ProducerJerry Kennedy and Ray Stevens Me
(1983)He Thinks He's Ray Stevens
(1984)
Me was Ray Stevens' twentieth studio album and his third and final for Mercury Records, released in 1983. In 1982, Stevens returned briefly to Mercury to record this album (his first for that label in 20 years) before moving to MCA Records in 1984. The front of the album cover shows Stevens portraying a painter painting a self-portrait; while the back shows the finished portrait on a table along with a second self-portrait that is sketched by pencil, a cup filled with paint brushes, the paint tray, tubes of paint, a small glass filled with water and a rose, and a lamp. Two singles were lifted from the album: "Love Will Beat Your Brains Out" (which unfortunately did not chart) and a cover of Paul Petersen's hit "My Dad."
Personnel
Produced by: Jerry Kennedy and Ray Stevens
Arranged by: Ray Stevens
Recorded and mixed at Ray Stevens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Engineer: Stuart Keathley
Mastered at Disc Mastering, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee
Mastering Engineer: Randy Kling
Musicians
Piano, Rhodes and Gleemon Synthesizer: Rodger Morris
Other Synthesizers: Ray Stevens
Bass: Jack Williams
Drums: Jerry Carrigan (except "Mary Lou Nights"), James Stroud
Electric Guitars: Steve Gibson, John Clausi
Acoustic Guitars: Mark Casstevens
Percussion, Harmonica, and Jews Harp: Terry McMillan
Steel Guitar and Dobro: Weldon Myrick
Strings: Nashville String Machine
Background Vocals: the Cherry Sisters (Sheri Huffman, Diane Tidwell, Lisa Silver), Alan Moore, Hurshel Wiginton, Suzi Ragsdale (on "Love Will Beat Your Brains Out")
