Deconstruction (Meredith Brooks album)

Deconstruction
Studio album by Meredith Brooks
Released	September 28, 1999
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	50:09
Label	Capitol
Producer	Dave Darling, Meredith Brooks
Meredith Brooks chronology
See It through My Eyes (1997) Deconstruction (1999) Bad Bad One (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[2]
Gaffa	[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Soundi	[5]

Deconstruction is the third album by the American singer-songwriter Meredith Brooks, released in 1999 in music.

Track listing

1. "Shout" (Brooks) – 3:54
2. "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" featuring Queen Latifah (Melanie Safka, additional lyrics by Queen Latifah) – 4:36
3. "I Have Everything" (Brooks) – 4:05
4. "Cosmic Woo Woo" (Brooks, Dvoskin) – 3:35
5. "Nobody's Home" (Brooks, Shelly Peiken) – 5:12
6. "All for Nothing" (Brooks, Rick Nowels) – 4:42
7. "I Said It" (Brooks, Nowels) – 3:23
8. "Back to Eden" (Brooks, Nowels) – 3:51
9. "Bored with Myself" (Brooks, Peiken) – 3:45
10. "Careful What You Wish For" (Brooks, Gorgoni, Peiken) – 4:27
11. "Sin City" (Brooks) – 4:37
12. "Back to Nowhere" (Brooks) – 4:02
13. "Little Slice" – Japan bonus track

Personnel

• Meredith Brooks – guitar, vocals
• Paul Bushnell – bass guitar
• David Darling – percussion
• Denny Fongheiser – drums
• Davey Faragher – bass guitar
• Mark Meadows – bass guitar
• Rob Ladd – drums
• Matt Laug – drums
• Michael Parnell – keyboards
• Queen Latifah – performer
• Paul Trudeau – piano, keyboards

Production

• Producers: Meredith Brooks, David Darling, Paul Fox
• Engineers: John Bogosian, Brian Reeves, Jeff Tomei, Tom Weir
• Assistant engineers: David Bryant, Steve Genewick, Michael Parnell, Matt Silva
• Mixing: Steve Genewick, Chris Lord-Alge, Mark Needham, Matt Silva
• Mastering: Doug Sax
• A&R: Perry Watts-Russell
• Programming: David Darling
• Art direction: Wendy Dougan, Tommy Steele
• Design: Wendy Dougan
• Artwork: Wendy Dougan
• Photography: Dana Tynan

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