''Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty'' is the debut album by the

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band

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. Recorded in 1981, it was released in February 1982 by

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. Band leader

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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

In an

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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

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of the '60s" influences, and overall describing it as "skeletal and mysterious". In 2013, the album was ranked at number 34 on ''

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'' magazine's list of The 100 Best Albums of The 1980s.

Track listing

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. The music by Lawrence and

Maurice Deebank Maurice Deebank is a classically trained English guitarist. He was the co-founder and lead guitarist of the British indie band Felt from its debut album until 1985, and was responsible for the ornate, atmospheric guitar work found on many of the ...

Personnel

Felt *

– vocals, guitar, bass guitar on "I Worship the Sun" *

– electric guitar, bass guitar on "Birdmen" and "Templeroy" * Nick Gilbert – bass guitar on "Fortune" and "Cathedral" * Gary Ainge – drums

References

{{Authority control Felt (band) albums 1982 debut albums Cherry Red Records albums Albums produced by John A. Rivers