Constructive Destruction

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Constructive Destruction
The Flying Luttenbachers - Constructive Destruction.jpg
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedOctober 12, 1993, at King Size, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Noise rock
Length42:46
Label ugEXPLODE
The Flying Luttenbachers chronology
Destructo Noise Explosion!
(1992)
Constructive Destruction
(1994)
Destroy All Music
(1995)
Professional ratings
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Constructive Destruction is an album by the Flying Luttenbachers. [3] [4] It was released in 1994 by ugEXPLODE. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune called the album a "timeless barrage of guitars, drums and saxophones straining to break free from conventional song structure." [6] CMJ New Music Monthly deemed it "splintery, celebratory jazz played with hardcore punk velocity and intensity." [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Weasel Walter, except "Brainstorm" by Chad Organ

No.TitleLength
1."The Critic Stomp"4:18
2."Pointed Stick - 93B"6:33
3."The Indiscreet Notion"7:20
4."Fist Through Glass"2:58
5."Playing in the Dumpster"3:38
6."Eaten by Sharks"5:53
7."Brainstorm"5:29
8."Coffeehouse in Flames"6:37

Personnel

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  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 393.
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  7. "Holiday Gift Guide". CMJ New Music Monthly (28): 28. Dec 1995.