Total Destruction

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Total Destruction
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Studio album by
Unsane
ReleasedJanuary 18, 1994
RecordedJanuary 1993
StudioBC Studios (Brooklyn)
Genre
Length35:58
Label
Producer
Unsane chronology
Singles 89-92
(1992)		Total Destruction
(1994)		 Scattered, Smothered & Covered
(1995)
Singles from Self Destruct
  1. "Body Bomb"
    Released: January 24, 1994 [1]

Total Destruction is the second studio album by American noise rock band Unsane, released on January 18, 1994, through Matador and Atlantic Records. [2] At the time, Matador and Atlantic had a deal where at the least six albums issued by Matador must be released through Atlantic's promotion system. [3] The album was recorded for $25,000—a comparatively small budget for a major label album—in order to reduce the amount of money Unsane would owe to Atlantic. [4]

Contents

To promote the album, a music video was produced for the track "Body Bomb", in which a disturbed man builds a bomb and blows up a building filled with people. The video was banned from airing on MTV. [5] In 1998, Vox ranked the album's cover artwork at number 41 on its list of the "50 worst album sleeves of all time". [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME 7/10 [10]
Rock Hard 7.5/10 [11]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Vox 3/10 [13]

Total Destruction received mixed reviews from critics. John Bush from AllMusic called it "less compelling than the singles collection" and "too repetitive", adding that "the band has slowed down the rhythms a bit." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Body Bomb"3:41
2."Straight"4:02
3."Black Book"2:40
4."Trench"4:02
5."Dispatched"2:18
6."Throw It Away"3:59
7."Broke"1:55
8."Road Trip"3:48
9."Wayne"2:47
10."Get Away"3:04
11."S.O.S."3:11
12."455"2:31
Total length:35:58

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Fabricus, Jodie (January 7, 1994). "More Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Filings" (PDF). The Hard Report. No. 356. The Hard Report, Inc. p. 37 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  2. ↑ Gerard. "Matador Records". matadorrecords.com . Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  3. ↑ Earles, Andrew (2013-01-08). "Blame Nirvana: The 40 Weirded "Post-Nevermind" Major Label Albums". spin.com. Spin. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  4. ↑ Flaggert (March 1994). "Unsane". Ray Gun . No. 14. Action Brands, LLC. p. 16.
  5. ↑ Jones, Brad (October 12, 1994). "Unsane In The Brain". Westword . Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  6. ↑ Stubbs, David (June 1998). "The 50 worst album sleeves of all time". Vox . No. 92. IPC. pp. 70–75.
  7. 1 2 Bush, John. "Allmusic ((( Total Destruction > Review )))". Allmusic . Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Unsane". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). New York : MUZE : Oxford University Press. p. 353. ISBN   978-0-19-531373-4 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Mörat (January 22, 1994). "Rekordz". Kerrang! . No. 478. EMAP. p. 45.
  10. ↑ Taylor, Sam (January 15, 1994). "Unsane: Total Destruction". NME . IPC. p. 29.
  11. ↑ "Total Destruction". Rock Hard (Vol. 81) (in German). January 27, 1994. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  12. ↑ Morrison, Dave (March 1994). "Soundbites". Select . EMAP. p. 78.
  13. ↑ Verrico, Lisa (February 1994). "Reviews: Rock". Vox . No. 41. IPC. p. 60.
  14. ↑ Total Destruction (booklet). Matador Records/Atlantic Records. 1994. OLE 070-2 / 92306-2.
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