''Bring Your Own Stereo'' is a studio album by

Jimmie's Chicken Shack Jimmie's Chicken Shack is an American alternative rock band from Annapolis, Maryland. They are best known for their 1999 single "Do Right" off their album ''Bring Your Own Stereo''. In 1996 they Signed to Elton John's Rocket Records and released ...

, released in 1999. It contains the single "Do Right", which peaked at No. 12 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. The album peaked at No. 153 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Production

''Bring Your Own Stereo'' is a loose concept album about frontman Jimi Haha's ex-girlfriend. The album was produced by Jim Wirt; it was mixed by

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Critical reception

'' The Indianapolis Star'' called the album "an eclectic mix of slacker rock, ska, tame punk and acoustic pop with faux hip-hop grooves." The '' Charleston Daily Mail'' wrote: "Owing as much to '80s New Wave pop as to the band's usual blitz of guitar-heavy, slacker-ska, the Maryland quartet has turned down the crunch and aimed for loftier goals: Songs based on melody rather than guitar riffs."

Track listing

All tracks by Jimi Haha # "Spiraling" - 3:45 # "Lazy Boy Dash" - 3:13 # "Do Right" - 3:02 # "String Of Pearls" - 3:55 # "Ooh" - 3:04 # "Let's Get Flat" - 3:38 # "Trash" - 3:08 # "Fill In The Blank" - 3:20 # "Face It" - 3:20 # "Silence Again" - 2:59 # "Pure" - 4:29 # "Waiting" - 4:04 # "30 Days" - 3:57

Personnel

* Greg Calbi – Mastering * Randy Cole – Photography * Double D – Fiddle * Steve Ewing – Background vocals * Stefanie Fife – Cello *

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– Photography * Jimi Haha – Fiddle, Art Direction * Erin Haley – Project Coordinator * Femio Hernández – Mixing Assistant * Donat Kazarinoff – Tambourine, Background vocals, Engineer * Che Colovita Lemon – Bass * David Leonard – Mixing * Chris Lord-Alge – Mixing *

– Mixing * Declan Morrell – Project Coordinator * Novi Novog – Viola * Justin Risley – Assistant Engineer * Matt Silva – Mixing Assistant * Sipple – Snare drum * P.J. Smith – Tambourine * Jim Wirt – Producer, Engineer * Kathleen Wirt – Project Coordinator * Suzanne Ybarra – Project Coordinator

References

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