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{{Infobox Album
| Name = Crackin' Up!
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Ray Stevens]]
| Cover = Crackinup.jpg
| Released = 1987
| Genre = [[country music|Country]], [[
| Label = [[MCA Nashville]] #42020
| Producer = Ray Stevens
| Last album = ''The Very Best of Ray Stevens/Roger Miller''<br />(1986)
| This album = '''''Crackin' Up!'''''<br />(1987)
| Next album = ''Get the Best of Ray Stevens''<br />(1987)
}}
'''''Crackin' Up'''''
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."<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r94247|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Crackin' Up'' review|last=Donkers|first=Chuck|work=Allmusic|accessdate=16 February 2010}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
# "[[Would Jesus Wear a Rolex]]" (Margaret Archer, [[Chet Atkins]]) – 2:46▼
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = [[Would Jesus Wear a Rolex]]
# "[[I'm My Own Grandpa|I'm My Own Grandpaw]]" (Moe Jaffe, Dwight Latham) – 2:41▼
| length1 = 2:46
| title2 = Three-Legged Man
| writer2 = [[Shel Silverstein]]
| length2 = 3:41
# "The Flies of Texas Are Upon You" ([[Layng Martine, Jr.]], Austin Roberts) – 3:34▼
| title3 = Cool Down Willard
# "Doctor, Doctor (Have Mercy on Me)" (Kalb, Jr.) – 2:54▼
| writer3 = C.W. Kalb, Jr.
| length3 = 3:16
| 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
| length8 = 3:34
| writer9 = C.W. Kalb, Jr.
| length9 = 2:54
| title10 = The Day That Clancy Drowned
| writer10 = [[Sheb Wooley]]
| length10 = 3:09
==Album
As listed in liner notes.<ref>{{cite album-notes |title=Crackin' Up |artist=Ray Stevens |year=1987 |format=CD insert |publisher=MCA Records |publisherid=MCAD-42020}}</ref>
*Produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens
*Recorded at: Ray Stevens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
*Engineer: Stuart Keathley
*Mastered by: Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics
*Mixed and mastered using the JVC Digital Mastering System
'''Musicians'''
*Keyboards, synthesizers: Ray Stevens
*Drums: Tommy Wells
*Bass: Stuart Keathley
*Rhythm Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica: Mark Casstevens
*Electric Guitars: Steve Gibson
*Background Vocals: Lisa Silver, Diane V. Tidwell, Carol Chase
*Art Direction: Ray Stevens, Slick Lawson
*Photography: Slick Lawson
*Design Concept: Ray Stevens
==Chart performance==
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[[Category:Ray Stevens albums]]
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