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
Compilation album by Felt
Released	May 2003
Genre	Post-punk, indie pop
Length	43:49
Label	Cherry Red
Producer	John A. Rivers, Robin Guthrie, John Leckie
Felt chronology
Absolute Classic Masterpieces Volume II (1993) Stains on a Decade (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

1. AllMusic review
2. Petridis, Alexis (8 May 2003), "Felt: Stains on a Decade", The Guardian
3. Plagenhoef, Scott (11 August 2003). "Felt: Stains on a Decade". Pitchfork.
4. "Lawrence Of Suburbia". Uncut. 1 September 2003.