If you post your ranking, please refer to their 4th album as “White Trash.” I believe RU-vid is deleting some comments due to that offensive title! Thanks!
1) so long and thanks 2) heavy petting zoo 3) punk in drublic 4) pump up the valium 5) war on errorism 6) wolves in wolves clothing 7) white trash 8) ribbed 9) coaster 10) self entitled 11) s&m airlines not sure I've ever got through the debut or most recent two
First Ditch was my first release by them as well, and I agree it is one of my favorites. Wolves, War on Errorism, and Two Heebs are all tied for first for me tho... I can't even pick
I like how you specify the ranking is just your opinion. I’ve always liked the passion you give in your videos. It seems you like “Liberal Animation” more than even Fat Mike does 😄
@@pairofjeansreviews2034 I really like the songs "1 million coasters" "Bruce, Eddie and Paul" and "My Orphan Year". Also the whole concept of a coaster with music included is hilarious to me :D
My ranking: 14: Liberal Animation: Some funny lyrics, that's about it. Apart from that, it's just a big mess. Mike still had a lot to learn here. 13: S & M Airlines: Still not on par with the later albums, but there are some gems on it, especially "You drink, you drive, you spill". 12. Single Album: What's that? A lazy effort in my opinion. Most of the songs were released before on the "7 Inch of the month" records. Also, it's too short, even for a NoFX-album 11. Coaster: Very, very mediocre. Fat Mike ran a little out of ideas here. "Blasphemy" is good", "Creeping out Sara" is embarassing. Old man's humor. 10. Wolves in wolves clothing: Good first half. After "Cool and unusual punishment" the album runs out of steam unfortunately (except Doornails). 9. Punk in drublic: This might surprise some. Overrated album in my opinion. More fillers than on many other NoFX-records ("Dig","My heart is yearning", "The Quass", "Fleas") 8. So long and thanks for all the shoes: Fast, good melodies. The lyrics are the weak part on this one. "All his suits are torn" is a standout song. 7. First Ditch Effort: A very personal album, almost too personal in my opinion. Pretty diverse too, which is a good thing. "Oxymoronic" is not my cup of tea, though. 6. Heavy Petting Zoo: Fat Mike doesn't like it, but I don't care. Slow, but great songwriting here. "Drop the world" is pure gold. 5. Self Entitled: Criminally underrated. Worlds better than its precedessor. Not as diverse as its follower, but with better melodies. Most songs are in minor key, so maybe that's why they touch my heart. "This machine is 4", "She didn't lose her baby" and "Down with the ship" are my personal favourites. 4. Ribbed: An early highlight: Full of energy, funny lyrics and pretty complex song structures. Also, NoFX go libertarian with "Where's my slice" 3. War on Errorism: The most political NoFX-album and one of the most colourful. I wish they would have done that later again when Donald Trump was in power. 2. White Trash: Probably the most diverse one: Soul, Punk, Reggae and even a touch of Metal: This album has it all. Plus it has "The bag" and "She's gone" - songs for eternity. 1. Pump up the valuum: An earworm from the first to the last note. Maybe "Stranger than fishin'" is not quite on par, but the rest is NoFX at its best. Becoming a fan of this band starts here! Greetings from Germany.
Fat Mike loves Self Entitled. I don’t know what he see’s in it. I like Coaster quite a bit though. First Call is a great drinking song. Dope video though, man. Cheers
Oh my, oh my, do I have some thoughts. NOFX are my favourite band and my opinion almost couldn't differ more from yours. I'll go over your picks one by one and out my thoughts. Self Entitled I was really hoping it wouldn't be this one. This is a record that appears to be on the bottom end of most lists and I guess that's probably because it might be the most predictable record. But oh my god is the songwriting fantastic on this, there isn't a bad song in here and I can sing them all from memory no problem. From the lovely gimmick that is 72 Hookers, to the amazing bass-line and rhythm of I Believe in Godess, Ronnie and Mags which is a really simple song that for some reason just doesn't lose it's magic for me, She Didn't Lose Her Baby is so heartfelt and beautiful, I love the verses on Secret Society, Fatty feels like the most perfect interlude ever, Cell Out just slaps the guitars throughout the verses are magnificent, Down With the Ship has brilliant melodies, My Sycophant Other seriously fucking slaps and has brilliant lyricism, Same goes for This Machine is 4, IG1JAA is beautiful and doesn't feel out of place which you think it might and never gets old, and finally Xmas has been X''ed will always be enjoyable. I probably won't rant about them all like this but I was just dissapointed I guess. This record is a top-half NOFX record for me. Coaster AAAH! I don't really mind Coaster being on this spot, I kinda get it, I don't know where it would fall in my ranking but I do know that the only song I don't like on it is Creeping Out Sarah, I just find it a bit gimmicky and never feel the need to actually listen to it, not when it's surrounded by songs with way more inventive muicianship. I was also surprised to hear you say that it isn't memorable and you can't remember the songs. While I prefer Self Entitled I think the songs on that record follow more of the same line where-as the songs on Coaster I think are all pretty different and have a lot of personality. From The Quitter to Best God in Show or from My Orphan Year to I Am An Alcoholic I think the record does enough to hold your attention and keep it fresh. I'm not gonna pick one version of My Orphan Year over another by the way haha. Liberal Animation Almost hardcore-punk? haha. I can't really complain about this placement though because I get it. I like the record a lot and almost all the songs, Shut Up Already, Beer Bong, Sloppy English, Piece, Freedumb and Truck Stop Blues being my favourites but yeah it is the odd one out in their discography. So yeah I get it. I wouldn't really call Here Comes The Neighbourhood ska though.
S&M Airlines I understand this placement as well, this might be my least favourite by them. I don't know, it just has the most duds in my opnion and most of the songs I do like, I don't really love. That being said, you did manage to name some of my least favourites from the record again. Day To Daze is without a doubt one of the worst songs in their discography for me, together with Creeping Out Sara it's really part of only a handful of songs by them I actively don't like. The cover of Go Your Own Way is kinda stupid too. My favourites on the record are consecutive. The killer intro of Drug Free America (would love to see that live), the oh so fun Life O'riley and probably the best straight-up NOFx song on the album You Drink, You Drive, You Spill. Single Album WHAT? ok. I don't mind the placement that much, I love the damn thing but it's only ten songs and it isn't a great big statement or shocker but how on earth is the song-writing the part that you don't like? That was my favourite part about the record. On that front it's so inventive and new, every song does it's own thing and differs wildly from the previous. The way they use their instruments is fantastic and really experimental, not to mention fucking insane, have you heard Last Resort? As a drummer I can't even imagine playing that. But really, the song-writing is sublime, The Big Drag leaves you tense and scared at which point they throw in something more familiar in the form of ILYMTIHM which fucking slaps and has the perfect placement. Fuck Euphemism is one of the best lyrical songs I've ever heard. FIAGB is written very well and shakes up your expectations again. Birmingham is experimental all over the place, you can't figure it out but yet you love it. MBCC is a lot of fun. There couldn't have been a better take on an older song then Linewleum. Grieve Soto slaps. Doors and Fours shakes it up again and is fucking brilliant, slow, grimy, depressing and a fantastic guitar. And then they close amazingly with Last Resort. I guess you explained that this type of style isn't your thing but I can't understand why you would actively fault the songwriting instead of saying: it's just not my thing. It's clearly brilliant. White Trash Okay, yeah, this one would be lower for me. Almost all the songs are just a gimmick and don't have a lot of replay value to me, eventually you've heard Straight Edge and Johnny Appleseed y'know. That being said, AGAIN, you manage to pick out my least favourites. I can't fault you on Stickin' In My Eye, it's predictable but yeah it's fucking great. Bob though, ugh, how are you not done with Bob, when I hear those opening lines it's just a standard skip. Same goes for PPTSOTR, loved it at first but now it's one I always skip. Stuff like Soul Doubt, You're Bleeding, Liza and Louise, The Bag and Warm is so much more interesting and have way more replay value to me.
Heavy Petting Zoo I don't have a lot to comment on this. I don't mind the placement and I think it's a pretty solid outing. There isn't a song I don't like (besides Whatever Didi Wants, I fucking hate that song so much, worst NOFX song!) and all the songs are pretty much on the same level. My favourites have to be the opener and the closer though. I wouldn't call it plain though. Ribbed Yeah, you've said you like them all a lot from this point on and it is the top-half so I can't really blame you but Ribbed is definitely a top three for me. I can talk for hours about why I love each song. The only dud for me is Brain Constipation, I don't even dislike it, it's just kinda there. Yeah, you like it, that's great, I would have put it higher though but who cares. Pump Up The Valuum Again, cool. A top three for me as well. I love all the songs and one of the best parts of this record (besides the lyrics) is the bass for me. Not only the amazing riffs but also it's scratchy sound, shout-out to Big Mike (yeah i caught that haha) for that one. Cool that you like it. Wolves In Wolves' Clothing Huh, I guess my top three are your 7, 6 and 5. Thumbs up for saying 60% is their anthem. I literally love every song on this album so much so I can't really comment on the ones you mentioned, they're great, the other ones are great too. What I absolutely don't understand though is you saying it's too long. Why? You said you like it, I haven't heard you say you dislike any songs so why should they have to be cut? If everything is good, the longer the better right? I find longer albums to be the ones is put on and listen to front to back. It's more of an experience and easier to build a vibe with where-as standard 12-song albums feel more like just a collection of songs so I don't feel the need as often to listen to them front to back. I'm sorry but I really don't understand your point about it being too long, I love that about it, it makes it all the more impressive. Keep my attention for 6 songs? Great. Keep my attention for 12 songs? Awesome. Keep my attention for 18? Brilliant! Masterpiece.
So Long and Thanks for all the Shoes Yeah I like this one. It's not one of my favourites though for some reason. It has a lot of songs like Wolves' but on this one the songs just feel more on the same line fsr? Idk, on Wolves' I feel like every song is very different and grabs my attention in a different way again. You also managed to pick out my least favourites again haha. Murder The Government is a short gimmick that I've heard by now. I find All Outta Angst getting kind of annoying too. Champs Elysees is one of those gimmicks again that I never really listen to on my own, only with my friends so we can all sing along (also, how is it one of your favourites and you don't know how to pronounce it when Mike says it like 10 times in the song?). Dad's Bad News is whatever and I actually don't like Eat The Meek that much. I prefer the dub mix by a long shot. I'm just not a big fan of the chorus on that song and my favourite part of it is Mike's delivery on the verses which is accentuated on the dub mix so the regular one is kinda redundant for me. The Desperation's Gone is fucking amazing though. All in all, I'd rather listen to Kids of the K-hole, 180 Degrees, All His Suits Are Torn, Kill Rock Stars, Quart in Session and Falling in Love. First Ditch Effort I prefer Coaster and Self Entitled BUT I like this one too. It's definitely not bad but I don't think it would crack my top half. I would actually say this one has a completely different style compared too the previous two. More experimentation, different instruments and different vibes and feelings throughout. AGAIN though, you picked the lesser ones for me. Six Years On Dope is cool but you've heard it after a while, I find Oxy-moronic extremely boring and I've never liked it, my favourite part is the ending with Mike working on the lyrics, I will say the lyrics ARE really good but the song itself is just kinda boring idk, Dead Beat Mom is the WORST, I'm sorry but it's dumb and I don't like the melody, how you can listen to that song more than once is beyond me.
War On Errorism This is a weird one for me because I really like the style but there are just quite a few songs that I always skip, just like there are songs which I love and would call some of my favourite NOFX songs. The first four open really good but then it kinda dips. She's Nubs is fun but not a song I listen to often (almost never), I hate Mattersville, I think Decom-Poseur is kinda dull, same goes for Medio-core (rarely in the mood) and Anarchy Camp is another one of those songs that you listen to two times and then you're done. Then we get 4 great ones again (especially WG2JAA and Re-gaining unconsciousness) But then I don't like Whoops I Od'd that much. Punk In Drublic Yeah it's a classic. Yeah it's great. There isn't really a song on here that I don't like and it's a top half record too. Not a lot else to say I get it. Sorry if that was really long and sorry if i might have come across as angry or mean but NOFX is such a big part of my life and I have strong opinions. Cool video and thanks for allowing room for discussion.
"Heavy Petting Zoo" is the only NOFX Album I own... it's fine, I guess (I'd say a 7/10, or so...). I really don't listen to it any more, but this was sort of a cult item about 25 years ago among my circle of friends... this record was VERY popular. Today, I can't for the life of me tell you why... :P
Surprised by the ranking of Self Entitled. For me this is the last good nofx album. After this Mike seemed to write songs with no structure or chorus its just him rambling on and on.
Here’s my list 14. Liberal Animation: this one sucks 13. Coaster 12. S&M Airlines 11. Single Album 10. First Ditch Effort 9. Self Entitled Now it starts to get really hard to rank these, as I love all the next 8... 8. Ribbed 7. War On Errorism 6. Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing 5. Heavy Petting Zoo 4. Pump Up The Valuum 3. White Trash 2. Punk In Drublic 1. So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes Honestly spots 8 to 5 are interchangeable, and 4 to 2 are really close as well. So Long is and has always been by far my favorite though, love the ska tracks, the speed, the tone, love the melodies in Kids of the K-Hole and 180 Degrees... fucking awesome record all the way through
I’m not gonna rank the first 2 albums (Liberal Animation + S&M Airlines) because I have only listened to them once or twice and don’t think there very good so I’m just gonna leave them off 12. Self Entitled 11. Coaster 10. First Ditch Effort 9. Single Album 8. Ribbed 7. War On Erroism 6. Wolves I’m Wolves Clothing 5. Pump Up the Valuum 4. Heavy Petting Zoo 3. Punk In Drublic 2. White Trash, Two Heebs, And A Bean 1. So Long & Thanks for all The Shoes
I totally agree with your assessment of First Ditch Effort. In 2000, I bought their recently released record, Pump of the Valium. It was my first and it’s still my favorite.
1. White Trash... 2. So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes 3. Heavy Petting Zoo 4. Ribbed 5. Punk In Drublic 6. Pump Up The Valuum 7. S&M Airlines 8. War On Errorism 9. Wolves In Wolves' Clothing 10. Coaster 11. Liberal Animation The other three I don't even care enough to rank.
1. PID 2. So Long 3. Ribbed 4. White Trash 5. Pump Up 6. WoE 7. S/E 8. Wolves (too many fillers) 9. Coaster 10. FDE 11. Zoo 12. S&M Airlanes 13. Liberal Animation Single album I think would be between 8-10
I'm surprised you put Self Entitled so low. My list is probably more controversial than yours. I've been listening to NOFX since about 2002 or 2003, somewhere in that area. It's hard to rank their albums because it's like picking your favourite children. I have a hard time picking favourites for anything so I did my best. 14. Liberal Animation (Only like one song) 13. S&M Airlines (Only like one song) 12. Heavy Petting Zoo (Don't like a handful of songs, and the good ones are a little strange) 11. So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes (Don't like a handful of songs, but the good songs are better than those on HPZ) 10. White Trash, Two Heebs, And A Bean (I actually like this album even though some songs are strange, but songs like Straight Edge drag it down) 9. Single Album (Hard to rank since it's so fresh, should probably be below White Trash. Album feels unfinished) 8. Ribbed (A few misses but the album rips overall) 7. Self Entitled (Great album, but a couple songs seem half-assed) 6. Coaster (Solid, good variety of styles) 5. Wolves In Wolves' Clothing (Really good, probably too many songs though) 4. First Ditch Effort (Fun songs but also all the feels) 3. Pump Up The Valuum (Classic, just a jolly time) 2. Punk In Drublic (Uh oh, stinky! Don't care for a couple songs but the good songs are fucking good) 1. War On Errorism (Good mix of variety and excellent songwriting. Every song is good)
"Don't call me white" really helped me out at the right time. It seems like the world nowadays wants to call itself "all accepting and caring" but only to the groups of people where the statistics say they can feel discriminated in the first place. It seems like there are people who will just refuse to beleive that a white guy feels uncomfortable with their skin without some kind of snarcy, sarcastic, backhanded comment in return (something on the lines of 'Oh yeah I agree, because white people definitely are the most oppressed group of all lmao'). NOFX helped me stay true to myself during times where people are very selective on what diversity they truly accept without bias. Sorry if I kept rambling.
I am one of their more weird taste fans, haha. I prefer Heavy Petting Zoo and Wolves' Clothing, their more slacker but still fun and well made songs. Not to big on their new, sad depressive music direction, but hey they are legends. They have proven themselves years ago. I guess they have the right to be crappy now, lol.
I was writing ... "You forgot First Ditch Effort"...before being shocked... No wait ... No, no, no no, no cmon!! No man are u serious?? The (more or less) worst album is ranked as third!!! No accounting for taste..but but ....this is too much!! There are two good songs in that LP --> Six Years On Dope and California Drought.. =) In fact I'm so glad that Single Album is not horrible as the previous...
I've been listening to NOFX since 2000 and this this pretty close to mine. I cannot understand however how liberal animation isn't #14 - horrible vocals, sloppy instruments, it's almost unlistenable, they were still fresh and learning their craft. Here's my list. 14. Liberal Animation 13. Self Entitled 12. SM AIRLINES 11. Coaster 10. Single Album 9. Ribbed 8. Wolves 7. Heavy Petting Zoo 6. White Trash 5. First Ditch Effort 4. War on Errorism 3. Pump Up the Valium 2. Punk in Drublic 1. So Long Also, it's "Pump up the Valium" . Not volume =)
99 single album 13 coaster 12 liberal animation 11 self entitled 10 s&m airlines 9 First ditch effort 8 punk in drublic 7 war on errorism 6 ribbed 5 pump up the valuum 4 wolves 3 white trash 2 heavy petting zoo 1 so long
War on Errorism was their best imo. Coaster was their last listenable one to me. I don't see how folks aren't bored with left wing politics. It's been 40 years kids
"White Trash..." is the perfect NOFX album. If you don't cry during "She's gone" you're dead inside. Also "Johnny Appleseed" might be their funniest song of all. Such a good album. It will always win a really tight race with Punk in Drublic for #1 but still. White Trash and The Longest Line EP are NOFX at their absolute best. "Single Album" tho is by far their worst album ever. The opening track? What's that all about? On first isten I was waiting for ANYTHING to happen but it's just very boring 6 minutes. Very disappointing.
