Shriner's Convention (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Shriner's Convention

| type = Studio

| artist = Ray Stevens

| cover =Shriner's Convention (album).jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = February 1980

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop, country, novelty, comedy

| length =

| label = RCA

| producer = Ray Stevens

| prev_title = The Best of Ray Stevens

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Wild and Crazy

| next_year = 1980

}}

{{music ratings

|rev1 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}

}}

Shriner's Convention is a studio album by the American musician Ray Stevens, released in 1980, his first for RCA Records.{{cite book |title=Country Music: The Encyclopedia |date=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |page=464}} The front of the album's cover shows a drawn picture of Stevens on a motorcycle with a young, curvaceous woman in back of him. Stevens wears a blue, Hawaiian-styled shirt and blue jeans, while the woman wears a bikini, and the two wear shriner hats. In the background of the picture, there is a shriner's parade on the streets. On the back of the album, there is a comic strip of happenings at a motel while the parade occurs.

The title track is the album's sole single.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| headline = Side A

| title1 = Shriner's Convention

| writer1 = Ray Stevens

| length1 = 5:33

| title2 = The Last Laugh

| writer2 = Burke, Black, Gillespie

| length2 = 2:36

| title3 = Rita's Letter

| writer3 = Sharp

| length3 = 3:30

| title4 = The Watch Song

| writer4 = Mike Neun

| length4 = 3:28

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Side B

| title1 = The Dooright Family

| writer1 = Ray Stevens

| length1 = 5:05

| title2 = Hey There

| writer2 = Richard Adler, Jerry Ross

| length2 = 2:37

| title3 = Put It in Your Ear

| writer3 = Layng Martine, Jr.

| length3 = 2:42

| title4 = You're Never Goin' to Tampa With Me

| writer4 = C.W. Kalb, Jr.

| length4 = 2:50

| title5 = Coin Machine

| writer5 = Dick Feller

| length5 = 3:12

}}

In the cassette version of the album, the tracks for "Last Laugh" and "Coin Machine" are reversed.

Album credits

Arranged and produced by: Ray Stevens at Ray Stevens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Engineer: Stuart Keathley
Cover concept: Jerry Bradley
Art direction and cartoon illustration: Herb Burnette
Lettering: Bill Noss
Graphics by: Pinwheel Studios, Nashville

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"\| Chart (1980) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|132\|artist=Ray Stevens\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCountry\|4\|artist=Ray Stevens\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1980)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|132|artist=Ray Stevens|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}

{{album chart|BillboardCountry|4|artist=Ray Stevens|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (1980) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1980/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1980\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=January 31, 2021}} \| 46

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1980)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1980/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1980|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}

| 46