Surely You Joust:Ray Stevens

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, whom Ray says are his "good friends"), "People's Court," and "Can He Love You Half as Much as I," the last of which did not chart.

Contents[]

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Track listing[edit][]

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Southern Air" (Special guest appearances by Jerry Clower and Minnie Pearl)	Brent Holmes, Stuart Dill	5:25
2.	"People's Court"	C.W. Kalb, Jr., David Slater, Jack White	4:43
3.	"Bionie and the Robotics"	Stevens, Kalb	4:28
4.	"Makin' the Best of a Bad Situation"	Dick Feller	2:56
5.	"Fat"	Kalb	3:29

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Can He Love You Half as Much as I"	Kalb	2:50
2.	"Smokey Mountain Rattlesnake Retreat"	Kalb	3:21
3.	"The Camping Trip"	Stevens, Kalb	5:50
4.	"Camp Werthahekahwee"	Bobby Russell	3:53
5.	"Dudley Dorite (Of the Highway Patrol)"	Kalb	4:35

Album credits[edit][]

Per liner notes.^[1]

Technical

Milan Bogdan — mastering
Camille Engel Advertising — CD design
Slick Lawson — photography
Glenn Meadows — mastering
Stuart Keathley — engineering
Ray Stevens — production, arrangement

Musicians

Mark Casstevens — rhythm guitar, banjo
Steve Gibson — electric guitar, Dobro, mandolin
Johnny Gimble — fiddle
Shane Keister — vocoder programming
Jerry Kroon — drums
Dennis Solee — saxophone
Ray Stevens — vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, trumpet
Jack Williams — bass
Norro Wilson — armpit sounds

Chart performance[edit][]

Album[edit][]

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	11

Singles[edit][]

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

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