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{{Infobox Album

{{Infobox album

| Name = Crackin' Up

| Type name = studioCrackin' Up!

| Artisttype = [[Ray= Stevens]]studio

| Coverartist = [[Ray = Crackinup.jpgStevens]]

| Releasedcover = 1987Crackinup.jpg

| alt =

| Genre = [[country music|Country]], [[comedy]]

| released = June 1987

| Label = [[MCA Nashville]] #42020

| Producerrecorded = Ray Stevens=

| studio =

| Last album = ''The Very Best of Ray Stevens/Roger Miller''<br />(1986)

| genre = [[country music|Country]], [[novelty song|novelty]], [[Comedy music|comedy]]

| This album = '''''Crackin' Up'''''<br />(1987)

| length =

| Next album = ''Get the Best of Ray Stevens''<br />(1987)

| label = [[MCA Nashville]] #42020

| producer = Ray Stevens

| prev_title = [[Get the Best of Ray Stevens]]

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = [[Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Ray Stevens album)|Greatest Hits, Vol. 2]]

| next_year = 1987

}}

'''''Crackin' Up!''''' iswas an[[Ray Stevens]]' twenty-fourth studio album byand his fourth for [[RayMCA StevensRecords]]. It was, released in 1987. TheThree albumsingles producedwere thelifted chartfrom singlethe album: "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex," a #41 on the [[Hot Country Singles]] charts., "Three -Legged Man" and "Sex Symbols", werethe alsolast released,two althoughof theywhich did not chart.

Chuck Donkers of [[AllmusicAllMusic]] rated the album four stars out of five, saying that the songs "don't just make you laugh, they make you think, too."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p{{AllMusic|class=amg&sqlalbum|id=r94247|pure_url=10:0jfrxqe5ldjeyes}}|title=''Crackin' Up'' review|last=Donkers|first=Chuck|work=Allmusic|accessdate=16 February 2010}}</ref>

==Track listing==

{{track listing

# "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex" (Margaret Archer, [[Chet Atkins]]) – 2:46

| title1 = [[Would Jesus Wear a Rolex]]

# "Three Legged Man" ([[Shel Silverstein]]) – 3:41

| writer1 = Margaret Archer, [[Chet Atkins]]

# "Cool Down Willard" (C. W. Kalb, Jr.) – 3:16

| length1 = 2:46

# "[[I'm My Own Grandpa|I'm My Own Grandpaw]]" (Moe Jaffe, Dwight Latham) – 2:41

| title2 = Three-Legged Man

# "The Ballad of Cactus Pete and Lefty" (Kalb, Jr., Ray Stevens) – 4:37

| writer2 = [[Shel Silverstein]]

# "Sex Symbols" (Kalb, Jr.) – 3:51

| length2 = 3:41

# "Gourmet Restaurants" (Kalb, Jr., Stevens) – 3:45

| title3 = Cool Down Willard

# "The Flies of Texas Are Upon You" ([[Layng Martine, Jr.]], Austin Roberts) – 3:34

#| "Doctor,writer3 Doctor (Have Mercy on Me)" ( = [[C.W. Kalb, Jr.) – 2:54]]

| length3 = 3:16

# "The Day That Clancy Drowned" ([[Sheb Wooley]]) – 3:09

| title4 = [[I'm My Own Grandpa]]w

| writer4 = [[Dwight Latham]], [[Moe Jaffe]]

| length4 = 2:41

| title5 = The Ballad of Cactus Pete and Lefty

| writer5 = [[C.W. Kalb, Jr.]], [[Ray Stevens]]

| length5 = 4:37

| title6 = Sex Symbols

| writer6 = [[C.W. Kalb, Jr.]]

| length6 = 3:51

| title7 = Gourmet Restaurant

| writer7 = [[Ray Stevens]], [[C.W. Kalb, Jr.]]

| length7 = 3:45

| title8 = The Flies of Texas Are upon You

| writer8 = [[Layng Martine, Jr.]], [[Austin Roberts (singer)|Austin Roberts]]

| length8 = 3:34

| title9 = Doctor, Doctor (Have Mercy on Me)

| writer9 = [[C.W. Kalb, Jr.]]

| length9 = 2:54

| title10 = The Day That Clancy Drowned

| writer10 = [[Sheb Wooley]]

| length10 = 3:09

}}

== PersonnelAlbum credits ==

As listed in liner notes.<ref>{{cite album-AV media notes |title=Crackin' Up |artistothers=Ray Stevens |year=1987 |formattype=CD insert |publisher=MCA Records |publisheridid=MCAD-42020}}</ref>

* Produced and Arranged by Ray Stevens

*Mark Casstevens – [[banjo]], [[harmonica]], [[rhythm guitar]]

* Recorded at Ray Stevens Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).

*Carol Chase – [[background vocals]]

*Steve GibsonEngineer – [[electricStuart guitar]]Keathley

* Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).

*Stuart Keathley – [[bass guitar]]

* Mixed and Mastered using the JVC Digital Mastering System.

*Lisa Silver – background vocals

* Art Direction – Ray Stevens and Slick Lawson

*Ray Stevens – vocals, [[synthesizer]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]

* Photography – Slick Lawson

*Diane V. Tidwell – background vocals

* Design Concept – Ray Stevens

*Tommy Wells – [[drum kit|drums]]

'''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==

===Album===

{| class="wikitable"

! Chart (1987)

! Peak<br />position

|-

| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums

| align="center"| 25

|}

===Singles===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak positions

|- style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]

! width="45"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN Country]]

|-

| 1987

| align="left"| "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex"

| 41

| 45

|-

|}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Ray Stevens}}

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