Nothing's Shocking

Crazy album… interesting band but didn’t like this one

Wasn't a fan of this album. I'd heard Janes Addiction before but something just got me wrong with these songs. I didn't like the vocals or quality.

2,3 Kon me niet bekoren. Er zit soort van onaangename warmte in waar ik geen fan van ben.

I get why people would like this but I don’t…

The only reason to listen to this is Dave Navarro’s guitar work and even that isn’t enough for me to come back to it again.

Not my thing.

Truly nothing shocking

Some songs are OK but overall gives me a headache with too many strident noises.

Nothing stand out or memorable.

.

More 90’s rock stuff. Not fun, but not as bad as some of it.

Meh... not a big fan really. Shocking!

Full disclosure, i didn't listen after yesterdays album by them.

It was fine. Got some hits, but most of the rest didn't grab me.

Les di su oportunidad y la desperdiciaron.

2.5

That pissed me off

Really didn't like the vocals.

aerosmith meet whitesnake. i think i hate the vocals?

Nope.

Self-indulgent, fussy, Zeppelin-influenced whiny tosh

Happy when it ended. Not for me.

maybe it's because i was making pizza while i was listening to this and i dropped the dough on the ground but this sucked ass imo

no. could not find one moment of enjoyment on this album. unpredictable and hardly musical.

The debut studio album by Jane's Addiction is chock full of go-nowhere sub-Zeppelin power chord riffing topped off by a vocalist who *simply cannot sing*. It wouldn't matter if the music on this record were stellar (it ain't), Perry Farrell's raspy no-timbre non-voice totally torpedoes the proceedings. "Jane Says" is the only cut here that rises out of the buzzy guitar muck but even it isn't enough to move this essentially derivative record out of one-star territory.

Irritating garbage noise. Shit vocals ruin any guitar or drum efforts. Zero stars

"Since its release, the album has continued to receive widespread acclaim and is now regarded as one of the most important alternative rock albums of all time and one of the greatest albums of the 1980s." What are you talking about. What are you saying. this does not even beat the "i would prefer listening to this than white noise" threshold, let alone constitute an album worth listening to or rating critically. this is the muddiest sounding album i've heard in a minute and i pretty much have nothing to say here. headache inducing from start to finish

meh

Musically directionless and meandering. Coupled with very strange vocal performance & production choices make the songs something you can only enjoy in several-second intervals. To say nothing of the pretty derivative overarching sound, I'm surprised this album garnered and traction at all

I really disliked this. So discordant, shrill, loud and annoying.

Another 90’s band I just can’t get behind. Never knew they made music in the 80’s. I found out why. To me this is just dressed up hair metal that’s slightly evolved into something much more annoying. I can’t tell whether I mess with the guitar playing or hate it. I will say this, similarly to these other late 80’s/90’s bands, the vocals absolutely ruin it for me as well. Maybe I’m just getting PTSD from the Pumpkins but why does this feel like their coked out cousin band? Who knows, could be. I have the same qualms with both 90% of the time. “Stand outs:” Summertime rolls, Jane says

This album cover is ironic and “cool”,whatever it is, just kinda unsettling. For this to be my first impression of it, I am supposed to suspect it will be subversive, and surely I was wrong. This is your most run-of-the-mill basic alternative rock from that era. I do not think this in any way has changed my mind. I know I have heard worse records here, but this is not a comparison; this is merely a true, objective look at this and the record prior, and how I hear differences, yet they are minuscule. Onto the actual songs, I could not list a single one out, but Thank You, Boys, a 1-minute interlude where actual interesting music is being played, and wow, I have heard that song more than I would care to admit. I just think Jane's addiction is more interesting or shocking than the next band that is edgy and cool. It is just noise that is played in the video settings screen for tony hawk pro skater.

One or two good songs

I hate everything about Perry Farrell’s whiny nasal ugly voice

Felt forgettable

Metal. No me gustó ningún tema. Salvó el último y un poco el penúltimo.

Hate it

Nothing shocking? More like nothing worth listening to.

I wasn’t into Jane’s Addiction during my teens (80s/90s) and I’m still not into them! Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Bad!

Standard-issue alternative rock grooves built from churning guitars, elastic bass lines, steady drums, and casually dramatic vocals move this album like music playing over a bar’s sound system—competent, vaguely edgy, and fine as atmosphere, but ultimately nothing special once you actually focus on it.

пас - это сочетание голоса и текста абсолютно не по мне

I have hated Jane's Addiction since the 80s. I make a concerted effort to listen to 100% of every album. I can say that from my long-standing hatred of this band and the first three tracks, that's highly unlikely this time. Perry Farrell's voice is grating and shitty, his delivery only accentuates his vocal shittiness, and listening to him and his bullshit concoctions is what my "special part of hell" will be. Note to my FBI agent: I'll tell you whatever you want if you threaten to play any of this band's music during my interrogation. Another review mentions ANOTHER Jane's Addiction album on the list? Are you fucking kidding me with that shit? Trash. It's great when dictators are dragged out into the street by the people they oppressed and all, but this band disbanding was probably the single most important event for the betterment of humanity.

Jane's Addiction is not my cup of tea, I guess nothing's shocking. . .

Alternative band that liked to push the limits. Some good songs.

Just the cover makes me not want to listen to it

Oli vaikee kuunnella loppuun

*No music, just screaming vocals and banging instruments. Many tracks offensive to some people

Strange, intense headbanging music.

Kinda terrible, the soft screaming style is really bad Will I listen to again: 0%

Nope.

Quite enjoyed the first two or three notes but it fell away rather badly after that before descending into screaming.

Horrible, loud, and noisy!

** No!

Yeah this album sucks dude; there's no way around it. I really thought the guitar could save it, but the lead singer is just so goddamn annoying. There's no cohesion and it doesn't know what it wants to be while simultaneously bringing nothing to the table (other than singing about pissing in the shower). I was just waiting for this one to be over after the first 5 minutes.

Not for me

tirando mountain song que eu gosto por memória afetiva da minha adolescência jogando guitar hero, o disco é só um pega trouxa e não é tão inovador assim

I don’t like Perry Farrell’s voice. I only knew Jane Says. This was not for me.

Music for try hards by try hards 1.5*

wow I didn't know they were SUCH trash

This one did not do it for me. I can see why people like them and high school me might have. DNF.

Shockingly bad.

Blijft niet echt hangen. Intentie blijft vaag waar het toch een bekende band naam is doet het mij niet zo veel

Das war nicht wirklich meins, weder atmosphärisch noch irgendwie interessant, schwanke zwischen 1 und 2 aber das Albumcover gibt einen Stern abzug.

🥶

Started out kinda meh with Up The Beach. Ocean Size was also mediocre, but had some good guitar shredding. Had A Dad was also fairly forgettable. Then the album just took a turn for the worse. The rest of the songs were annoying and repetitive. Only one that stands out is Summertime Rolls. Best song: Summertime Rolls

Tie two cats together at the tail, throw them over a clothesline, record it and put stadium reverb on it, and it would be better than this album.

Up the Beach is pretty good. Atmospheric. Ocean Size is ridiculous but unexpectedly enjoyable. Had a Dad is fairly dull. "Ted, Just Admit It..." I'm seeing a trend emerge - they're pretty dull? Which is impressive to achieve when they've so much going on. Could not finish this album.

Boring and absolutely not actual at present time

At least having a female name in a band is some nod towards diversity. Strong case for Perry Farrell's vocals being my least favourite in rock.

Some really good rhythms and beats underneath all the anger….some real talent, unfortunately the anger was coming through a bit strong and overwhelmed the music..so much so the music was lost and all I could hear was aggression..it’s a fine balance but for me that anger was all I could hear after a while.

Nine of 1001... I do own Ritual De Lo Habitual via exposure to Been Caught Stealing back in the day, but know absolutely nothing of its predecessors, so am going in completely cold with this one. To these ears, this album is at its best in its more psychedelic, echo drenched moments. The shoegazing, however, is punctuated with more hair-metal flavoured guitar gymnastics and dated alt-funk-rock to much lesser effect. Farrell's destinct modulated vocal style eventually grates due to over-exposure. Nothing's Shocking certainly has its moments, but there is no individual standout track, nor is there anything of great substance to make me want to come back for more. Mostly loud and in-your-face, not necessarily not in a good way. Energetic but exhausting. Intriguing but shallow.

Nope. Doesn't really resonate.

Not for me. 1/5

Really not my vibe no cap

Edgelord music for burnouts with undiagnosed ADHD who grow up to fall down the alt-right pipeline after becoming convinced that the earth is flat. That whole non-genre all starts here with Nothing’s Shocking. The hype for this album and the fact that it’s stood the test of time as a “good album” is incredible, because how did anyone tolerate anything on this record, even in 1989?! I would give anything for this band to not only play in sync with each other, but to have any semblance of song structure. Jane’s Addiction truly is just stoned out noodling, and while the bass makes an attempt to hold the center together, even that can’t stay focused enough to create even an inkling of cohesion. The amount of times where random ass instruments came in drove me insane; every quirky cowbell and woodblock made me pull my hair and audibly scream. This chaos is only made worse by Navarro’s flashy guitar, and while I respect his talent, there’s a time and a place for flash– and this isn’t it. But the parts that kill me are Farrell’s atrocious vocals, which sound like a cat getting a rectal exa,, while singing about how ✨radical✨ it is to be broke and drugged-out. And I use the word “radical” to simultaneously mean “politically and socially against the norm” and as ‘90s filler lingo for “cool to suburban children of divorce who can do a kickflip.” Farrell is perhaps the worst vocalist on any record on this list– and among the worst lyricists, too– and it’s never because he’s making interesting choices. No. The man just can’t fucking sing. As if that wasn’t bad enough, I’m then killed again by some of the worst mixing I’ve ever heard on a record in my entire 32 years of existence. I get that there are times when bad mixing can be an aesthetic choice, but this doesn’t sound like that. It sounds like a bunch of stoners who didn’t know what they were doing who went into the studio, turned the dials to whatever felt “right,” and didn’t think twice about it. Every song on Nothing’s Shocking sounds blown out and muddy, while also sounding like every track is almost too isolated and not blended together at all. The mix quality alone ruins the only two songs that even come close to saving this album, “Mountain Song” and “Jane Says.” Now, “Mountain Song” was probably never getting saved, because it suffers from the same composition discombobulation as every other bad song on here, but the mixing annihilates its tepid attempt at cohesion. On the other hand, “Jane Says” IS a good song, but I have NO FUCKING CLUE why the guitar sounds like that, like it’s being played under water. Truly, the mixing makes this actively unlistenable. If Californication started the Loudness Wars that ruined music for almost 20 years, Nothing’s Shocking planted the seeds, and that’s almost worse. Nothing’s Shocking reminds me of the Burnout Band™️ of my generation, Hollywood Undead. While sonic opposites on paper, they achieve the same end goal aesthetically: edgy, non-conformist unfit for straight society so they use their youth to be abrasive and aggressive without any form of tact. It’s music that is supposed to piss off your parents because it’s ✨supposed to✨ sound bad, man! But once you reach legal drinking age, you’re either supposed to have grown up enough to realize that, well, it was just bad, literally. If you haven’t grown up enough by that point and are listening to it for any other reason besides nostalgia, well, it’s probably because you’re buying your weed in a playground parking lot and have a fascination with girls who just turned 18. The generational textures may feel different, but Jane’s Addiction are meant to be outgrown, and despite the trash material displayed on this record, for some reason, they haven’t suffered the same fate. Well, I’m here to say they 100% should have. Sure, man, nothing is shocking, except for how little you’ve changed– see you at the 10 year reunion if you’re not locked up by then.

Ok but that’s all

Nothing special about this. Don't know why it's an album that must be listened to but maybe I am missing the point. Not really bothered actually

Awefull

No

p603. 1988. 1 star, Shouty American guitar rock with no tunes, a whiny lead vocalist, and nothing much to say. "It's just corporate dick rock. It's Van Halen with different makeup artists." - Dave Barbe.

Another record that I can see has great historical significance, pioneering a proto-Grunge sound, but which I personally think is terrible.

This was just annoying.

Ich konnte nur die Hälfte der Songs hören ("This video may be inappropriate for some users.") aber das war in diesem Fall nicht schade. Grunge und ich, wir werden nicht warm miteinander.

I would like this album more if i was younger. It's too much noisey for me at this moment

1. up the beach - 1 2. ocean zize - 0 3. had a dad - 0 4. ted - 0 5. zhouuer - 0 6. zummertime - 0 7. mountain zong - 0 8. idiotz rule - 0 9. jane zayz - 1 10. thank you boyz - 0 11. pigz in zen - 0

Schon das Cover schreit laut „Finger weg!“. Die Geraüsche der meisten Titel tun selbiges. Fazit: Nein, mag ich nicht! Gar nicht! 0/5

Spazzy, not awesome

I listened to the first few songs and had no desire to listen to the rest. Moving on.

hated it!

Meh

Rollo digno de la mejor causa. Prescindible.

Per me è no

janes addiction doesnt deserve to lick the dust off the toes of a bunch of dads playing surf rock in anytown, america. not good, bad solos (wow! u can go fast on a scale, how newt!) boring tones, empty, vapid chord progressions, the worst vocalist in the usa. ummmm give me anthrax over this idiot anyday. please stop.

nyt ylläpitö jumakauta, JUMAN KAUTA!!! viimesen kymmenen albumin keskiarvo tämä mukaan lukien pauttia rallaa KAKSI PISTE VIISI ok ei niin paha kun muistin mutta sen kokoisessa näytteessä pitäisi jo vähän lähempänä kolmosta HUOMENNA REKTIFOIDAAN TÄMÄ EIKÖ VAAN? LAITETAAN SITÄ WISH U ALBUMIA SEURAAVANA POIKIMAAN... aivan ripuli tämä albumi... kaksi tissialbumikoveria nyt ykkösessä... miten voi olla... pigs in zen

Como dice el titulo del album, no es nada sorprendente. Las peores tendencias del Rock de los 90s sumadas en una banda.

C est ne pas mon gout

Det är för dåligt

Did not care for this at all

Whoever came up with this music style must've solved music for them

So hard on my ears.

This feels like generic brand Zeppelin, really forgettable. None of the tracks particularly stood out or hooked me. The singer can wail, but it reads as whiny rather than powerful, and I couldn’t recall a single musical passage if you asked me to. This is not to say they are bad at what they do, they are incredibly gifted from a technical standpoint and you can tell the guitar and drums are going off, but I didn’t find it catchy or to my taste.

Rubbish

Nah

Vilken skitplatta. Hittar inget positivt med den. Maken till gnällig sångröst.

Endless guitar vicious circles leading nowhere. Vocals without any fresh impulse, neither in melodic nor in lyrical ways. I didn’t went into JA in the 90ies, and I am not in the 2020.

I’m sure someone likes them but that person ain’t me

did not listen

Nope, did not like at all

Nope

Nothing interesting. Ferrell’s voice is also grating. A nope for me.

Made me dislike Jane Says

Jane's Addiction doesn't really do much for me. The only song worth listening to was Jane Says...the rest are just noise to me. I honestly would rather listen to Porno For Pyros. 1.5/5

Þetta höfðaði bara ekki neitt til mín.

“Owing to the cover, nine of the eleven leading record store chains refused to carry Nothing's Shocking. It was issued covered with brown paper.”

I did not vibe with this album at all, couldn’t understand the singer and a few of the songs really sounded similar. I am not generally a fan of rock from this era and this album really was grating to me.

nah

I couldn't care less about this band. It just isn't interesting to me. 80's shred guitars, played and recorded sloppily. I do think Perry Ferrell's voice cuts in a mix really interestingly. But this is just bloated and boring music to me. Highlights: Nope.

Niet om aan te horen. Ik heb -zeer tegen m'n principes- het einde van de plaat niet eens gehaald.

Too exploiting of a cover , I’ll skip

Ok, listen, I can’t stand Perry Farrell’s voice. I could barely make it through this album. If you know anyone that says Janes Addiction is their favourite band, please be a friend to them and get them some help.

Can’t stand this band, won’t listen.

I did not so much enjoy most of the songs on this. Verged on a bit too much screechy-ness for me. But okkk.

Went home today met Doug half way

Kolejne pojawienie sie janes addiction na liscie, tym razem albumik poprzedzajacy ritual de lo habituala, bedacy drugim krazkiem w dyskografii bandy, niezbyt dobrze wspominam poprzednie starcie, ale tym razem bedzie chyba tylko latwiej, glownie przez to, ze jest to najbardziej przystepny material bandy, bo wiekszosc topowych songow wedlug spotifaja i last fma, ktore nadal sa sluchane pochodzi wlasnie z tego zbioru materialu, choc sama plyta sprzedala sie gorzej niz rytual, wyjasnienie jest proste, rytulal przypadl na peak popularnosci, natomiast nothings shocking byl najbardziej przystepnym ich wydaniem z tego co uslyszalem na plycie, jest tu tez troche mateiralu wydanego na self tiltowym albumiku, ktory byl ich pierwszym, te traki zamykaja druga strone, akurat ta czesc najbardziej mi przypadla do gustu, pewnie przez wykorzystanie akustyka na jane says i spokojniejszy, w porownaniu do reszy, klimat, tak samo sprawa ma sie w wypadku pigs in zen, traki nie sa zbyt przekombinowane jak kompozycje z rytulalu, ale nadal najwiekszym zgrzytem jest wokal panna perrego, ktory morduje koty na majku, wiec jest to nadal najslabszy element jaki slychac, po ktorym zaraz idzie liryka mocno generyczna i repetytywna z mocnym podkresleniem profanacji gdzie tylko jest to mozliwe, wiec nic ciekawego, z ciekawostek to trabkarzem na kawalku idiots rule zostal pan basiorowy z czerwonych goracych papryczek czili czyli mista flea, kolejnym ciekawym aspektem tej plyty jest jej okladka, czyli polnagie blizniaczki syjamskie z plonacymi haircutami, ktore pan farrellka musial sam wykonac, bo jak przystalo na czlowieka artyste i boga bandy wszystko na siebie, takze taka a nie inna okladka mogla spowodowac zmniejszony sell krazkow, bo niektore sklepy sprzedawaly je nawet w papierze, zeby nie siac zgorszenia rokujacymi twinami w ogniu, na plejaka wrzuce wspomniany juz kawalek jane says, ale jako calosc nie jest to plyta ktora bym sobie odpalil dla przyjemnego odsluchu, a wszystko przez farrellka kontent

ehhh not Adamo's addiction that's for sure

Schlocky crap