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Leisure Noise

FieldValue
nameLeisure Noise
typeAlbum
artistGay Dad
coverGD_LN_Art.jpg
released7 June 1999
genrePost-Britpop, neo-psychedelia, space rock
length46:50
labelLondon
producer
next_titleTransmission
next_year2001
misc{{Singles
nameLeisure Noise
typestudio
single1To Earth with Love
single1date18 January 1999
single2Joy!
single2date24 May 1999
single3Oh Jim
single3date2 August 1999

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 and the album was made available on 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.

Critical response

;Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
Melody MakerUnited KingdomBest Albums of the Year199913th
MojoUnited KingdomBest Albums of the Year199928th
SelectUnited KingdomBest Albums of the Year199922nd

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."

Track listing

All tracks written by Nicholas Crowe, Cliff Jones, Nigel Hoyle and James Riseboro, except where noted.

  1. "Dimstar" – 5:14
  2. "Joy!" – 5:00
  3. "Oh Jim" – 2:46
  4. "My Son Mystic" – 3:25
  5. "Black Ghost" (Crowe, Jones, Hoyle, Jim Irvin, Riseboro) – 7:35
  6. "To Earth with Love" – 5:04
  7. "Dateline" – 4:43
  8. "Pathfinder" – 3:56
  9. "Different Kind of Blue" (Crowe, Jones, Hoyle, Irvin, Riseboro) – 4:51
  10. "Jesus Christ" (Crowe, Jones, Hoyle, Irvin, Riseboro) – 4:16

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. Gay Dad

  • Cliff Jones
  • James Riseboro
  • Nicholas Crowe
  • Nigel Hoyle

Additional musicians

  • Carol Kenyon – additional vocals (tracks 2 and 10)
  • Guy Barker – horns (track 7)
  • Lynton Naiff – horn arrangement (track 7) Production
  • Chris Hughes – producer (all tracks except 6)
  • Tony Visconti – producer (track 6)
  • Mark Frith – co-producer
  • Gary Langan – recording, mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Design

  • Peter Saville – graphic art
  • Paul Hetherington – graphic art
  • Howard Wakefield – graphic art
  • Paul Barnes – logo concept

References

References

  1. [{{AllMusic
  2. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=gay+dad Robert Christgau review]
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090425213850/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,271249,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]
  4. [https://www.nme.com/reviews/gay-dad/1057 NME review]
  5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20000816173149/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/gay-dad/leisure-noise.shtml Pitchfork review]
  6. Cranna, Ian. "Review: ''Gay Dad - Leisure Noise''". EMAP Metro Ltd.
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090211090151/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/204755/review/5941024/leisure_noise Rolling Stone review]
  8. Hall, Russell. "Review: Leisure Noise". [[Wall of Sound (website).
  9. (21 July 2014). "30 Glorious Britpop Albums That Deserve a Reissue Pronto".
  10. (1999). "Leisure Noise". [[London Recordings]].
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