Leftfield - Leftism


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Label: Columbia, Hard Hands
Catalog#: CK 67231, CK 67231
Format: CD, Album
Country:US
Released:10 Oct 1995
Genre: Electronic
Style: Progressive House, Trance, Dub, Tribal
Credits: Artwork By [Concept & Art Direction] - Jonathon Cooke
Engineer - Adam Wren (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8) , Joe Gibb (tracks: 1, 9) , Ollie J (tracks: 4, 7, 10) , Simon Duffy (tracks: 11)
Mastered By - Paul Solomons
Photography - Merton Gauster
Photography [Band] - Phil Knott
Written-By, Producer, Mixed By - Leftfield
Notes:Recorded at Rollover Studios, London W10. Mastered at Porkey's.

Barcode: 0 7464 67231 2 8
Rating: 4.31/5 (102 votes) Rate It
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Tracklisting:

1   Release The Pressure (7:39)
    Vocals - Earl Sixteen , Papa Dee
  Written-By - E. Daley* , Barnes* , P. Daley*
2   Afro-Left (7:33)
    Berimbau - Papa Dee
  Vocals - Djum Djum
  Written-By - Barnes* , Cole* , P. Daley*
3   Melt (5:13)
4   Song Of Life (7:01)
    Written-By - Barnes* , P. Daley* , Rupkina*
5   Original (6:22)
    Vocals - Toni Halliday
  Written-By - Barnes* , P. Daley* , Halliday*
6   Black Flute (3:46)
7   Space Shanty (7:15)
8   Inspection (Check One) (6:29)
    Vocals - Danny Red
  Written-By - Clarke* , Barnes* , P. Daley*
9   Storm 3000 (5:43)
10   Open Up (6:52)
    Vocals - John Lydon
  Written-By - Lydon* , Barnes* , P. Daley*
11   21st Century Poem (5:45)
    Vocals - Lemn Sissay
User Reviews:
awillhoite, May 15, 2005

I picked this album up at a second hand store not expecting too much. I wasn’t disappointed but it wasn’t exceptional. The production has that nostalgic 1995 feel to it, when music wasn’t as unpredictable as it is now. The songs very throughout Leftism from Ambient to Prodigy’s Dub-Big Beat to almost Meat Beat Manifesto style Industrial. The truth is the album would be all right lest lyrics on the majority of the songs with the exception of “Original”. The female vocalist has a beautiful voice and the production would seem itself not able to contain a voice as hers but they mate very well. The Techno/Dance style in which Leftfield experiment with throughout the majority of the album is a bit tired in 2005, ten years after its original release which is a bit of a turn off. I don’t suggest dropping anymore than a fiver on this album or downloading it off your favorite software-sharing program but there are several instrumental cuts that aren’t bad to the ears.

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