Construction Time & Demolition

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Construction Time & Demolition
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Studio album by
Released6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
Genre Indie rock [1]
Length36:27
Label Southern Domestic
Wreckless Eric chronology
AmERICa
(2015)
Construction Time & Demolition
(2018)
Transience
(2019)
Singles from Construction Time & Demolition
  1. "Gateway to Europe"
    Released: 19 February 2018 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Blurt Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Construction Time & Demolition is a studio album by English musician Wreckless Eric. It was released on 30 March 2018 by Southern Domestic Records. [5] [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Construction Time & Demolition was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 82 based on 7 reviews. [3]

Writing on behalf of AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted the album is Eric's most "liveliest records he's ever made", while also pointing out there are "rough edges throughout, including instrumentals that function as atmospheric bridges between the major songs." [1]

Track listing

Construction Time & Demolition track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Gateway to Europe"5:13
2."The World Revolved Around Me"2:05
3."Flash"2:08
4."Mexican Fenders #1"1:01
5."They Don't Mean No Harm"3:46
6."Wow & Flutter"3:36
7."Forget Who You Are"6:21
8."40 Years"3:19
9."The Two of Us"3:42
10."Unnatural Act"3:49
11."Mexican Fenders #2"1:27

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