Tracks six through nine are in memoriam of singer Perry Farrell's deceased girlfriend Xiola Blue, who died of a heroin overdose in 1987 at the age of 18.

"[9] Two versions of the disc packaging were created: one album featured cover artwork of a papier mâché[10] sculpture co-created by artist Casey Niccoli and singer Perry Farrell that visually referenced the Santería religion.

Ritual de lo Habitual was acclaimed by music critics, similar to the band's previous album.

"The gigantic swerve and swagger of 'Stop', the Chili Pepperish taunts of 'Ain't No Right', 'Of Course''s raga rocking and, above all, the epic 'Three Days', where guitarist David Navarro gets to pile the layers shoulder high, prove to be the stuff of true compulsion," wrote Peter Kane in Q.

"[19] "It all makes you realise how few bands actually bother to try and be any good, to play stuff that's inspirational," enthused Andrew Perry in a retrospective review for Select.

"[23] The album was voted the 24th best of 1990 in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics nationwide.

Robert Christgau, the poll's supervisor, remained unimpressed by the album, dismissing it as "junk syncretism (kitchen-sink eclecticism?

[27] In 2019, a book about the album, El Ritual de Jane's Addiction, was released by Argentinian journalist Fabrizio Pedrotti.

[6] All tracks are written by Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen PerkinsJane's Addiction Additional musicians Other personnel