''Crackin' Up!'' was
Ray Stevens
Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country music, country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian. He is best known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "M ...
' twenty-fourth studio album and his fourth for
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s. The label achieved success in the 1970s through the 1980s, often by acquiring other ...
, 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
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rated the album four stars out of five, saying that the songs "don't just make you laugh, they make you think, too."
Track listing
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 (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
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...
,
harmonica
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* Steve Gibson – electric guitars
* Stuart Keathley – bass
* Tommy Wells – drums
* Carol Chase – backing vocals
* Lisa Silver – backing vocals
* Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
Chart performance
Album
Singles
References
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1987 albums
MCA Records albums
Ray Stevens albums