Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty
| Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty | ||||
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| Released | February 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Woodbine Street Recording Studios, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, dream pop, jangle pop | |||
| Length | 30:43 | |||
| Label | Cherry Red | |||
| Producer | John A. Rivers | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Record Collector | [2] |
Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty is the debut album by the English alternative rock band Felt, released in 1982 by Cherry Red Records. Band leader Lawrence features on the cover.
The first track "Evergreen Dazed" is instrumental. The second track "Fortune" was later re-recorded and released on the band's 1984 single Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow. Similarly, a re-recording of "Cathedral" appears on the Primitive Painters single.
In 2013, the album was ranked at number 34 on Fact magazine's list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s.[3]
Track listing
All words by Lawrence. The music by Lawrence and Maurice Deebank, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Evergreen Dazed" | 5:07 |
| 2. | "Fortune" | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Birdmen" | 6:32 |
| 4. | "Cathedral" | 5:20 |
| 5. | "I Worship the Sun" (Deebank) | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Templeroy" (Deebank) | 5:35 |
Personnel
Felt[4]
- Lawrence – guitar, vocals, bass guitar (track 5)
- Maurice Deebank – electric guitar, bass guitar (tracks 3 and 6)
- Nick Gilbert – bass guitar (tracks 2 and 4)
- Gary Ainge – drums
References
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Rathbone, Oregano (February 2018). "Felt – Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty, The Splendour Of Fear, The Strange Idols Pattern And Other Short Stories, Ignite The Seven Cannons, The Seventeenth Century". Record Collector (476).
- ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s". Fact.
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Felt-Crumbling-The-Antiseptic-Beauty/release/5300245