Unreal!!!

Unreal!!! was the seventh studio album of Ray Stevens and his second for Barnaby Records, released in 1970. Two singles ("America, Communicate With Me" and "Sunset Strip") were lifted from the album and were moderately successful on the Hot 100 pop singles chart. Each single reached the Top-20 on the Billboard Adult-Contemporary chart, indicating that Stevens' appeal, even as early as 1970, lay with the adult music buyers rather than the kids and teenagers. All but two of the tracks were written by Stevens himself, with one of the others, "Talking," being written by Stevens's brother, John Ragsdale.

Unreal!!!
Studio album by
Ray Stevens
ReleasedNovember 1970
GenrePop
LabelBarnaby
ProducerRay Stevens
Ray Stevens chronology
Everything Is Beautiful
(1970)		 Unreal!!!
(1970)		 Rock & Roll Show
(1971)

On May 17, 2005, Collectables Records re-released this album and Stevens' previous album Everything Is Beautiful together on one CD.

Track listing
Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sunset Strip"Ray Stevens3:37
2."Can We Get to That"Ray Stevens3:21
3."Imitation of Life"Ray Stevens3:08
4."Night People"Ray Stevens3:22
5."America, Communicate With Me"Ray Stevens3:06
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come Around"B. Smith2:48
2."Loving You on Paper"Ray Stevens3:17
3."Dream Girl"Ray Stevens2:35
4."Monkey See, Monkey Do"Ray Stevens2:38
5."Talking"John Ragsdale2:10
6."Islands"Ray Stevens2:40

Album credits
  • All songs arranged and produced by: Ray Stevens for Ahab Productions, Inc.
  • Engineer: Charlie Tallent
  • All songs published by: Ahab Music Co., Inc. (BMI)
  • Front cover photo: Keats Tyler
  • Back cover photo courtesy of NBC-TV

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1970 The Billboard 200 141

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "America, Communicate With Me" Billboard Hot 100 45
1970 "America, Communicate With Me" Billboard Adult Contemporary 12
1970 "America, Communicate With Me" Canadian Singles Chart 34
1970 "Sunset Strip" Billboard Hot 100 81
1970 "Sunset Strip" Billboard Adult Contemporary 17
1970 "Sunset Strip" Canadian Singles Chart 68
1970 "Sunset Strip" Canadian RPM Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 30
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