Occupational Hazard

1998 studio album by Unsane

Occupational Hazard

Studio album by

Unsane

Released

January 27, 1998

Studio

Excello, Brooklyn, NY

Genre

Noise rock
post-hardcore
alternative metal

Length

39:17

Label

Relapse^[1]

Producer

Billy Anderson, Bruce Hathaway

Unsane chronology

Amrep Xmas
(1997)

Occupational Hazard
(1998)

Lambhouse: The Collection 1991–1998
(2003)

Singles from Occupational Hazard

"Sick"
Released: February 20, 1996^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Chronicles of Chaos	7/10^[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]
Rock Hard	6.5/10^[6]

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

Critical reception

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

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

No.	Title	Length
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

Vincent Signorelli – drums
Chris Spencer – guitar, vocals
Dave Curran – bass, vocals

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 353.
^ "The Frank Kozik Resource Center - Unsane - MR 024". mansruin.com. Archived from the original on 1998-06-14. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
^ ^a ^b Butler, Blake. "AllMusic ((( Occupational Hazard > Review )))". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2006.
^ "CoC : Unsane - Occupational Hazard : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
^ 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.
^ "UNSANE - Occupational Hazard". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin.
^ "Unsane | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ 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.
^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. May 12, 1998 – via Google Books.