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{{for|the Gotham episode|Nothing's Shocking (Gotham)}} {{redirect|Ocean Size|the band|Oceansize}} {{Infobox album | name = Nothing's Shocking | type = studio | artist = [[Jane's Addiction]] | cover = NothingsShocking.jpg | alt = black and white photo of nude female conjoined twins with their heads on fire. | released = August 23, 1988 | recorded = 1987β1988 | studio = [[Eldorado Recording Studios|Eldorado]], Los Angeles | genre = {{hlist||[[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/janes-addiction-performing-full-nothings-shocking-shows-195449/ |title=Jane's Addiction Performing Full 'Nothing's Shocking' Shows |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 29, 2014 |access-date=June 5, 2016 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist)}}</ref><ref name="Pitchfork"/>|[[alternative metal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/soundgarden-alternative-metal/ |title=Loud Love: Soundgarden and the Heyday of Alternative Metal |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=January 5, 2017 |last=Heller |first=Jason}}</ref>|[[hard rock]]<ref name="AM" />|[[art rock]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Galluci |first1=Michael |title=Top 100 '80s Rock Albums |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/80s-rock-albums/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=27 September 2024 |date=12 July 2015}}</ref>}} | length = 45:13 | label = [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]] | producer = * [[Dave Jerden]] * [[Perry Farrell]] | prev_title = [[Jane's Addiction (album)|Jane's Addiction]] | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = [[Ritual de lo Habitual]] | next_year = 1990 | misc = {{Singles | single1 = [[Mountain Song (Jane's Addiction song)|Mountain Song]] | single1date = December 1988 }} }} '''''Nothing's Shocking''''' is the debut studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Jane's Addiction]], released on August 23, 1988 through [[Warner Records|Warner Bros. Records]]. The album was preceded by the band's [[Jane's Addiction (album)|eponymous live debut album]]. ''Nothing's Shocking'' was well received by critics and peaked at number 103 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], eventually being certified platinum by the [[RIAA]]. The single "[[Jane Says]]" reached number six on the [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks|''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks]] in 1988, although the album was subject to censorship due to its cover and the music video for the second single, "Mountain Song". It received a nomination for the [[31st Annual Grammy Awards|31st Grammy Awards]] in the category for [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental|Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UUAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=miQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7019,2655419&dq|title=Complete list of Grammy nominees|date=January 13, 1989|access-date=November 26, 2010|work=[[Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina)|Times-News]]|location=Hendersonville, North Carolina|page=14|publisher=The New York Times Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313072804/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UUAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=miQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7019,2655419&dq|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ultimately losing to [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]'s [[Crest of a Knave]]. Since its release, the album has continued to receive widespread acclaim and is now regarded as one of the most important [[Alternative Rock]] albums of all time and one of [[List of 1980s albums considered the best|the greatest albums of the 1980s]]. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked ''Nothing's Shocking'' at number 312 on its "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]", while frequently appearing on "best album" lists of the 1980s.
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