I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like is Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs.-Early career:...

' twenty-fifth studio album and his fifth for MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

, released in 1988

1988 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....

. Two singles were lifted from the album: "Surfin' U.S.S.R." (which unfortunately failed to chart) and "The Day I Tried to Teach Charlene Mackenzie How to Drive." The album cover shows Stevens spoofing a cowboy of a rodeo by being dressed as a cowboy and holding a rope.

The third track, "Mama's in the Sky With Elvis," was previously featured on the second volume of the Greatest Hits package of Stevens' hits

Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Ray Stevens album)

-Album credits:Compiled from liner notes.*"Would Jesus Wear a Rolex," "Can He Love You Half as Much as I," "The Ballad of the Blue Cyclone," "I Need Your Help Barry Manilow," "Mama's in the Sky With Elvis" and "The Haircut Song" were produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens*"Mr...

; it makes its first appearance on a studio album.

Track listing

Album credits

Compiled from liner notes.

• Produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens
• Recorded at Ray Stevens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
• Engineer: Stuart Keathley
• Mastered by: Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics
• Mastered using the JVC Digital Mastering System

Musicians

• Gary Prim: Keyboards
• Steve Gibson: Electric guitar, mandolin and dobro
• Stuart Keathley: Bass
• Tommy Wells: Drums
• Mark Casstevens: Rhythm guitar and banjo
• Larry Sasser: Steel guitar and dobro
• Terry McMillan: Harmonica
• Lisa Silver: Fiddle
• Ray Stevens: Synthesizer
• Lisa Silver, Sheri Huffman, Diane Vanette and Wendy Suits: Background vocals

• Art direction: Ray Stevens and Slick Lawson
• Design: Barnes & Company
• Photography: Slick Lawson
• Wardrobe and styling: Susan Lawson
• Stage: Bubba Crigler

Album

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	52

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
1988	"The Day I Tried to Teach Charlene Mackenzie How to Drive"	88