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{{Infobox Album

| Name = Crackin' Up

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| Cover = Crackinup.jpg

| Released = 1987

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

| Label = [[MCA Nashville]] #42020

| Producer = Ray Stevens

| Reviews = [[Allmusic]] - {{rating|4|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0jfrxqe5ldje link]

| Last album = ''[[Surely You Joust]]''<br />(1986)

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

| Next album = ''I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like''<br />(1988)

}}

'''''Crackin' Up''''' is an album by [[Ray Stevens]]. It was released in 1987. The album produced the chart single "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex"," a #41 on the [[Hot Country Singles]] charts. "Three Legged Man" and "Sex Symbols" were also released, although they 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0jfrxqe5ldje|title=''Crackin' Up'' review|last=Donkers|first=Chuck|work=Allmusic|accessdate=16 February 2010}}</ref>

==Track listing==

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# "Sex Symbols" (Kalb, Jr.) – 3:51

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

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

# "Doctor, Doctor (Have Mercy on Me)" (Kalb, Jr.) – 2:54

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

== Personnel ==

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>

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

*Carol Chase – Vocals[[background (bckgr)vocals]]

*Steve Gibson – Guitar[[electric (Electric)guitar]]

*Stuart Keathley – Bass,[[bass Engineerguitar]]

*Lisa Silver – Vocalsbackground (bckgr)vocals

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

*Diane V. Tidwell – background vocals

*Tommy Wells – Drums[[drum kit|drums]]

==References==

*Milan Bogdan – Master Tape Preparation

{{Reflist}}

*Mark Casstevens – Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica

*Carol Chase – Vocals (bckgr)

*Steve Gibson – Guitar (Electric)

*Katie Gillon – Coordination

*Sherri Halford – Coordination

*Stuart Keathley – Bass, Engineer

*Slick Lawson – Photography

*Simon Levy – Art Direction

*Glenn Meadows – Master Tape Preparation

*Lisa Silver – Vocals (bckgr)

*Ray Stevens – Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer

*Tommy Wells – Drums

[[Category:MCA Records albums]]