Liberal Animation

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{{Infobox album

| name = Liberal Animation

| type = Studio album

| artist = NOFX

| cover = NOFX - Liberal Animation cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1988

| recorded = January 9–11, 1988

| studio = Westbeach Recorders

| genre = Hardcore punk

| length = 30:22

| label = Wassail, Epitaph

| producer = Brett Gurewitz, NOFX

| prev_title = The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = S&M Airlines

| next_year = 1989

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev2= Allmusic

| rev2score = {{Rating|1.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r14195|author=Ron DePascale}}

}}

Liberal Animation is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX.{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Alternative Rock |date=2000 |publisher=Miller Freeman Books |page=524}}{{cite news |last1=MacDonald |first1=Patrick |title=NOFX: Pure Punk and Proud of It |work=The Seattle Times |date=February 1, 1996 |page=D11}} It was originally released in 1988 through Wassail Records, which was Fat Mike's label before Fat Wreck Chords. Brett Gurewitz produced the record, and even offered to release it on his label, Epitaph Records.{{cite book |last1=NOFX |last2=Alulis |first2=Jeff |title=NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories |date=2016 |publisher=Hachette Books |page=108}} The band decided to self-release it instead. It was re-released through Epitaph Records in 1991 with all new artwork. The title is a spoonerism of "animal liberation" and the cover artwork is a reflection of that. Bassist/Singer, Fat Mike has stated many times that he thinks it's the worst NOFX album. He wrote the majority of the album on a guitar he bought from Lynn Strait of Snot.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_826|title=Fat Mike to auction off his first guitar for charity|work=Alternative Press|date=May 25, 2006|accessdate=July 29, 2016}} The track "Shut Up Already" features a short cover of the Led Zeppelin song "Black Dog". It is the only full length album by NOFX to feature Dave Casillas on guitar. Amateur style music videos were made for the tracks "Shut Up Already" and "Mr. Jones."