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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.

Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty
Studio album by Felt
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
Felt chronology
Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty (1982) The Splendour of Fear (1984)

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	[1]
Record Collector	[2]

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".[1] 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.

Personnel

Felt[4]

• 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

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