Heavy Petting Zoo

Heavy Petting Zoo
A man sitting down on the ground in a petting zoo cuddling a sheep with his hand on the sheep's genitalia area. The band's name and album title are shown above the illustration.
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 31, 1996
RecordedOctober 1995
StudioRazors Edge, and Fat Planet
GenrePunk rock, skate punk, ska punk
Length34:54
LabelEpitaph
ProducerRyan Greene, NOFX
NOFX chronology
HOFX
(1995)
Heavy Petting Zoo
(1996)
Fuck the Kids
(1996)
Eating Lamb
A man in the 69 position with a sheep.
12" vinyl cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(neither)[2]
Spin7/10[3]

Heavy Petting Zoo (known as Eating Lamb on the LP version) is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on January 31, 1996, through Epitaph Records. The record reached a position of No. 63 on the American Billboard 200 Albums chart, the first NOFX album to do so.[4] In Austria, Heavy Petting Zoo peaked at No. 20, while the album achieved the No. 13 position in both Sweden and Finland.

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Heavy Petting Zoo - NOFX". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "NOFX". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  3. ^ Gold, Jonathan (April 1996). "NOFX: Heavy Petting Zoo". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 113. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  4. ^ "NOFX Biography". Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2013.