Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty is the first album by British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Felt

Felt (band)

Felt were a 1980s British alternative rock band led by Lawrence, whose surname was never listed in any credits or press; the band's name was inspired by Tom Verlaine's emphasis of the word "felt" in the Television song "Venus"...

, released in 1982.

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.

The single version of "Fortune" (length 3:31) was later included in the band's 1992 best-of compilation Absolute Classic Masterpieces, and on their 2003 compilation Stains On A Decade.

Track listing

All words by Lawrence

Lawrence Hayward

Lawrence Hayward , known simply as Lawrence, his surname never used in credits or press, is best known as the singer, songwriter and guitarist of British indie band Felt.-Felt:...

. All music by Lawrence and Maurice Deebank

Maurice Deebank

Maurice Deebank is a classically trained English guitarist. He was the lead guitarist of the British indie band Felt from its debut album until 1986, and was responsible for the ornate, atmospheric guitar work found on many of the band's early recordings...

, except where noted.

1. "Evergreen Dazed" - 5:07
2. "Fortune" - 3:36
3. "Birdmen" - 6:32
4. "Cathedral" - 5:20
5. "I Worship the Sun" - 4:16 (Deebank)
6. "Templeroy" - 5:35 (Deebank)

Personnel

• Lawrence
  Lawrence Hayward
  Lawrence Hayward , known simply as Lawrence, his surname never used in credits or press, is best known as the singer, songwriter and guitarist of British indie band Felt.-Felt:...
  
   — guitar, vocals
• Maurice Deebank
  Maurice Deebank
  Maurice Deebank is a classically trained English guitarist. He was the lead guitarist of the British indie band Felt from its debut album until 1986, and was responsible for the ornate, atmospheric guitar work found on many of the band's early recordings...
  
  — lead guitar
• Nick Gilbert — bass guitar
• Gary Ainge — drums