Nothing's Shocking

mid for me unfort, but it might just be the genre

better than expected. kind of an interesting pre-grunge post hair metal era audible on here and not many other albums I've heard sound like that. a few tracks sound like if early chili peppers wasn't horrible

⭐️Summertime Rolls

Average music with horrible vocals. I'll give it two stars because the band were OK but I never want to listen to this again

Classic Jane’s…

Great album.

5 - my Favourite Jane's album, shame they will never play together again

Perry is een eersteklas lul, maar kan toch een aardig nummertje schrijven... hij geraakt soms niet verder dan wat karamelleverzen, maar de muziek is meestal wel er boenk op...

I went into Nothing’s Shocking knowing “Jane Says,” but I wasn’t very familiar with the rest of the album. What surprised me was how much of this sounded like the late-’80s hard rock and heavy metal I grew up with, especially on songs like “Ocean Size” and “Had a Dad.” There’s an alternative edge to it, but underneath that, this band can flat-out rock. The musicianship was the strongest part of the album for me. “Ted, Just Admit It…” rocked, although it started losing me during its long runtime before the drums kicked things back into gear around the five-minute mark. “Summertime Rolls” changed the mood and added some variety, which the album needed. My biggest issue was Perry Farrell’s voice. He spends a lot of the album singing in a high, nasal range that doesn’t really work for me as a lead vocal for an entire album. Interestingly, “Mountain Song” changed that. His voice sounded deeper, grittier and more forceful, and suddenly everything clicked. That became my favorite discovery on the album. “Idiots Rule” brought back the higher vocals, although musically I enjoyed its loose, swaggering rock sound. “Pigs in Zen” was a strong track to close, and the familiar “Jane Says” naturally remains one of the highlights. This is one of those albums where I enjoyed the band more than I enjoyed the vocalist. There’s a lot here that I liked, and several songs I’d happily return to, but not enough for me to want the whole album on vinyl. Rating: ★★★½ Favorite Familiar: “Jane Says” Favorite Discovery: “Mountain Song” Other Standouts: “Ocean Size,” “Had a Dad,” “Pigs in Zen” Vinyl Verdict: NO BUY

"Nothing's Shocking" is a hard album to pin down. It is remarkably progressive in places, yet heavy and noisy in others. It balances light and shade and knows how to groove when the mood calls for it. Overall, it is a well-crafted and varied album, boasting some genuine highlights with only the occasional misstep along the way. While personal taste keeps me from deeming it essential, it remains a compelling listen. 1 "Up the Beach" (4/5) 2 "Ocean Size" (5/5) 3 "Had a Dad" (4/5) 4 "Ted, Just Admit It..." (4/5) 5 "Standing in the Shower... Thinking" (3/5) 6 "Summertime Rolls" (3/5) 7 "Mountain Song" (5/5) 8 "Idiots Rule" (3/5) 9 "Jane Says" (5/5) 10 "Thank You Boys" (3/5) 11 "Pigs in Zen" (4/5) Total - 43 Average - 3.9 439/1001 232/439 albums reviewed were new to me.

Crazy album cover.

Yeah, this is one of the first legitimate cassettes I purchased, not counting on getting a bootleg from someone else. I was… 12. I loved this album. Cover to cover. Loved it way past Jane Says, a song whose lyrics I knew by heart and freaked my mother out by my understanding that Jane saying she was “gonna kick tomorrow” meant heroine. I also understood what was meant by never being in love, not knowing what it was, only knowing if someone wants you. Yeah. Can’t separate my rating from my memories. 5 Boolean: True

A decent album, I enjoyed it enough but I didn't come away wanting more.

A staple album in my highschool years. The guitar playing is better than I remember. Perry Farrell still mildly annoys me.

Perry Farrell is an annoying douche

Not something I'd reach for often, but I know the importance of this band and I like a lot of it

This would be a 4 star, but I'm counting Pigs In Zen. I know it wasn't on the original press of the album, but it's the only version I've ever listened to, and that song rips. 5 stars, I say! 5

Good listen, but I think it misses a little bit of punch. 3/5. Up the beach : 2 Ocean Size : 3,5 Had a Dad : 3 Ted, Just Admit it… : 3 Standing in the Shower, Thinking : 2 Summertimes Rolls : 2 Mountain Songs : 3 Idiots Rule : 3 Jane Says : 4 Thank you Boys : 2 Pigs in Zen : 2,5

I don’t really have strong feelings for this one

tbh, taki rockowy album, not my vibe. Ale listenable.

I don’t love them, but this is so fresh sounding and just jammin rock ‘n’ roll

if i'd heard this as a teenager i think i'd've really liked it but i'm now a tired adult who's had a long day and this was very noisy. summertime rolls and jane says were great tho, also can't believe this is from the 80s wow!

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Mountain Song and Jane Says are both very recognizable songs. Overall the album is super solid.

90s classic that came out in 1988. Hugely influential on the alt rock scene that followed. I really enjoyed it. It's like discovering a lost Pearl Jam album.

I've never listened to Jane's Addiction before. I started liking it but slowly felt repetative. I really don't like the lead singer's voice and it lends itself a lot to the repetition feeling. 1.) Up the Beach: Not a beach tune. I like the little guitar lick in the intro, nice and simple. Was waiting for something more to come of it but once I realized it is an intro song for an album, I was here for it. 2.) Ocean Size: This is the second song in a row that had a soft guitar riff followed by the entire band breaking in at the same time. It works, but if it keeps going throughout the song, it will get too repetitive. Not a bad song, its got easy lyrics and is a song for the band to have fun licks and riffs. 3.) Had a Dad: Feels a little lackluster of a song with the lyrics. Could be summed up with dad gone, family in shambles. 4.) Ted, Just Admit It...: This one is a heavier song. I do like how this one builds as the anger is rising on the song. 5.) Standing in the Shower...Thinking: Weirdly enough, without the lyrics and a guitar solo, it could be a song by The Police. With the lyrics, it sounds like a song like they made while goofing around, almost like a Blink-182 song. 6.) Summertime Rolls: Do like the guitar strumming with the drone sound in the background of the beginning. Its a fine song. Wasn't liking the harmony near the middle. 7.) Mountain Song: Fine song. I know this was a new song but was feeling like the songs were repeating. 8.) Idiots Rule: Liked that they added horns to this song to make it feel different but nothing else really stood out. 9.) Jane Says: Jane of Jane's Addiction fame?! I actually don't mind this song. It's easy going for being a sadder song. 10.) Thank You Boys: Sad that the song that I like the most is the interlude. 11.) Pigs in Zen: Yea had to skip this one

Was OK

Grunge is good.

I think i should give it another listen, probs a 3.5

There’s something about this album I find it really hard to engage with. It’s just not for me really

Does nothing

I don't get what everybody hates about this one, because I had a lot of fun here. Each track differs from the last, creating a real smorgasbord of hard rock with all sorts of flavours, from the haunting "Ted, Admit It" to the catchy "Jane Says". What blew me away was the fact that Flea makes a cameo on trumpet for "Idiots Rule", but then again of course he bloody does. Cannot wait to discover more of these guys.

Loded Diper energy

thought I would like thjs

Get that off my screen

not for me

Nothing's interesting.

Too shouty for me

Amazing discovery! I need to check Jane's Addiction's discovery asap!!

Decent music, annoying vocals, terrible production at times.

3/4 out of 5

This was pretty ground-breaking when it came out. I sort of liked it then and I sort of like it now.

It's ok, quite good. His voice is quite weak, whiny and annoying mind.

It's got some cool tracks, but I actually prefer more recent Jane's Addiction albums. The vocals at times aren't great and it's a bit scrappy sounding.

Jane's Addiction is a band I have seen slowly slip out of the eyesight of a lot of people when it comes to influential bands on the 90s sound as a whole, and I don't understand it. Nothing's Shocking is yet another "blueprint" album for the time as it mixes very unconventional singing, Alternative compositions and styles, and a very heavy feel all into one project years before Grunge would become such a big deal. This project also deals with a bit of Funk Metal which really shocked me as it was something I never realized Jane's Addiction ever handled in their music. This album still has sprinkles of Psychedelic Rock in it but it shifts to being more loud and brash Hard Rock fitting for the late 80s, yet still stands out in the crowd against other acts like Guns N' Roses. A very intriguing debut album that really shows these well educated youth putting their influences right on their sleeves and cooking up a project that would begin to usher in a new generation of artists/bands that would make much more detailed and "experimental" music in the years to come. Still yet another banger from the group but I can also get why some people aren't fond on this nearly 40 years later as there is better music that comes in the same realm afterwards. For its' time it can easily go up with The Pixies in shaping the 90s as we know it and for that I have to applaud Jane's Addiction.

This was pretty good, not sure about the cover but the album was fairly consistent.

nothing's cocking

Idk how it left longer than 45 minutes but it did

Poeh. Dit is niet perse muziek waar ik zin in heb op zondag ochtend. Krijg hier ook meteen heel sterk Beastie Boys vibes van, en ik vind dat dus helemaal niets. Het schreeuwerige 'zingen' met de scheurende gitaren, ik krijg echt spontaan hoofdpijn van deze band. Echt, de rest van de band haalt de zanger zo erg uit de schijt, want wat is de band verder strak. Drums zijn clean, maar jezus mensen wat is dit toch een verschrikkelijke frontman. Nee het andere album van Jane's Addiction trok ik verrassend goed; want de muziek was echt goed. Dat is hier totaal niet het geval... De gitaren zijn ook veel meer distorted en er zijn een aantal momenten waar er echt gewoon een gigantische bak herrie geproduceerd word. Mountain Song is daar echt een dieptepunt in. Ook voelt dit album veel langer dan dat het is, 'slechts' drie kwartier maar ik tel de minuten af tot het einde. FAVO:

This one never clicked that much for me. I prefer “Ritual de Lo Habitual”. But it’s still good.

another one i wasn’t that familiar with before this. again in between a high 3 and a low 4 for this, but siding with the 4 because overall i found this quite enjoyable.

This started off pretty great and I quite like the sound they have and the wingers voice is quite distinctive, but none of the tracks really grabbed me, and in fact they reminded me a bit of other things I preferred (such as showdown by love on ice from the bill and Ted's bogus journey soundtrack. I'd much rather be talking about that. I was quite keen to like this as I've always showed away from this era of American rock, but it didn't bring me any closer even though all the elements of things I like are there. It's a bit like pearl jam for me in that respect I think.

Good album. A first listen to this band.

What an album cover! Ocean Size has me in the mindset of appreciation. So you know that means it's back to the beginning to pick up the thread. Dedicated listening. It's hard to multitask and fully appreciate. Overture of up the beach lets me know I'm in for a ride. Loving the wash of a wall of sound cascading ascending descending guitar riffs. Repaso mi amigos. My old university professor in music taught us that music and learning is sometimes like the waves of the ocean - you're a grain of sand and sometimes it takes a few tries to get picked up and carried along. The more recurring waves, the more grains along for the ride. Brilliant guitar solo at the end of Ocean Size. It fits the mood. Had a dad great groove chugging right along with some pointed lyrics. Ted, Just admit it halfway mark. This is a really good album, I think my second Jane? Ritual de lo Habituel being the other which I gave a 4. Again, echoing the comments that this is a fun band for a listen. Sex is violent. Leaning 4. Standing in the Shower Pinball Wizard?! Summertime Rolls has me in desperate need for a ballad. This is intense so far. Ahhhhhh sweet release. Proper pacing is crucial in album delivery. Oh Shizz Jane says in on this album?! Absolute gem of a song placed perfectly near the end. Wow! Then Pigs in Zen to let us down easy before one last little kick it up again. Easiest 4. 5 maybe if this one is better than the last I reviewed seemingly ages ago. Still one of my new favourite never knew about them before bands.

Beg to disagree, there are actually a lot of things that are shocking, starting with the level of annoyance of this album.

Big fat meh

Interesting

eh... not bad at times but just didn't grab me, and the vocals are a tad too annoying to let them off with a 3

Muscular, melodic rock that directly leads to 90s alternative.

"Jane Says" makes this a solid 2

Felt like a gangly spandex sporting Justin Hawkins was needed to ramp up the cheese. Nothing’s Shocking? Yep, they got that right.

Had heard of them, but not heard them before. The fact it comes from 1988 makes it timeless - because it sounds like nothing that came from 1988, and arguably could be from any year since (but mid 90s in particular). There are indicators of what was to come later from the likes of Pearl Jam, the Chili Peppers and even Nirvana in here. A bit ashamed not to have discovered sooner.

Hang on, is this the singer from Porno For Pyros? It is! Yeah, I could definitely get into this. Ahead of its time for 1988? Now I'm off to listen to Pets and then maybe a bit of Living Colour.

Dynamic. This is some cool stuff.

Another album that is very difficult for me to review outside of my own nostalgia. I know a lot of this sounds dated, but that speaks more to how influential it was. Upon it's release, and shortly before grunge exploded into the darling child of the '90s, this album occupied a very narrow sonic space, mixing the shock-factor of glam with the unapologetic power of punk, and shedding the '80s pop-idealism like nothing else before it. This was unconventional and avant garden and felt like something utterly new in 1988.

Sits well among my 2s

Up the beach - 3 Ocean size - 3 Had a dad - 4 Ted, just admit it... - 3 Standing in the shower...thinking - 3 Summertime rolls - 3 Mountain song - 4 Idiots rule - 3 Jane says - 5 Thank you boys - 3 Pigs in zen - 3

Very cool, I enjoyed it

Don't think I'll go any higher than 3* for this as it didn't really stick with me. I associate Janes Addiction more with the 2000s nu metal era so was surprised to learn they started in the 80s. Guess they were a bit ahead of their time but I wasnt blown away by this. Calling them the heirs to Led Zeppelin or godfathers of alt rock seems slightly overblown..

I’m currently on vacation with people who have been playing annoying, shitty pop country non-stop. It has been driving me up the fucking wall. This is the exact opposite of that. Thank you, generator.

Probably not something I'd put on, but enough tracks that I really enjoyed and I appreciate the breadth they put into a single album while still all feeling coherent/cohesive.

It's hard to be objective about this album as it was very important to me as a teen. But then again, I still listen to this and I can't remember the last time I put a Chili Peppers album on, so it made a more lasting impression on me than other things I was listening to at the time. I liked Ritual better (I had a Classic Girl quote in my yearbook), but this is still a great album.

God what a great fucking band. Only wish I heard of em sooner

album #132 the instrumentals on this album are great, but the vocals are grating lol. ಄ favourite track(s): ocean size ಄ least favourite track(s): standing in the shower ಄ album rating: ★★⯪☆☆ ಄ number of albums left to review: 957 ಄ number of albums i agree with being on the list: 57 ಄ albums from the list that i would consider for my list: 25 ಄ albums i would not include on my list: 107

Klart et nøk op i forhold til sidste album vi havde med dem. Der er mere dynamik, og det bliver ikke nær så træls at lytte til. Faktisk kunne jeg ikke rigtig stoppe med at lytte igen.

Hvorfor har jeg aldrig hørt andet med Jane’s Addiction end Caught Stealing? Måske fordi narrativet i 90erne var at Dave Navarro var skyld i at One Hot Minute var et flop for RHCP. Måske fordi der aldrig dukkede andre sange af dem op på MTV Nå men uanset hvad er det ihverfald ændret nu.

Not a fan of this. It's incredibly bland and generic sounding rock. The production is also incredibly 80's and echoey

it's an ok album with two great songs on it. "Mountain Song" and "Jane Says". i own this one. "Ritual de lo Habitual" is a much better album.

Jane's Addiction is the perfect example of a band where the sum of the parts is worth more than the whole. The drumming is incredible, I love the tribal sounds. The guitar is fantastic, and the solos are top notch. The bass is so thick and consistent. The singer has a really cool, unique voice. Bring it all together, and the music for whatever reason is almost unlistenable to me. I don't get it, I just don't like it, really at all. I think it's the production, the songwriting, and the guys voice for this style of music.

Not going to lie, I was pleasantly surprised by this album. Overall, it’s just an average album, but there were some really good songs like Jane says.

*1988. *I had no idea this was an '88 album. Wow. *Jane Says is the only song I know. *This one is a grower for me. It took two listens, as I expected it to sound differently (more early-90s rock, I guess?), so I was really disappointed the first time around. *Lyrics are a mixed bag. Some really juvenile stuff, but then you have gems like: "She walks up on St. Andrews // She waits and gets her dinner there // She pulls her dinner from her pocket." *Cali rock with aggressive guitars, plus some scattered punk vibes. *I'll probably keep trying to listen - I like it, but feel like it's going to take a little bit to appreciate it. *Bumping from 3.5 to 4 stars because '88 for this album still has me sideways. RATING - 7.5/10

I think She Talks to Angels wins for best girlfriend is an addict song, but Jane Says is close.

Had this one on cassette in college and it's lost none of its power. Right off the bat with "Ocean Size," they bring a skyscraper of noise with the ferocity of Dave Navarro's guitar runs and the caterwaul of Perry Farrell's voice. The song "Ted, Just Admit It..." is terrifying in its examination of the seedier side of life. And songs like "Mountain Song" and "Jane Says" are just flat out great songs. These guys were the bridge between metal and alt rock and were groundbreaking.

A jolt of electricity. I buy the swaggering badassery of this one, especially on the album's peak Mountain Song - have loved that song since I first heard it. Perry Farrell's voice is like an ice bath - shock to the system at first but the benefits of it are apparent. Then you have the absolute shreddage from Dave Navarro throughout. This one rocks

Amazing

It feels like this should be cut up and turned into a few bands that are all better. It's tight sounding but the vocals don't mesh to my ear. I like what the rhythm section is up to. Listening to it early in a dress shirt on a train to go talk business after expensing a coffee feels like the opposite energy I'm meant to have for something so genx. This one could be them, or it could be me

The opening instrumentals before the strange vocals were really drawing me in. I can tell from the energy and quality of this album why I've always heard the name, I just never bothered to check them out. A really cohesive album with a good amount of variety. Pretty much every track has something interesting going on. "Jane Says" is a great track, that I have heard before. Sonically this has a lot of potential for me. The vocals and lyrical content aren't doing it for me as much. I listened to stuff influenced by this in my youth for sure. I could see it growing on me overall with a little effort on my part.

Had a lot more fun with this than I was expecting. Particularly liked the shower song.

JA? Just so great. Hard rocking. Timely. Precursor to the grunge scene. Just amazing. 4.

It's not bad. I think this is pretty good fun and has plenty of energy to it. It's interesting hearing a variety of styles in this, with some funky vibes to it as well as general alternative rock. I didn't actually realise this was 80's, so I get how they could be influential in bridging that gap and ushering in the alt-scene of the 90's.

Janes Addiction were my favourite band for a good chunk of 1990-92, and even with 30+ years on the clock I still hugely enjoy them. Taking 80’s metal and making it more rhythmic, more confrontational and just down right odd. You can hear the influences, but you can also hear the influence they had on other bands. And even 30 years on the bass tone astounds me, so precise and weighty. Yeah, I really liked this

I wonder who has more lyrics about mountains and the ocean, Perry Farrell or Robert Plant? Anywho, I hadn't realized how unfamiliar with this album I was compared to Ritual de Lo Habitual. It's not as good. Some great songs, but lots of filler. But that's kinda Jane's thing: Great songs and filler.

This album... man... this album. From the bass riff that opens Up the Beach to Perry Farrell's howling "pigs" at the end of Pigs in Zen, I love every single second of it, and have since the day in summer of 1988 that I purchased the cassette at the Coconuts in Roswell, Georgia, and slipped it into the cassette player in the shit-ass Isuzu pickup I drove. I've been rocking out to this ever since. Back in high school I also loved that this was THE album that bridged the gaps between my stoner, skate-punk, metalhead friends and my gothy, artsy intellectual friends and, for that matter, my band geek friends. I could put this on in the truck (or car or whatever), and any one of these folks would be like, "Whoah, who is this." And, I'd be like, "Janes Addiction! Let's talk about how amazing they are!" And we would, because they were an amazing fucking band. Anyway, I love everything about this album. The cover art, the band's dynamic range, Dave Navarro's guitar, Perry Farrell's singing and wailing, everything; it all works and I'm giving it a 5.

I first heard this in high school when the cooler, artsy kids played it. It was super popular in architectural studios given its crossover potential - you might like it if you like metal, psychedelia, punk, art rock and more. I revisited it a few years ago and was a little disappointed in it, especially the guitar solos. I didn't remember them happening so frequently or so conventionally. I think the most provocative thing about the album is the artwork. I still love the Mountain Song and Summertime Rolls.

I don't really like the slow songs, including Jane Says (the only one I'd heard before), but the rest are mostly great.

4/5 - Would I still like this with no nostalgia for it? Hard to say, but I think so. Farrell's voice is certainly grating at times, but it's all part of the package. Kind of an uneven album, but the highs are good.

I spent many a year thinking another band was Jane’s Addiction..

47

8/20/26. Going to overrate this one because I love Jane's Addiction, they got ahead of the 90s alternative sound with heavy guitars, funky rhythms, and a couple softer songs. Perry's vocals are weird but perfect in this.

It was pretty alright