Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope
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{{Infobox album
| name = Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope
| type = Album
| artist = Jimmie's Chicken Shack
| cover = Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 10, 1997
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 45:16
| label = Rocket
| producer = Steven Haigler
| prev_title = 2 For 1 Special
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Bring Your Own Stereo
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope
| type = studio
| single1 = High
| single1date = 1996
| single2 = Blood
| single2date = 1997
| single3 = Another Day
| single3date = 1997
| single4 = Dropping Anchor
| single4date = 1998
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r277373|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
}}
Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope is an album by the American band Jimmie's Chicken Shack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmies-chicken-shack-mn0000850222/biography|title=Jimmie's Chicken Shack Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}{{cite magazine |last1=Reece |first1=Doug |title=SHACK ATTACK |magazine=Billboard |date=Jun 28, 1997 |volume=109 |issue=26 |page=14}} It was released in 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://indyweek.com/api/content/5b9cfbb9-52e6-5ff3-9418-352ed0645892/|title=Jimmie's Chicken Shack|first=Chris|last=Parker|date=June 18, 2008|website=INDY Week}} The album sold more than 200,000 copies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1430630/jimmies-chicken-shack-bring-the-love-to-stereo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107171529/https://www.mtv.com/news/1430630/jimmies-chicken-shack-bring-the-love-to-stereo/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2022|title=Jimmie's Chicken Shack Bring The Love To "Stereo"|website=MTV News}} The band supported the album by opening for Everclear on a North American tour.{{cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Greg |title=There's nothing 'Chicken' about Jimmie's 'Shack' |work=Sunday News |date=25 Jan 1998 |page=H4}}
The title is a word play of "Pushing the envelope", salmonella, and manila envelope.
Critical reception
The Washington Post wrote that the band "combines art-rock and hard-rock with a muscular rhythm section that adds a surging, funk-flavored bottom in the vein of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Living Colour."{{cite news |title=JIMMIE'S CHICKEN SHACK 'PUSHING THE SALMANILLA ENVELOPE' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/06/13/jimmies-chicken-shack-pushing-the-salmanilla-envelope-rocketam/ac27d5db-eae4-479c-8b33-0b0d16fefe40/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=7 January 2022}}
Track listing
All tracks by Jimi Haha, Jim McD, Jim Chaney & Che Lemon
- Dropping Anchor - 3:40
- Outhouse - 3:20
- High - 3:48
- Spiderweb - 4:05
- Blood - 3:44
- This Is Not Hell - 5:07
- Milk - 5:21
- Hole - 2:21
- School Bus - 2:55
- Another Day - 3:24
- Sitting with the Dog - 4:10
- When You Die You're Dead - 3:16
Personnel
- Jimi Haha - Guitar/Vocals
- Jim McD - Guitar
- Jim Chaney - Drums and Percussion
- Che Lemon - Bass