Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty

Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty is the debut album by the English rock band Felt. Recorded in 1981, it was released in February 1982 by Cherry Red Records. Band leader Lawrence features on the cover.

The opening 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Record Collector

In an AllMusic album review, critic Tim Sendra rated Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty with three-and-a-half out five stars noting its "New York City scene of the '70s and the gloomy psychedelia of the '60s" influences, and overall describing it as "skeletal and mysterious". In 2013, the album was ranked at number 34 on Fact magazine's list of The 100 Best Albums of The 1980s.

Track listing

Lyrics by Lawrence. Music by Lawrence and Maurice Deebank.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Evergreen Dazed"	5:07
2.	"Fortune"	3:36
3.	"Birdmen"	6:32

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Cathedral"	5:20
5.	"I Worship the Sun"	4:16
6.	"Templeroy"	5:35

Personnel

Felt

Lawrence – vocals, guitar, bass guitar on "I Worship the Sun"
Maurice Deebank – electric guitar, bass guitar on "Birdmen" and "Templeroy"
Nick Gilbert – bass guitar on "Fortune" and "Cathedral"
Gary Ainge – drums

References

^ Sendra, Tim. "Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
"Felt – Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty (1982, First Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs. 27 February 1982.

v t e Felt
Lawrence Gary Ainge Maurice Deebank Martin Duffy Nick Gilbert Mick Lloyd Marco Thomas Mick Bund
Studio albums	Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty The Splendour of Fear The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories Ignite the Seven Cannons Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death / The Seventeenth Century Forever Breathes the Lonely Word Poem of the River The Pictorial Jackson Review Train Above the City Me and a Monkey on the Moon
Compilation albums	Gold Mine Trash Bubblegum Perfume Absolute Classic Masterpieces Absolute Classic Masterpieces Volume II Stains on a Decade
Denim	Back in Denim Denim on Ice Denim Take Over Novelty Rock
Go-Kart Mozart / Mozart Estate	Instant Wigwam and Igloo Mixture Tearing Up the Album Chart On the Hot Dog Streets Mozart's Mini-Mart Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! and the Possibilities of Modern Shopping

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