Number 1 with a Bullet

#1 With a Bullet
Studio album by Ray Stevens
Released June 18, 1991
Genre Country, Novelty
Length 32:31
Label Capitol/Curb
Producer Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens chronology
Greatest Hits
(1991)Greatest Hits1991		 #1 With a Bullet
(1991)		 Ahab the Arab
(1992)Ahab the Arab1992

#1 with a Bullet is the twenty-eighth studio album of American country and comedy singer Ray Stevens. It was released in June 1991. The album includes the singles "Working for the Japanese" and "Power Tools", which respectively reached numbers 62 and 72 on the Hot Country Songs charts.[1] The album also includes a re-recording of "The Pirate Song," which was originally recorded for his 1986 album I Have Returned.[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Power Tools"C.W. Kalb, Jr.3:29
2."Teenage Mutant Kung Fu Chickens"C.W. Kalb, Jr.3:20
3."You Gotta Have a Hat"C.W. Kalb, Jr.2:46
4."Tabloid News"C.W. Kalb, Jr.2:40
5."The Pirate Song (I Want to Sing & Dance)"C.W. Kalb, Jr., Carlene Kalb3:59
6."The Sheik of R&B"C.W. Kalb, Jr., Russell Piburn, Bill Piburn2:49
7."Juanita and the Kids"C.W. Kalb, Jr., Lonnie Carneal4:39
8."Back in the Doghouse Again"C.W. Kalb, Jr., Glen Fortner3:06
9."A Little Blue-Haired Lady"C.W. Kalb, Jr.2:43
10."Working for the Japanese"Ron DeLacy2:56

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[3]

  • Mark Casstevens — acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
  • Steve Gibson — electric guitar, bass guitar
  • Wendy Johnson — background vocals
  • Stuart Keathley — bass guitar
  • Jana King — background vocals
  • Gary Prim — keyboards
  • Lisa Silver — background vocals
  • Ray Stevens — vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Tommy Wells — drums

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Comedy Albums 14
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 60

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country
1991 "Working for the Japanese" 62
1991 "Power Tools" 72

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 402–403. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ "I Have Returned". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. ↑ #1 with a Bullet (CD booklet). Ray Stevens. Curb Records. 1991. 95914.
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