| Push Comes to Shove | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jackyl |
| Cover: | Jackyl Push Comes to Shove.jpg |
| Released: | August 2, 1994[1] |
| Recorded: | The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Genre: | Hard rock |
| Length: | 52:21 |
| Label: | Geffen[2] |
| Producer: | Bruce Fairbairn |
| Prev Title: | Jackyl |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Night of the Living Dead |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Push Comes to Shove is the second album by the American hard rock band Jackyl, released in 1994.[3] [4] It peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard 200.[5] The title track peaked at No. 7 on Billboards Album Rock Tracks chart and No. 90 on the UK Singles Chart.[6] [7] The band supported the album by playing Woodstock '94 and touring with ZZ Top and Aerosmith.[8] [9]
Mike Fraser was nominated for a Juno Award, in the "Recording Engineer of the Year" category.[10]
Recorded in Vancouver, the album was produced by Bruce Fairbairn.[11] [12] The band once again used a chainsaw as a musical instrument. Frontman Jesse James Dupree made an attempt to modify the screechiness of his vocals.[13] Photos of Dupree's handlebar mustache were initially altered by the record company.[14]
"Secret of the Bottle" is the band's version of a country ballad.[15] [16] "Rock-A-Ho" employs Native American stereotypes and clichés in its lyrics. "My Life" laments that classic rock radio stations don't play the music of new bands.
Entertainment Weekly wrote that the band members "lack the chops to even hint at Lynyrd Skynyrd-level Dixie-boogie greatness."[17] The Dayton Daily News noted that Dupree's "grating, one-note range limits him to shrieking in tune."[18] The Deseret News opined that "Dupree has perfected his mix of former AC/DC frontman Bon Scott's growling throat with the likes of Yosemite Sam."[19]
The Knoxville News Sentinel determined that "these dumb-as-can-be songs feature easy to remember shout-along choruses, much like nursery rhymes have simple refrains so infant minds can connect." The Indianapolis Star concluded that "Push Comes to Shove becomes one of those guilty pleasures that sometimes must be indulged." The Ottawa Citizen deemed the album "a collection of gimmicky, foot-stomping AC/DC and Guns N' Roses riffs that are tailor-made for summertime hard-rock radio."[20]
All songs written by Jesse James Dupree except as noted.