Surely You Joust

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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

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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 Keistervocoder programming
  • Mark Casstevens – rhythm guitars, banjo
  • Steve Gibson – electric guitars, dobro, mandolin
  • Jack Williams – bass guitar
  • Jerry Kroon – drums
  • Johnny Gimblefiddle
  • 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
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 11

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country
1986 "Southern Air" 63
1986 "People's Court" 70

References

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