Leisure Noise
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Released | 7 June 1999 | |||
Genre | Post-Britpop, Neo-psychedelia, Space rock | |||
Length | 46:50 | |||
Label | London | |||
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Leisure Noise is the first album by London band Gay Dad, released via London Records and Sire Records on 7 June 1999. The album is a blending of glam rock, neo-psychedelia, krautrock and gospel into indie pop. Lyrically it is often about and constructed of rock history. The track-listing was designed to mimic the traditional two-sided vinyl.
Chris Hughes produced the album, except for "To Earth with Love", which was produced by Tony Visconti and Mark Frith. Gary Langan handled recording and mixing; Howie Weinberg mastered the album at Masterdisc in New York City.[1]
In 2014, NME included the album in its list of "30 Glorious Britpop Albums That Deserve a Reissue Pronto," saying "A music journalist turned rock star? It’ll never catch on… Hmmm, back in a sec… Anyway, Face scribe Cliff Jones might've cut a faintly ridiculous figure but he had the looks and – in "Joy!" and "To Earth with Love" – songs that could light up any Cool Britannic indie dancefloor. Just imagine those brash cuts freshly remastered."[2]
Critical response
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
NME | (8/10)[5] |
Pitchfork | (0.9/10)[6] |
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Wall of Sound | 85/100[10] |
- Accolades
Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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Melody Maker | United Kingdom | Best Albums of the Year | 1999 | 13th |
Select Magazine | United Kingdom | Best Albums of the Year | 1999 | 22nd |
MOJO Magazine | United Kingdom | Best Albums of the Year | 1999 | 28th |
Track listing
All tracks written by Nicholas Crowe, Cliff Jones, Nigel Hoyle and James Riseboro, except where noted.[1]
- "Dimstar" – 5:14
- "Joy!" – 5:00
- "Oh Jim" – 2:46
- "My Son Mystic" – 3:25
- "Black Ghost" (Crowe, Jones, Hoyle, Jim Irvin, Riseboro) – 7:35
- "To Earth with Love" – 5:04
- "Dateline" – 4:43
- "Pathfinder" – 3:56
- "Different Kind of Blue" (Crowe, Jones, Hoyle, Irvin, Riseboro) – 4:51
- "Jesus Christ" (Crowe, Jones, Hoyle, Irvin, Riseboro) – 4:16
Personnel
Personnel per booklet.[1]
Gay Dad
Additional musicians
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Production
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References
- ^ a b c Leisure Noise (booklet). Gay Dad. London Recordings. 1999. 556 103-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "30 Glorious Britpop Albums That Deserve a Reissue Pronto". NME. 21 July 2014.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ NME review
- ^ Pitchfork review
- ^ Cranna, Ian. "Review: Gay Dad - Leisure Noise". Q (July 1999). EMAP Metro Ltd: 108.
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Hall, Russell. "Review: Leisure Noise". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 15 April 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2020.