Stains on a Decade
Stains on a Decade is the fifth compilation album by English alternative rock band Felt, released in 2003. A career-spanning collection, it contains tracks from the band's singles released between 1981 and 1988,[3] with one album-track exception: "Dismantled King Is Off The Throne".
| Stains on a Decade | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | May 2003 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, indie pop | |||
| Length | 43:49 | |||
| Label | Cherry Red | |||
| Producer | John A. Rivers, Robin Guthrie, John Leckie | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Guardian | (favourable)[2] |
| Pitchfork | (8.7/10)[3] |
| Uncut | (5/5)[4] |
"Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow" as it appears here is the original single, and is different from the version on the band's third album. The version of "Fortune" here is a re-recording of the song from their first album.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Lawrence, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Something Sends Me to Sleep" | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Trails of Colour Dissolve" | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Penelope Tree" | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow" (single version) | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Fortune" (re-recorded version) | 3:32 |
| 6. | "Dismantled King Is Off the Throne" | 2:46 |
| 7. | "Primitive Painters" | 6:00 |
| 8. | "Ballad of the Band" | 2:46 |
| 9. | "I Didn't Mean to Hurt You" | 2:33 |
| 10. | "I Will Die with My Head in Flames" | 1:34 |
| 11. | "Sandman's on the Rise Again" | 1:50 |
| 12. | "The Final Resting of the Ark" | 2:40 |
| 13. | "There's No Such Thing as Victory" | 2:20 |
| 14. | "Be Still" | 3:15 |
| 15. | "Space Blues" | 2:23 |
Personnel
- Felt
- Gary Ainge
- Lawrence
- Marco Thomas
- Martin Duffy
- Maurice Deebank
- Mick Lloyd
- Nick Gilbert
- With Help From
- Elizabeth Fraser
- Frank Sweeney
- John Rivers
- Neil Scott
- Richard Thomas
- Rose McDowall
- Tony Race
References
- AllMusic review
- Petridis, Alexis (8 May 2003), "Felt: Stains on a Decade", The Guardian
- Plagenhoef, Scott (11 August 2003). "Felt: Stains on a Decade". Pitchfork.
- "Lawrence Of Suburbia". Uncut. 1 September 2003.
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