Heavy Petting Zoo
by NOFX
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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 2684 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 589.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Heavy Petting Zoo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Heavy Petting Zoo rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 55 Music Albums of 1996 | 46/55 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1996 | 76/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 43 Music Albums of 1996 | 9/43 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1996 | 42/48 | 1 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | albumceleste | Top 8 Music Albums of 1996 | 5/8 | 3 |
| 2024 |  Dankel | Top 37 Music Albums of 1996 | 23/37 | 2 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2022 | 247joelnetwork | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 56/100 | 27 |
| 2021 |  pa | Top 81 Music Albums of 1996 | 31/81 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 82 | |||
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Heavy Petting Zoo ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 02:05 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 00:37 | dhbarrett | 8,815 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2025 23:35 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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letty 12/09/2017 23:50 in What album are you listening to right now?Heavy Petting Zoo comments
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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.
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.
letty 12/13/2017 21:10 | #203072
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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