Unsane (album)

Unsane
Studio album by Unsane
Released	November 26, 1991
Recorded	January 16, 1991
Genre	Post-hardcore, noise rock[1]
Length	36:52
Label	Matador
Producer	Wharton Tiers Unsane
Unsane chronology
Unsane (1991) Singles 89–92 (1992)

Unsane is Unsane's debut album, released in 1991 through Matador Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Patrick Kennedy from Allmusic called it a brilliant and daring debut that "assaults the senses like the Swans or Foetus before them, but tempers that art-scum priggishness with clear roots in punk and classic rock."^[1]

Tour

During the tour supporting the album, Charlie Ondras died of a heroin overdose during the 1992 New Music Seminar in New York.^[2]

Covers

Death metal band Entombed covered "Vandal-X" on their self-titled compilation album in 1997.

Track listing

All tracks written by Unsane.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Organ Donor"	2:10
2.	"Bath"	2:54
3.	"Maggot"	3:17
4.	"Cracked Up"	2:57
5.	"Slag"	2:43
6.	"Exterminator"	5:55
7.	"Vandal-X"	2:04
8.	"HLL."	2:31
9.	"AZA-2000"	2:33
10.	"Cut"	2:48
11.	"Action Man"	2:28
12.	"White Hand"	4:26
Total length:		36:52

Personnel

Unsane Charlie Ondras – drums, lead vocals on "AZA-2000" and "Action Man" Pete Shore – bass guitar, backing vocals Chris Spencer – lead vocals, guitar

Additional musicians and production Simon Bodger – photography Wharton Tiers – production, engineering Unsane – production

References

1. Kennedy, Patrick. "Allmusic ((( Unsane > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
2. Jones, Brad. "Unsane in the Brain". Unsane Biography, October 1994. Retrieved March 31, 2011.