Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty

Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty
Studio album by Felt
Released	February 1982
Recorded	Woodbine Street Recording Studios, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Genre	Post-punk, dream pop, jangle pop
Length	30:43
Label	Cherry Red
Producer	John A. Rivers
Felt chronology
Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty (1982) The Splendour of Fear (1984)

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Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty is the debut album by English alternative rock band Felt, released in 1982. Band leader Lawrence features on the cover.

Track 1 is instrumental. "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.

Track listing

All words by Lawrence. All 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

• 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