Crackin' Up! Explained

Crackin' Up!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ray Stevens
Cover:	Crackinup.jpg
Released:	June 1987
Genre:	Country, novelty, comedy
Label:	MCA Nashville #42020
Producer:	Ray Stevens
Prev Title:	Get the Best of Ray Stevens
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Next Year:	1987

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]

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

Singles

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r94247|pure_url=yes}} ''Crackin' Up'' review]. Donkers. Chuck. Allmusic. 16 February 2010.
2. Crackin' Up . Ray Stevens . 1987 . CD insert . MCA Records . MCAD-42020.