawson
  • Design Concept: Ray Stevens

    • Songs

    1Would Jesus Wear a Rolex2:49
    2Three-legged Man3:44
    3Cool Down Willard3:18

    References

    Crackin' Up! Wikipedia
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