Although I've owned this album since the late 90's and Been Caught Stealing was a staple dancefloor filler at the clubs I frequented in the early 90's I don't know this album as well as I should. I do know enough however to say it's very good and there's definitely more wheat than chaff. I do remember them filling a lot of column inches in the NME and they undoubtedly helped to jimmy the lock on the door Nirvana would burst through a year later.

The opening stanza on this CD is classic: "we have more influence on ur children than you do". Outstanding. And btw Been caught stealing is here too.

The first time I stole something I was also 5 but I wasn't caught. Great summer memories when this came out, solid record.

Been Caught Stealing is the greatest track for distracting my dog.

To me, getting to know this album, was a trippy experience, at first i thought this a little to far out, and not at all as accesible as "Nothing's Shocking", but the more I got to listen to this album, the greater it got, till it got to be this epic masterpiece, that I percieve it to be. From The feminine rock'n'roll vocal of Perry Farrell to the killer guitar play of Dave Navarro, from the regular rock songs from the start of the record to the Led Zeppelin'ish trippy travelling at the last part of the record. It's all very prestigious, it's all twisted, but in some wicked way, it all works.

This is a great album. Yes Nothing's Shocking is better but there are some amazing tracks on Ritual De Lo Habitual and no dud ones. 'Then She Did' and 'Been Caught Stealing' are my personal favourites.

Wrong! It is much better than that


Although Nothings Shocking is much better

First half sucks, second half is ok. So, respectably, 50/100

Classic Girl is my favorite song of all time.

lol outlaw, you just told us that you dont really know anything about this album and maybe listened to it once and do not like it. Like mayonaise said, then she did, is insanely great, and like purple said, the last 4 songs are all classics especially the first 3 of those 4. Its kind of like this, radiohead is the best band ever, thom yorke is the best musician ever, and the last 4 songs on this album were radiohead before radiohead.