Nothing's Shocking
by Jane's Addiction
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Jane's Addiction bestography
Nothing's Shocking is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Jane's Addiction on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jane's Addiction is Ritual De Lo Habitual which is ranked number 626 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,700.
(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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Nothing's Shocking track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Nothing's Shocking rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 26 Music Albums of 1988 | 7/26 | 4 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 81 Music Albums of the 1980s | 12/81 | 17 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 85 Music Albums of 1988 | 83/85 | 0 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 28 Music Albums of 1988 | 19/28 | 2 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 41 Music Albums of 1988 | 18/41 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Greatest Music Albums #201 - 300 | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1988 | 2/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 30/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 405 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,111 | |||
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Nothing's Shocking ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/03/2026 18:17 | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2026 20:50 | Mrump | 543 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2026 12:38 |  Tamthebam | 23,384 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea BestEverAlbums 07/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5380): By PurplepashNothing's Shocking comments
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Great album. Nothing's shocking, still sounds utterly unique today. It's funky, punky, and atmospheric. It's cinematic and intimate all at the same time. Personally, I just prefer follow up, ritual de lo habitual, but this is still a superb record in it's own right. This is the kind of record that is pivotal in a person's listening history. It can change the way you listen to music, forever. Maybe, it wouldn't so much now, but at the time, in the late eighties, it was a game changer.
NS is far more influential than it gets credit for. Like Pixies with Doolittle, Jane's Addiction paved the way for what alt rock would become in the decade that followed. They played the opening act so that Nirvana and Pearl jam could flourish and rise to mainstream success. Janes acted as a necessary transition from hair band nonsense to mainstream high-quality hard rock, alternative or otherwise. There are no bad songs here, and at least 3 as good as Jane Says.
It doesn't get much better than this. A perfect album. Everyone give Nirvana the credit but Nevermind would have never been played on the Radio if Jane's Addiction hadn't blurred the lines between Alternative, Metal and Punk two years earlier with Lollapaloosa, Nothing's Shocking and Ritual!
This is the best album from Jane's Addiction. Mountain Song is an amazing track. JA started out with a bang... unfortunately their genius was short-lived but this album is the band at their best. One of the best albums of the 80's for sure.
mayonaise93 09/04/2009 00:42 | #5973 | TOP COMMENT
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Nothing's Shocking is one of the most innovative albums ever made that paved the way for alternative music to go mainstream in the 90's. Some of the most influential tracks are Ted, Just Admit It.. , Mountain Song and Jane Says.
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