Ritual De Lo Habitual
by Jane's Addiction

While slightly below Nothing Shocking in overall quality this album is almost as perfect! Had Been Caught Stealing been replaced with Kettle Whistle I believe it would have been aabd this would be the best album of all time! That being Said Three Days is the best song ever recorded! Perfection!!!! 10 minutes of sonic excitement. You never know where it will go. It ebbs, It flows, the lyrics are brilliant and mysterious. They pulled off what prog rock pioneers have been trying to do for decades and they are not even a prog rock band. Dave Navarro's solo is the best solo ever as well! Perfectly in harmony with the song and still showing off. it's not even really a solo. Just another bridgethat happens to be a guitar lead! I've heard it countless times and still hear new things when I put on headphone. And then they follow it up with ..Then She Did which is epic and beautiful in it's own way. The verse that compare Perry's dead mother to Xiola Blue who has recently commited suicide are heart breaking! "She was unhappy Just As You were! Unhappy just as you were! Unhappy Just as You Were" True art!!! Oh did I forget to mention Eric Avery's Bass work in those two songs. Try and write something better! I dare you bass players! Oh did I mention the first side with the funk rock racial harmony No One's Leaving and anarchy of Ain't No Right! Sheesh! Greatness!!!

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What an absolute pleasure it was to hear this album again after many years , what a classic this one is .

The 10 minute Three Days still blows my mind today.

Criminally an album of this high quality sits outside the BEA overall 500 (504 at time of writing February 2018) and it deserves to be there .When I see garbage like Kings Of Leon inside 500 and this one not it breaks my heart.

Ritual De Lo Habitual is a triumph

85/100

One of the great 'alternative' albums of the nineties. Ritual de lo habitual, is a brilliant follow up to the equally superb, nothing's shocking. The first half of the LP gives over to the more upbeat tracks such as, stop, ain't no right, and the unforgettable, been caught stealing. The second half features the more intimate and atmospheric songs such as, classic girl, and the remarkable, three days. A great album, still sounds as fresh and brilliant today.

As part of the Rock culture, Perry Farrell deserves a lot more recognition than the one he has. In a way, he impersonates what Alternative Rock was all about during the late 80s and early 90s.

And to me, with songs like Three Days or Stop, Ritual De Lo Habitual sums up his entire sound.

I was not familiar with this album outside of Stop and Been Caught Stealing. This was a huge surprise for me, and I understand the love for this album. Three Days was the biggest surprise for me, completely justifying its ten minute runtime.