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I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like
I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like is Ray Stevens' twenty-fifth studio album and his fifth for MCA Records, released in 1988. Two singles were lifted from the album: "Surfin' U.S.S.R." and "The Day I Tried to Teach Charlene Mackenzie How to Drive." The "Surfin' U.S.S.R." single was accompanied with a music video (his second). The song blends the sound of the Beach Boys with the real world events of
, "grooves like a motherfucker" in a way that retains an identifiable UK vibe; punky, angry and hip.
Taylor had always lamented never being able to convince a record label to fully commit to making the record he wanted to make – or, more accurately, needed to make: "Labels would usually go halfway, give me some budget for a big horn section or a decent studio. But I guess, ultimately, they didn't share my vision, so the record never got made - until now