Bubblegum Perfume

Bubblegum Perfume
Compilation album by Felt
Released	April 1990
Genre	Indie pop, jangle pop
Label	Creation
Producer	John Leckie, Robin Guthrie, Joe Foster, Mayo Thompson, John Rivers
Felt chronology
Me and a Monkey on the Moon (1989) Bubblegum Perfume (1990) Absolute Classic Masterpieces (1992)
Reissue
2011 Reissue Cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]
Melody Maker	(favourable)[3]
Record Collector	[4]
Select	[5]

Bubblegum Perfume is the second compilation album by English alternative rock band Felt, released in 1990. It collects tracks from the band's singles and albums recorded for Creation Records between 1986 and 1988. Tracks 5, 8, 13, 16 and 19 are instrumental.

In a review for Melody Maker, Bob Stanley described the album as "an excellent Felt primer for the uninitiated."[3]

In 2011 Bubblegum Perfume was reissued by Cherry Red with three changes to the track listing: track 12 was replaced by "Tuesday's Secret", track 14 by "Female Star", and track 15 by the instrumental "Fire Circle".[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lawrence, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Will Die with My Head in Flames"	1:32
2.	"Stained-Glass Windows in the Sky"	1:56
3.	"I Didn't Mean to Hurt You"	2:34
4.	"Space Blues"	2:23
5.	"Autumn"	1:50
6.	"Be Still"	3:13
7.	"There's No Such Thing as Victory"	2:17
8.	"Magellan"	1:56
9.	"The Final Resting of the Ark"	2:39
10.	"Sandman's on the Rise Again"	1:48
11.	"Don't Die on My Doorstep"	2:17
12.	"A Wave Crashed on Rocks"	2:51
13.	"Book of Swords"	2:18
14.	"Declaration"	1:43
15.	"Gather Up Your Wings And Fly"	3:53
16.	"The Darkest Ending"	3:02
17.	"Bitter End"	2:33
18.	"Rain of Crystal Spires"	3:54
19.	"Voyage to Illumination"	1:18
20.	"Ballad of the Band"	2:48

Personnel

Felt

• Lawrence
• Martin Duffy
• Marco Thomas
• Mick Bund
• Gary Ainge

with

• Tony Willé
• Neil Scott
• Rose McDowell
• Richard Thomas
• Francis Sweeney
• Philip King
• Mick Travis

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Hann, Michael (3 November 2011), "Felt: Bubblegum Perfume – review", The Guardian
3. Stanley, Bob (30 June 1990), "Scents & Sensibility", Melody Maker, archived from the original on 4 March 2016
4. Kennedy, Jake (August 2011), "Felt - Bubblegum Perfume", Record Collector
5. Linehan, Graham (August 1990), "Mixed Emotions", Select
6. "Felt - Bubblegum Perfume", Discogs, 5 October 2023