Surely You Joust
# Surely You Joust

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), "People's Court", and "Can He Love You Half as Much as I", the last of which did not chart.

## Album credits

Per liner notes.

* Ray Stevens – producer, arrangements, art direction
* Stuart Keathley – engineer
* Ray Stevens Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording location
* Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Susan Lawson – production coordinator
* Slick Lawson – art direction, photography
* Barnes & Company – design
* Camille Engel Advertising – CD design

Musicians

* Ray Stevens – vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, trumpet
* Shane Keister – vocoder programming
* Mark Casstevens – rhythm guitars, banjo
* Steve Gibson – electric guitars, dobro, mandolin
* Jack Williams – bass guitar
* Jerry Kroon – drums
* Johnny Gimble – fiddle
* Denis Solee – saxophones
* Norro Wilson – armpit sounds
* Lisa Silver – backing vocals
* Wendy Suits – backing vocals
* Diane Tidwell – backing vocals

## Chart performance

### Album

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

### Singles

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