Occupational Hazard is Unsane's fourth studio album.[7][8] It was released in 1998 through Relapse Records.

Occupational Hazard
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 27, 1998
StudioExcello, Brooklyn, NY
Genre
Length39:17
LabelRelapse[1]
ProducerBilly Anderson, Bruce Hathaway
Unsane chronology
Amrep Xmas
(1997)
Occupational Hazard
(1998)
Lambhouse: The Collection 1991–1998
(2003)
Singles from Occupational Hazard
  1. "Sick"
    Released: February 20, 1996[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chronicles of Chaos7/10[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
Rock Hard6.5/10[6]

Critical reception

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Bake Butler of AllMusic described the album as "getting hit by a semi, kicked in the teeth, and thrown down three flights of stairs all at once. [...] In a way unlike almost any other, they scream in your face fairly emotional, damaging lyrics, while breaking the musical boundaries, as well as your eardrums."[3] CMJ New Music Monthly called it "still all meat-grinder riffs slathered on top of a pummeling, breakneck-tempo rhythm section."[9]

Track listing

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All lyrics written by Chris Spencer, except "Scam", written by Dave Curran. All songs written by Unsane.

No.TitleLength
1."Committed"2:42
2."This Plan"3:18
3."Over Me"2:56
4."Take in the Stray"3:07
5."Stop"3:36
6."Wait to Lose"3:03
7."Sick"2:35
8."Hazmat"3:08
9."Smells Like Rain"2:38
10."Lead"3:17
11."Humidifier"2:43
12."Scam"2:43
13."Understand"3:21

Credits

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 353.
  2. ^ "The Frank Kozik Resource Center - Unsane - MR 024". mansruin.com. Archived from the original on 1998-06-14. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. ^ a b Butler, Blake. "AllMusic ((( Occupational Hazard > Review )))". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2006.
  4. ^ "CoC : Unsane - Occupational Hazard : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 470. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  6. ^ "UNSANE - Occupational Hazard". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin.
  7. ^ "Unsane | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. Macmillan. ISBN 9781250083616 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. May 12, 1998 – via Google Books.