Deconstruction is the only album by the band of the same name, released in 1994.[3] It was released by Rick Rubin's label American Recordings.[4] It charted at number 31 on the Billboard Heatseekers album chart.
| Deconstruction | |
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| Studio albumby | |
| Released | July 12, 1994 |
| Recorded | 1993–1994 |
| Genre | Alternative rock, experimental rock |
| Length | 71:13 |
| Label | American Recordings[1] |
| Producer | Deconstruction, Ron Champagne |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
Critics gave the album largely mixed reviews, often while comparing Deconstruction to its predecessor Jane's Addiction. Trouser Press wrote that "while Deconstruction can claim a few decent songs and Dave Navarro’s dazzling guitar work, the album is ruined by utterly toneless vocals — both Navarro and bassist Eric Avery are credited, but whomever is doing the singing makes former bandmate Perry Farrell sound like Pavarotti."[5] Exclaim! wrote: "Deconstruction is an ethereal and evolving affair, containing both Eric and Dave's stringed histrionics and ever-morphing jams, yet again lacks the edge of Jane's Addiction, and meanders when it should rock, almost to the point of being lackadaisical."[1]
AllMusic considered the album to be an experiment bridging Jane's Addiction and whatever Avery and Navarro might do next, and concluded that the album is a "springboard for more, certainly, but not a final product."[2] The most positive review came from PopMatters, which called the album "terribly underrated."[6]