Surely You Joust was Ray Stevens' twenty-third studio album and his third for MCA Records.

The album's front cover shows Stevens disguised as a medieval knight with a horse standing next to him.

The album's back cover shows Stevens in the same costume but in a junk pile with two junk men.

Three singles were lifted from the album: "Southern Air" (featuring Jerry Clower and Minnie Pearl), "People's Court", and "Can He Love You Half as Much as I", the last of which did not chart.

Per liner notes.