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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 the Soviet Union. The second single tells the story of how Stevens attempts to teach a deaf woman how to drive. The character would play an important role several years later when Stevens filmed his direct-to-home video movie, Get Serious!. Connie Freeman portrayed Charlene Mackenzie in the movie.

I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1988[1]
GenreCountry, novelty
LabelMCA
ProducerRay Stevens
Ray Stevens chronology
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
(1987)
I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like
(1988)
Beside Myself
(1989)

The album cover shows Stevens as Will Rogers performing a rope trick. Rogers' most often quote is "I never met a man I didn't like" which served as the obvious inspiration for the album's title.

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; it makes its first appearance on a studio album.


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Surfin' U.S.S.R."William Martin3:04
2."The Booger Man"Stevens, C.W. Kalb, Jr.4:34
3."Mama's in the Sky With Elvis"Cinde Borup, Bruce Innes3:15
4."Language, Nudity, Violence & Sex"Kalb3:19
5."Bad"Michael Jackson3:41
6."The Day I Tried to Teach Charlene Mackenzie How to Drive"Kalb3:49
7."Blood and Suede"Martin2:59
8."Ethelene (The Truckstop Queen)"Kalb2:39
9."I Don't Need None of That"Kalb3:12
10."Old Hippie Class Reunion"Stevens, Kalb5:16

Album credits


Compiled from liner notes.[2]

Musicians


Chart performance



Album


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

Singles


Year Single Peak positions
US Country
1988 "The Day I Tried to Teach Charlene Mackenzie How to Drive" 88

References


  1. "LP Discography: Ray Stevens". LP Discography. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  2. I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like (album cover). Ray Stevens. MCA Records. 1988. 42172.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)



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