Beside Myself (Ray Stevens album)
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 32:41 | |||
| Label | MCA #42303 | |||
| Producer | Ray Stevens | |||
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Beside Myself was Ray Stevens' twenty-sixth studio album and his sixth for MCA Records, released in 1989. It includes the singles "I Saw Elvis in a UFO" and "There's a Star Spangled Banner." The album was also his last for MCA Records before he moved to Curb Records for his next studio album, 1990's Lend Me Your Ears.
A repackaged version of this album, Ray Stevens — At His Best (MCAC-20695 cassette, MCAD-20695 CD), was released on December 18, 1992 with most of the same tracks in a different order, eliminating the tracks "Bad Dancin'" and "I Used to Be Crazy."[1] A different version of At His Best, with all ten tracks from Beside Myself in the original order, is available on iTunes.
Track listing
- "Your Bozo’s Back Again"
- "Another Fine Mess"
- "Marion Michael Morrison"
- "Butterfly Inside a Coupe de Ville"
- "There’s a Star-Spangled Banner"
- "I Saw Elvis in a UFO"
- "The Woogie Boogie"
- "Stuck on You"
- "Bad Dancin’"
- "I Used to Be Crazy"
All songs written by Ray Stevens and C.W. Kalb, Jr.; “Bad Dancin’”, co-written by Cinde Borup and Bruce Innis.[2]
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[2]
- Ray Stevens - vocals, synthesizer
- Mark Casstevens - rhythm guitar
- Steve Gibson - electric guitar
- Vicki Hampton - background vocals
- Sheri Huffman - background vocals
- Stuart Keathley - bass guitar
- Terry McMillan - harmonica
- Gary Prim - keyboards
- Lisa Silver - background vocals
- Dennis Solee - tenor saxophone
- Diane Vanette - background vocals
- Tommy Wells - drums
Chart performance
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 51 |
See also
References
- ^ Ray Stevens -- At His Best at Ray Stevens.com Archived January 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Beside Myself (cassette insert). Ray Stevens. MCA Records. 1989. MCAC-42303.
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