Once I realized that expecting 35+ year old Heroin addicts to release a mirror of music produced 12 years ago wasn't going to happen I also relaized that this is a great album and better than almost all of the albums released under the same genre in recent history. Nice going boys!

Yeah! This album rocks real good. Perry comes up with good strong lyrics and the music is fresh and rejuvenated. Why does Perry Farrell keep wandering off to solo projects or Porno for Pyros? Just get a new bass player to replace the replaceable Eric Avery and stay with Jane's.

Every -once huge- band with a comeback album will get tons of critisism thrown over them like rubbish, but those reviewers aren't listening to the songs, the music "in se" anymore. All -and I mean all- songs are kick ass songs that with amazing vocals, riffs and uplifting drums. Sorry I have to say but this is slightly better, IMHO, than Ritual de lo Habitual. Most rockbands can only dream of being capable of writing such strong songs. My favourites: The Riches, Just Because, Hypersonic and The Price I Pay... and then there's that hauntingly beautiful psychedelic bridge in True Nature. Chapeau! A 9,5… Expand

good gracious this cd gets better and better with each listen. the most fun you'll have rockin out all year. could one day be a classic!

I'll give it a 10. not because it's the greatest Jane's album out there, but because it blows the compitiion out of the water. Bands like Linkin Park, Sum 41, you name it... cant hold a candle to the greatest rock band since LEd Zep.

Happy, yet disappointed. the songs begin to sound the same after a while. Guitar awesome. Drums awesome. Bass solid. Singer--I want to know this guy. Nice to hear a fun album without a real clinker, like say, "By the Way", which had 3. Benn a fan since "Nothing Shocking", looking forward to more.

this album is awsome! out of this world! was about time someone came out with some gooood rock! good job guys!

Good album from a great band, but it's lacking in subtlety.

Great Album, alongside NIS.

The "professional" reviewers who put this album down as being "mainstream", or "not as good as the old Jane's stuff" only demonstate that they are snobs who are trying to bluff you into thinking they actually know something about music. Instead of comparing it to the old stuff, why don't they compare it to the rest of the crap out there today. Take it from somebody who can actually play music, this album is the best rock album in years. Buy it!… Expand

Great album from start to finish. I was worried that it couldn't possibly live up to expectations....but it did and then some. It doesn't quite have the emotion of the early 90's, but it's definately a great album to rock out to. Full of ENERGY. I'm hoping for more!

This album rocks, janes kicks ass

This album is the only album that is out there right now, that can helped the lost and confused( the weak), and its not just me its you too,(including Janes Addiction for 13 years) and if you cant hear what they are saying, well then you dont get it. read into it, and you will find that this is one of the best albums ever created. Bob Ezrin can I boink you in the butt? If you love me dont answer that. The words are brilliant, its whatever you want it to mean, as long as it means something positive. Its time to live in the moment people. Thats what it means to me, take all your bullshit music and thoughts and put it to the side. No 14 yr old rapper or country girl can tell me what I dont already know, Im only 30. I thought that was a pretty good review Perry......You friend from Mountain Aire. … Expand

Jane's is, was, and always will be a righteous band. I give it a 9 because something has to differentiate it from the stuff I've been listening to for 12 years, which are all easy 10's. This one will withstand the test of time, too, but it's only a few months old right now. Powerful songs, great riffs, amazing drums, props to cool chris on bass now, and although perry's voice has aged and the screams are lacking the ability to soar like they once did, and despite the fact that someone decided not to make perry's vocals so echoey and bouncing off of everything like they used to (bad move) - the spirit is still exactly where it was in 88. fucked-up, nuts, and like a genius, gifted child on acid. speaking of acid, the only other drawback for me was that while i'm glad they boys aren't h-addicts anymore, there's a definite lack of the original albums' "drugged-out" quality - which actually gave it an edge. still, these guys have progressed and matured and blossomed into this - and this rocks.… Expand

Simply put, this CD is really good. It is a sad sign that one of the best CD's of the year comes from one of alt-rock's dinosaurs (vague reference to Perry Farrell's mid-90's side project, Porno for Pyros) instead of someone new. Typical Jane's - artsy, dark, sensual, inspired. Occasional unnecessary meandering by Farrell (another typical characteristic of Perry Farrell projects). Ihghly recommended.… Expand

almost a perfect album , better than any other new rock out there

Excellent!!!! Just as good as the old stuff

I think it's generally wrong to judge a band on the basis of their previous work. So, granted, it may not be quite on the same level as Nothing's Shocking or Ritual de lo Habitual...but it's still the best rock album of the year - and better than many from other years as well. Even though it's been more than a decade since they made a CD, they've still got it.

This is the best album in years. Sadly without Eric, but still brilliant.