Heavy Petting Zoo (studio album) by NOFX

Heavy Petting Zoo by NOFX
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 11,174th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 43 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (224th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,889th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,174th)

NOFX bestography

Heavy Petting Zoo is ranked 5th best out of 27 albums by NOFX on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by NOFX is Punk In Drublic which is ranked number 2564 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 607.

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From 12/13/2017 21:10
NOFX used to be my favourite band and it's so hard to pick a favourite album, but I think it might be this one...but if you asked me on a different day it might be a different one.
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From 11/16/2016 02:54
This is one of my favourite albums. Just for personal reasons -I know it has no place side by side to the best rock albums ever but is a desert island album for me-.
Why? Well there's at least three reasons:
1. These guys can play. The tempo, the pitch, the background voices, you name it, is spot on.
2. Their songwriting is simple and concise, but intense. In a minute or two they manage to fit in an intro, a couple of verses with different arrangements, tempo changes, a coda, etc. Even if their songs are not a masterpiece they never get boring. I find merit in that.
3. Their music is fun. It uplifts you. I put a Nofx album and feel like I'm 20 again.

Enough reasons for me. And they even got a better album than this one.
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From 10/27/2013 10:57
The minute guys (it's a guy thing, admit it) realize that slowing down is always more effective than speeding up, they have a chance at achieving something truly worthwhile: great songs, great orgasms - you name it.

Punk rockers do have it the worst, though. Why? Because they absolutely need to believe in their own bullshit the longest (maybe for life) about staying "true". It's immature and self-defeating way to view and live life, plus that's what helped kill Kcurdt (and many before and since him).

Take note: the same records that all the true believers bash the most, always contain some of the best music that's out there. All parents want to see their children succeed - just not too much.

HPZ turned out to be the child who went on to graduate from Harvard, who married the sweetest girl/boy you will ever know, who pulls 200K a year with benefits, and who is still liked by all - because well, s/he's just perfect.
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