1986 studio album by Ray Stevens
Surely You Joust 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
Side A No. Title Writer(s) Length 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
Side B No. Title Writer(s) Length 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.
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 soundsLisa Silver – backing vocals
Wendy Suits – backing vocals
Diane Tidwell – backing vocals Chart performance
Album
Chart (1986)
Peak
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
11
Singles
Year
Single
Peak positions
US Country
1986
"Southern Air"
63
1986
"People's Court"
70
References
^ Surely You Joust (CD booklet). Ray Stevens. MCA Records. 1986. MCAD 5795.{{cite AV media notes }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )
Ray Stevens 1960s albums
1970s albums
1980s albums
1990s/2000s albums
Compilations
Notable singles
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