Nothing’s Shocking

The bridge between 80s rock excess and 90s alternative, what was and what would come. "Jane Says" gets all the attention, but "Mountain Song" is the real one here.

I could just put the same comments as for the last Jane's Addiction album. Basically, I don't know why I don't like them more - right era, right genre, right attitude. I *think* there's just something about Farrell's vocal stylings that doesn't work for me.

A strong three; I enjoyed this quite a lot, though maybe not quite as much as Ritual de lo Habitual. Only song I was familiar with was Jane Says; that's the strongest on the album.

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Sounds like early 90s grunge, but still from the 80s, sounds ahead of its time. Clean, different (for its time), I didn't not enjoy it.. 3* Not higher because not a sound I super enjoy and was a little repetitive. Vocals sound whiny after a while.
Idiots rule had some brass, which was cool.
Thank you boys seemed random, but then I remembered albums used to do this, have this off track toward the end that didn't match anything else.
Highlights: mountain song, jane says

Jane's Addiction regressed! This is way more arresting and interesting than Ritual de lo Habitual! Brilliant!

Great noisy rock album, really liked this one.

This album is OK!!

Good music and functonal lyrics that are occassionally good. After a few tracks it gets very dull and boring. I am not sure the album knows what it is and get lost inbetween many 80s genres.

Favourite song: Couldnt pick one
Least favourite: Everything is ok
Album artwork: Not one to show the kids.

Ook deze band komt heel graag over alsof het hen allemaal niet zo uitmaakt. Dat blijkt ook uit de verklaring over de hond in hun latere hit. Zij blafte per ongeluk en dat hebben ze maar laten zitten. Jaja, in een booth in een studio. Ehuh.
Maar prima dat ze een imago willen creëren. Imago is onderdeel van het product muziek en dat doet iedereen wel natuurlijk. Op dit album uit hun aangemeten imago zich doordat er soms wat valse uitschieters niet zijn overgedaan of wellicht expres zo zijn ingezongen (in Ocean Size bijvoorbeeld de uithaal 'In the Skyyyyy").

En toch heeft dit meer dan albums van anderen die zo graag ongeïnteresseerd over willen komen. De meeste seconden van de plaat hebben die gekkigheid niet. Denk je het weg, dan staat er best een kwaliteitsband. Ook al mist het album wel een goede uitschieter.

Rockalbummit ordentlich power aber leider keinem erkennbaren stilistischen Konzept . Es hat gute Stellen aber auch einige Längen und misslungene Klangexperimente. Irgendwie klingt alles noch unausgereift … keine Wunder das Album prägte später Grunge und Hardrock, was aber 1989 noch niemand ahnen konnte. Solide Stücke sind „Had A Dad“ & „Jane Says“

Truly unique and dynamic. And some of these tracks rock tremendously.

The title is inaccurate, because for a 90s kid like me it is incredibly shocking that it took me this long to give this album a proper listen. Better late than never!

A masterpiece. A weird album made by weird artists for weird kids, somehow became a classic. Party Farrell gave us a timeless masterpiece that sounds as good today as when I discovered it in the early 90s. Not a bad song in the bunch. 5/5 stars all day, every day.

"Jane Says" is still good. Other than that just kind of meh.

I guess I can understand why most people prefer their follow-up, but this most recent relisten has only confirmed for me that I definitely like this one more. Perry sounds great and the band is killer, but more notably, it has a particular weirdness to it that really vibes with me. Kind of like Minutemen or Camper Van Beethoven, they float between a few different musical worlds, and even if a couple of songs aren't the absolute strongest, it's never uninteresting. "Jane Says", "Mountain Song, "Ocean Size", "Summertime Rolls", and "Pigs in Zen" are the biggest standouts in my book. High 4 stars that I can easily see growing to 4.5 one day.

4/5

Killer album. It simply rocks, but they also hit a pretty wide variety of influences and styles within the framework of alternative. The production elevates it as well.

Ocean Size was cool. Standing in the Shower... Thinking is also cool. I'm just happy this album didnt make me cry this morning.

Though I'd been more familiar with the Ritual De Lo Habitual album, I thought I hadn't heard this one before, but kept recognising the tracks, Mountain Song, Jane Says, Summertime Rolls and Pigs in Zen. 3.5

It was ok. Not likely to return to it, but want bad.

I liked this one a bit more than Ritual De Lo Habitual. Seemed a little more even throughout and I didn't dislike half of it. Would listen to this one again.