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This was fine, and approaching enjoyable, except that it made me feel like I was in like the mid 90s not getting invited to warehouse raves and instead listening to the closest thing I could find to EDM that came on CD at Best Buy. Which is probably a little influenced by reading the album blurb before listening, but what can you do. It was a little too down-tempo for me maybe and I liked the songs/parts with vocals most because then at least some more stuff was going on.
Felt like I was playing Rez, but without a draw to keep me interested for a full hour.
Opening track reminded me of early Massive Attack. Which made me wish I was listening to Massive Attack. So I liked this, but not as much as adjacent stuff that I like better.
I recently bought this album after watching some documentary about the night life in the 90's. I kinda forgot about this band but their music is still very good.
There were a few songs I enjoyed, but overall, the album fell flat for me.
Some tracks p chill. Ended on a 👎 track: "21st Century Poem"
I rather liked this, it's great working music. I imagine it's also great doing drugs music but it's a weekday and it's day time soooooo. I particularly liked the more mellowed out tracks (Song of Life, Original, Melt). Overall this is pretty good. I do wonder if this was the first popular "progressive house" album, before that was a name of a subgenre. That would explain the inclusion on the list. Nothing earthshaking, but definitely a good album for clubs and repetitive tasks. The only thing track I actively disliked was "Open Up" and that was just because I didn't care for the endless vocal loop of "BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN".
Not bad for house misoc
I, Mother of my House, vow to keep my f*cking mouth to myself
I just noticed I've been getting a lot of UK electronic music lately. Luckily it's all been pretty alright so far.
Editing this over a year later to demote to 3. Upon revisiting it's still pretty good, but almost too minimal and boring to be equated to other electronic/ambient albums I've given a 4. Again, nothing wrong with it, but just doesn't wow me equivalently.
3.5
tekno
This was pretty cool. Definitely mid 90's dance. It wasn't bad, in fact it seems like it would be in some like hacker movie or something.
This was a solid album to throw on in the background while you’re doing other stuff. I liked the beats & I liked the vibes!
At first I thought it was alright, but it's way too long. I got bored halfway. Favorite song: Black flute
Middle of the road electronics house music. Some cool beats, but got a little fatigue as it’s all pretty similar tempo. Great background music, and mixed very well
2.5. For what it is (not my style) It isn't bad
A bit strange. A bit muddy. A bit too long.
Decent tunes, but not something I would choose to sit down and listen to. Sadly my clubbing days are behind me. Open Up remains a right old banger
Hmm - not my music. But I have not skipped between the tracks. Funny. Therefore 3 stars!
Straight out of the UK with yet another unknown album that simulates other more popular acts of the period. Only, this time I liked it. A lot. 90s electronic music can boring real easily and when I stepped in to this album and saw 1+ hour of music ahead I dreaded it. I was impressed by the first track and hooked by the second. This is a great background music album. 3.5/5
Dance music to me has been stuff like Band of Gold, Saturday Night Fever or even the Birdie Song none of which I particularly like (especially the last one) but that’s what I heard when I frequented dance establishments a long time ago and only hear now (thankfully) at weddings. That said I have always been intrigued by the big anthemic anthems I used to hear on Radio 1 each Saturday night. Things by Darude, Eric Prydz, Scooter (a particular favourite)etc. I loved the way samples of tunes I liked were woven into big synth melodies with massive climaxes and fall offs. This album does not quite live up to that but nevertheless was a whole lot better than I expected. I don’t know what passes for dance music nowerdays but I don’t hear anything like the anthems I liked passing along the airwaves when I occasionally listen. Nothing I hear measures up to this album. In the absence of any Scooter album coming up on this list I place this as an admirable substitution. 3/5 28/5/24
Alright, it's pretty decent.
Decent dance album - more accessible and more tunes I know than I expected.
Release the Pressure - 3 Afro Left - 3.5 Melt - 2 Song of Life - 3.5 Original - 3.5 Black Flute - 3.5 Space Shanty - 3.5 Inspection - 3.5 Storm 3000 - 3.5 Open Up - 3.5 21st Century Poem - 2
Leftism by Leftfield Wednesday 6/12/2024 10:20 A Tier————————— Release The Pressure Space Shanty B Tier————————— Melt Song of Life Afro Left Storm 3000 Inspection Original C Tier————————— 21st Century Poem Black Flute Open Up
This would be EXTREMELY fun live, idk how it translates to an album, but I see the appeal
This would be good for an overnight stretch of a road trip, keeps ya awake. Liked the track 'Melt'
6.5/10
Not really my vibe, but it's ok
Okay
Good background music
Struggled through the first couple of songs on an 8am dog walk. Had a great time powering through the rest of the album in the last hour of work. It would have been great Uber Eats music, but now it makes for great coding music.
Well. That was definitely techno.
decent album with some fun tracks, space shanty was a good song, songs were a bit long though, most of them were 7 minutes long, 5-6/10
Not really my thing but on this occasion it hit right
It’s the 90’s. Dance music has become huge. You’ve released a couple of club bangers. Record label reckons you should make an album. Rehash a couple of 12” singles, cobble together some songs and add some guests. It’s a 90’s dance album that your mum won’t mind having on in the car.
Definitely feels like some 90's club music. The songs are alright and are actually a little trippy/have some good general beats and hooks but they're a little long. Overall a nice electronic record but the only thing that's missing for me is something that distinguishes this album/group overall. Daft punk had the robotic disco future style, Chemical Brothers had more big beat/acid tecno influences, Aphex twin had the beautiful ambient/IDM mixes. nothing about this (to me) feels as distinct as the other groups.
More house rave music, pretty good? Definitely felt of its time but if I was at a club playing these I’d probably have a good time (if it was the early 2000’s) 2.7
Wub wub wub
Of all the many, many 90s dance/electronica albums on the list, this one seems to be the most interesting. Each track is actually distinct from the others and none are terribly repetitive. Toni Halliday’s and John Lydon’s guest vocals are stand-outs.
Intermittently groovy and better than much dance music, but really not all that interesting in the end. Displays all the usual issues with dance music – excessive repetition, dullness and no sense of arrival, beyond cascading sort of denouments through which the music is just programmed. One can see (hear) the appeal without thinking it belongs in this list. The editorial entry in the book suggests there might have been an affirmative action policy in play, with some allotted slots for dance music. It must also be noted that dance music, along with grunge and nu-metal and much, much tedious hip-hop, is what made the '90s a failed decade for music.
3.5
Han inte lyssna så noggrant men det jag han höra lät bra och intressant så jag får lyssna igen när jag är mer inne på elektroniskt.
3.1
3.5
Actually quite like this, will definitely give it a second listen at some point but first impressions are surprisingly positive.
My reviews of electronic dance music typically fall well below whatever the average is for the genre. However, this album has, for the most part, replaced the annoying, repetitive, thump...thump...thump...of the bass with interesting, diverse, interpretations of what rhythm is and how it can be presented. Can't say I will ever dance to this but at least I won't reach for knitting needles to poke out my ear drums if I ever hear it again.
3.5
Interesting music. Like a combination of European club music mixed with a Black Panther soundtrack.
Heard before. Listened to this while doing some work. Had some interesting songs that got me moving. My sister said some songs remind her of Uncharted, so that's a win :D
It was okay.
Ja, wat kan je erover zeggen. Origineel. Beetje techno, niet mis. Ik weet niet helemaal wat ik ervan moet maken
A bit underwhelmed by this. I like the genre mix but it never really takes off. I sit there nodding along to the beats but it doesn’t get me pumped, nor is it interesting enough for headphone-sessions.
Creative. New and interesting sound.
It's good, but not quite the legendary thing some people think it is. I got a little bored around the middle, but then it picks up massively at the end. I think it relies on the quality of the guests a bit, in that my favourite Left field tracks sound like PiL, or Roots Manuva, or Sleaford Mods (more recently)
This album was so much more interesting than I expected! It's easy or an electronica album to become dated because of the extreme innovation in this genre, but for the most part, this one held up. I recognized one of the vocalists! And they quoted it from the first album by The Orb. I loved the vocals on the second track. Just wild. Would definitely listen again.
Kind of forgettable over the past 30 years, but still completely listenable if you turn off your brain.
Well, that one came out of left field. Ok, ok. But actually, it really did. It at first seemed like a random mid-90s techno album, but I was quickly convinced that it belonged. Well, not too quickly. The first track was boring - I wasn’t wild about the vocals, and then the second half almost felt like “The Macarena” was about to kick in. But starting with the second song things got more interesting, and “Leftism” takes off from there and never lets up. This was not, in fact, a random mid-90s techno album. And it’s on the list because it’s a groundbreaking and influential banger. “Storm 3000” was familiar, but I couldn’t place if I had heard it before or just similar things it inspired. It’s interesting that “Open Up” was the biggest hit of the album, because I think it’s the worst song on the album. Love the Sex Pistols, but Johnny Rotten’s vocals on “Open Up” don’t work. The end of the song gets back to the vibe that makes the record memorable.
There is a lot to like about this album but ultimately it never rose above background music for me unless it was for a negative reason that took me out of the flow (looking at you incessant beeping in Original). Solid 3.5 but probably wont be revisiting since there are other triphop albums I would pull up first when in that mood.
Dude, I’d drop some giggle pig and go dance to these guys at the club. Solid house/trance album. If this were 20 years ago, I’d rate it higher, but house/trance is t really my thing.
The hardest part about an electronic album is making a cohesive statement or piece that isn’t just “Here’s an hour of songs that are like the ones on the single.” Leftfield does a good job of at least creating a little bit of intrigue with a smattering of influence and genres. Very much a sampling of the 90’s rave scene, this album never stays in one place for too long. Sequencing wise it felt like a reasonably paced album with highs and lows dispersed throughout.
I thought it was okay, but it's missing something to be danceable.
Enjoyable electronic album, good songs
Honestly went into this expecting to hate it, so was surprised I comfortably made it through the album. Was very unmemorable though ... nothing really piqued my interest that much
Good record - I enjoyed it!
Bit slow, too long, but not too bad.
It was okay.
New age club music. A song or two are ok but an entire album is exhausting. Not as boring as some of the other electronic albums on this list.
Not sure if my memory serves me right, but I remember this cover being quite the ubiquitous sight in people's record crates back then and me expecting to hear some greatness on there, because of that. And how it fell flat? A safe, rather boring and just sufficiently pleasant version of *other* UK electronic music of that time. At least that's what I feel today.
I remembered liking it much more when it came out.
Well this album sure came out of the dugout…. Anyway this was one of those days where I had to crowbar in an hour of my day to listen to this when I wanted to do other things which made it difficult for me to fully enjoy it, especially after getting a similar ambient electronica album yesterday. Fortunately I found bright spots on tracks like the original but this prog house stuff doesn’t work for me the same way that electronica can.
I liked the general vibe, cohesivity was good but maybe a bit too much, couldn't really hear the difference between the sound of most songs. Gave me some much needed dance breaks during my deep flow work sesh this morning! Unremarkable in every other way but generally enjoyable, would potentially use Song of Life in an ecstatic dance set
wide mix of electronica tunes hard to summarise as one album; "Release the pressure" didn't enjoy at all "Afro left" was a banger "Melt" such a chill out "Song of life" some great vocal samples "Original" slow but great progression, very 90's speaking vocals "Black flute" Mostly house style - not a fan "Space Shanty" Nice Piano but core sample too repetitive "inspection" Had a chance to be a banger but again was too slow a beat "Storm 3000" The pattern of how songs are laid out is now very clear, still enjoying though "Open up" Hate John Lydon "21st Century Poem" Trying to be deep, offers nothing Overall it's a 3.1. Could have been 4 with more out and out bangers on the album, but too samey and loop based as the album progressed
enjoyable, albeit a bit repetitive in the second disc
Chill but dull, I owned this cd back in the day because you were supposed to, not enough piano happy house bangers for me. All a bit samey
Usually not my preferred genre(s), but Leftism still had a lot to offer. From deep progressive house to danceable jungle beats featuring none other than Johnny Rotten himself this a great ride. I think it easily too long and there are moments where I simply lose focus. Maybe I’m meant to? But when I notice that I’m losing focus it’s rarely a plus.
I liked this one more than I thought I would. I’ve never heard of Leftfield, but the music reminded me of a modernized version of the mid-90s group, Enigma. I actually found myself tapping my foot at times.
I enjoyed, like being in the club but the club is now my kitchen.
I was really hoping for something more inspired from an album called "leftism."
The 90's seems to be the decade for house, trance and tribal music, Leftfield was one of those band that seemed to pave the way for some of the bigger names like Prodigy, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, etc. There are a few songs on this album I remember mainly from the Hackers OST. This was never my style of music, but I loved Hackers so I played that OST all the time (that orbital song is my fav). This is classified as progressive house, I think because some of these songs are more tribal, trance and even dub. While I know this was influential in the electronic genres, I think I prefer some of the more innovative artists that came after Leftfield. Standouts: Song of Life, Original, Open Up
I liked some songs, so I’ll give it a 3.25. It’s a long album and not really my vibe as much, but it does have some cool stuff.
Definitely a genre-defining album. Probably won’t listen to it again but it was certainly the backdrop for a lot of late nights in the mid 1990s!
Pretty good actually even for the time, they laid down some good clubbin kinda dance music
My rule for electronic music is: was it pleasant enough to have on in the background? Yes? 3 stars. So… 2 stars.
62/100
As usual I found the drum and bass elements repetitive and the album as a whole overlong, but it was elevated by a greater variety and diversity of vocals.
AIGHT
The difference between listening on Tuesday to Wednesday was startling. Tuesdays are obviously the best day for this kind of music. Wednesday, not so much.
not bad, eventhough I listen few electronic musci.
Koronan tuoma horkka vei sopiviin tiloihin tämän musiikin tahdissa. Ei varmasti perusarjessa jaksaisi kuunnella, mutta voisi toimia esim. videopelin taustamusana.
Classic house, already had 3 tracks in rotation, however feel the three were definitely highlights, rest of the album acted as more filler. 3/5.
Decent club music
Cool album
Was goed voor op de achtergrond
I liked this more than I expected to. I really don’t have a lot more to say than that. I had it in the background while I was working from home and it was engaging enough without distracting me.
Eh?
Enjoyable. Sounds a bit generic in 2023 but obviously that isn't fair.
I don’t like house, but I liked this. I’m a fan.
good but I don’t love house music
A disabled dog limping into the sea to drown. It's okay Little Jake, it's okay. You don't have to be afraid anymore. Lick your bum bum one last time and say goodbye.
didn't listen to it all. sort of jumbles the brain 2.8
I know very little about house music, but this album does bump. Space Shanty really got me grooving, and the singles spread throughout were also solid. The bass is really heavy on most songs, and I love that. I don’t think I have the context to truly appreciate this one, but I can see how this would have influenced Disclosure or the EDM crowd. Would plan to come back to this one.
Test
Really love the sped-up reggae groove on the first track. Overall vibe of the album is very euphoric, with some high-energy parts and some much mellower.
House music. Well, not the "pure" kind of it that can be found in LFO's "Frequencies" or some of theose earlier Detroit acts. More like a "big beat" version of it. The Prodigy specialized in "punk" aggro energy, while The Chemical Brothers favored pyrotechnic psychedelics (or psychedelic pyrotechnics, I don't know...). Leftism's own trick was to sprinkle a lot of dub or reggae influences here and there. And it works out. Mostly. Even if that fomula didn't yield tracks that were as successful or memorable as the hits released by the two aforementioned acts. This album is what it is, I guess. Some of it aged surprisingly well, some of it didn't. I'm rather indifferent to the whole thing, to be honest. It's hard to invest emotions into a style originally meant to point towards the future (see the name of the cut closing the proceedings), which, ironically, sounds so dated now. Yet I can still sense that a lot of imagination has been put into most of those compositions, and that its tracklisting is pretty dynamic, building up to an interesting John Lydon featuring on the penultimate song. 3/5 for the purposes of this list, translating to a 8/10 grade for more general purpose (5+3). Number of albums left to review: 426 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 264 Albums from the list might* include in mine later on: 141 (including this one, waiting to see of it grows on me later on). Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 174
Started well, but went a bit too leftfield after that
Hacienda
de quoi rythmer une aprem de crochet dans le train
it’s ok u can dance to it i guess
Archetypal 90's trance. I kinda like this sort of vibe- easy to chill to.
Nice sounding record and pleasing background music. I don't listen to much British electronic music and I can't stand most club music. This one is listenable, so this one gets a pass. Essential? Definitely not from me.
I liked the electronic house sounds, but overall it felt bloated and unstructured. There were not any moments where I went "Hm, interesting". I was even stoned while listening to it but even that didn't help apparently. i'm giving it a three only because I'm a simp for electronic music.
Kinda vibey, but also not my favorite. It reminds of techno music, but also music that you see in movies when someone is hallucinating.
This was fine in the background.
Decent, especially the John Lydon song, but dance music albums often drag a bit. I prefer their later stuff, ii think, but didn't hate this.
Very different to anything else I have listened to so far. I liked the vocals on the first fee tracks and the varied choices of drums were good. It felt like the songs went on for a long time but I still thought it wasn't a bad album
Enjoyed it more than I thought I would since I’m not really into House.
Another 90s album recommended to me that is again very much of its time. Fits right in with Prodigy, Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers, and so on. Made for the clubs so a little harder to appreciate while working on the couch, but it is good for focus. The production is flawless, and it's a trip to listen to with headphones or a multi-speaker system. I'm between a 3 and 4 on it. If it had my favorite Leftfield track ("A final hit") on it, easily 4.
Leftism is the debut album by English electronic music duo Leftfield. This progressive house album was mostly critically acclaimed at release and was praised for being one of the first album-length works of dance music - especially from Britain. The labeled genre of progressive house doesn't quite cover the wide range of EDM influences like tribal, trance, and more. This album is a classic in the EDM - more specifically house - genre. I loved Leftfield's sound that can be enjoyed just by relaxing or dancing. It was such a great piece of EDM history from the 90's, that I thought was weird I had never heard of this album or duo before. This was a wonderful album!
3/5
Un álbum de electrónica que si bien, se escucha bastante influyente, no envejeció bien, habiendo inspirado géneros mucho más interesantes, con sonidos mucho más atrapantes y envolventes. De todas formas, es una pieza fundamental del desarrollo de los subgéneros de la electrónica, como el House y a la estética “hippie” relacionada con la cultura raver.
Interesting mix of early EDM
Not bad. Dance music isn’t my genre though.
Pretty cool
Chugs along, has some flashy, inspirational moments; occasionally drags and feels repetitious; but when it is in the zone, it is in the zone. Good for focus work and other stuff I'm sure.
Meh
Intéressant! Electro. Faut être dans le mood
Definitely not bad but nothing I could tell that distinguishes it from any other electronic music. 3.5 stars
Would eat a fistful of ecstasy and listen again British electronic music singers are funny sounding Melt lived up to its name it certainly melted my brain
3.5
Ok electronica, was relaxing to listen to, but couldn’t find it engaging
This is an clever assortment of house and techno sounds. Some classic trippy club fare mixed with dub, trip hop and tribal/World Beat sounds. I appreciated the unexpected presence of John Lydon on "Open Up." This is quite good, if overly long. Fave Songs: Melt, Storm 3000, Open Up, Song of Life, Space Shanty
3.5
This was definitely not my type of music, but I enjoyed it more than I thought. There were even some vocals to mix things up.
Not a dance music fan particularly, but I don't mind this one bit. It certainly fills the space with sound, features some very satisfying beats and drops, and the electronica of 'Melt' was pleasingly redolent of Kraftwerk. Aye, alright.
I kept waiting for a drop of something, bass or otherwise.
This album was decent, but I wouldn't say great. A couple of tracks stood out for me more but not necessarily the ones that are (apparently) more known.
Background music, but OK in that role. Seemed like a strong 90s Bristol sound to me.
Not a huge EDM listener, but the afro influence on this record made it much more interesting to me. Fun record to have on in the background. Will very likely listen again.
That was the macarena right
Yeah I really like this, it has so many sounds that came along years later in the late 90s trance anthems era, dunno how influential it would've been but hard to deny it must've had an impact. Stuff I can just stick on and chill to but also I've always found it really helps me focus.
Did not enjoy this for the first five minutes, then got way more into it as I listened. Does the album get better as it goes on or did I just get into the groove better? I'm not a massive fan of dance music, but this is way more listenable than a lot of it - still suffers from a lot of the songs being overly repetitive, but it's good. Open Up is wonderful - I definitely prefer their music with lyrics over the top of it rather than the purist dance music. 3/5, verging on a 4 but a bit too repetitive a bit too often to get there.
3 Looking at the album description and seeing “electronic” and “dance” really had me prepared to dislike this one, and I even had a joke set up where I was going to say it’s called Leftism because it never sounds right, but I ended up enjoying this more than I thought I would. A lot of the album is actually more ambient sounding than dance, another genre I’m not a fan of, but compared to Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno, I actually thought a lot of the soundscapes were really cool. In some ways, they reminded me of the scores to video games I used to play as a kid. Release the Pressure is a solid opener and dance number, but I realized about halfway through it kind of sounded just like Macerena, which is honestly a better, catchier song… and it has its own dance! It was also pretty cool hearing Johnny Rotten on Open Up - like him or not you have to admit his voice is iconic. A lot of beep boop, but cooler beep boop than I’ve heard before. Favorite songs: Melt, Release the Pressure, Open Up
I was locked in a crisis mode at work and this played throughout in the background so I made it through. If it wasn’t for that I would’ve been very upset with the two hours
Innovators of the Chillwave genre that shows not only an influence from world music, but also the lengths any track and groove can go. These extended jams and tones can oscillate from soundscapes, relaxation, and larger peppy tunes. It is easy to see why this group had been approached for Soundtrack work.
Some very good tracks but not sure if enough to warrant a double album.
Not bad. It comes with the usual pitfalls of electronic music (namely lengthy and repetitive tracks), so it's something I'd need to be in the mood for, but given the right circumstances this is a solid album.
EDM/House is best enjoyed live or in a club. Listening to this as part of this challenge was not great, bur still decent music all in all.
Great mix of ambient electronica, house, dub step, for your 90’s rave party. Would have liked more vocals though.
It feels wrong to be listening to this album through headphones, it feels like it should be playing in the background as I walk through seedy alleyways and through grimy underground clubs in a neo-noir film or Matrix ripoff. Some cool stuff happening on here, but some of the production choices are hugely dated (the fake record scratches on Original are strangely endearing though). Also, most of the songs are a minute or two too long. I don't see myself revisiting the album, and even for the songs I really liked, I preferred parts of them over the whole. Still, enjoyed the listen well enough. 3 stars feels about right. standout tracks: the run from Inspection -> Open Up
It sounded like lofi study music meets The Matrix. Not bad, but not memorable.
The singing on this album brought this from a 4 to a 3 for me. Without the singing, this album has held up surprisingly well. While I can tell it’s mid-90s electronica (a pretty defined sound), I thought it only barely sounded dated. I wouldn’t listen to this again but not bad. Not bad at all.
Dark, brooding electronica... felt like it was bubbling and simmering but then never quite came fully to the boil.
Solid cohesive trance album. Impressive that this was released in 1995. Ahead of its time I’d say.
Enjoyed it a lot! X
Honestly not a bad electronic album. I'm usually pretty harsh with these because there a high bar to cross for me to enjoy listening to one of these outside of the context of being inebriated and in a large crowd of people dancing. But I enjoyed this one at work and could see myself listening to it in other contexts
franchement bien, plein de styles techno différents, vachement en avance sur son temps on dirait. ptit côté infected mushroom ?
Probably revolutionary at its time; an enjoyable, but somewhat pedestrian sounding electronic record today.
À l'instar d'eltrapeze, j'ai d'abord pensé que derrière l'artiste Leftfield se cachait le crâne chauve et luisant de Moby. Mon compagnon d'écoute ayant découvert qu'il s'agissait bel et bien de deux artistes différents grâce à l'usage d'un déguisement d'Eminem, j'empruntai cedit déguisement pour aller voir Moby directement et lui provoquer la peur de sa vie à des fins de pur divertissement. Je toquai donc à sa porte avec l'apparence de son traumatisme et notre ami dégarni sursauta comme attendu lorsqu'il m'aperçut. Encore une belle satisfaction.
J'ai d'abord cru que cet album était l'oeuvre de Moby sous un nom d'emprunt. Pour vérifier ma théorie, j'ai procédé de la sorte: - Je me suis rendu à Londres, dans les quartiers du groupe Leftfield - Je me suis équipé de mon déguisement d'Eminem - J'ai poussé la porte de leur studio, en poussant un cri strident Malheuresement, aucune réaction d'effroi ne me parvint de la part des deux membres du groupe Leftfield, ce qui contredit donc ma théorie.
Loved hearing an electronic dance music from the 90s. Cool to see how things have progressed.
Some good chunes on here yeah
first listen pretty sleepy
Reasonable mid 90s dubby electronic dance/trance music. I recognised a few of the singles and more famous tracks, but found it less interesting than Orbital or Chemical Brothers.
Okay
3.5/5
Rave album
I understand the appeal, but it didn’t grab me, and it was far too long to stick with
Hi: Storm 3000, Open Up Lo: Afro Left, Song of Life, Inspection This is a pretty influential dance/trance/industrial/jungle album, I've definitely heard many of these tracks and synth patches in passing and DJ sets, but never really know what I was hearing. Most of this is pretty good music for the code zone, or just for...relaxation. What sours it for me is something I dislike about a lot of this type of EDM: I call it "jungle jabber"...It just grates on me. The instrumental tracks are pretty good and feel pretty at home next to some Front Line Assembly, Prodigy, VNV Nation, KLF, or even the Matrix soundtrack.
Never heard of them before but I enjoyed it. While dance music you can still listen as background. I liked the ambient stuff a bit more.
Unless on a dance floor, this is good headphones music while doing work.
interesante electrónica noventosa. al menos entre un tema y el otro algo variaba. una linda propuesta.
I do a lot of house dancing so I'm very familiar with the genre. This is fine music but there is way better house stuff out there.
Enjoyed this album… get lots of work done in the office
very interesting album, electronic but older, with words. Some interesting beats, but nothing that wowed me. I'm sure someone would say these songs laid the groundwork for future electronic music but it felt a tad basic. I do like the album cover though!
I liked this. Another Euro house album, though I enjoyed it quite a bit more than the "jungle" ones we've had. A handful of infectious beats that I'll enjoy returning to. Nothing spectacular but I like this. Favorite tracks: Afro Left, Song of Life, Inspection, Release the Pressure. Album art: A shark's jaw over a camera lens? Not sure I understand this, but at least it's kinda cool to look at. 3.5/5
Atmospheric and electronic
I like the dance stuff more then the atmospheric stuff. Kind of a background record.
It’s fine. I don’t listen to a lot of electronic music but when I do this is the type I like, stuff I can bob my head to. May get played again when in the right mood.
In the middle.
Not my thing but a couple of great tunes elevates the score
Went in to this with super low expectations. EDM usually bores me (unless I’m plastered) but this was refreshingly interesting - most of the time. Pretty cool they got Johnny Rotten for “Open Up”. Fun beats - I might even listen to this again Fave tracks: “Release the Pressure” “Space Shanty” “Open Up”
De laatste dagen gaan we goed. Niet alleen maar ouwe rock of britpop. Leftfield kende ik alleen van naam. Ik ga dat verder onderzoeken.
It's a slower, softer and lighter electronic album. Compared with other album releases during that time. (6/10) FT: Original, Release The Pressure
Some good tracks but nothing stand out
Had no idea what to expect here. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Decent electronic album. Good background music. Not my favorite genre, but it was enjoyable, but not memorable at all.
3/5
Not bad, I enjoyed it playing in the background during work. But I also didn't enjoy it enough to think of it as more than background music.
3.3 - I worried initially that this would be another uniquely British album selection on this Euro- and British-centric list. And in this case, my suspicions turned out to be true. While there are some great moments that transcend 1995, especially in the beginning ("Afro Left"), it overall sounds like what you might hear at some tired airport bar.
Funky and cool beats, but too many tracks take too long to pick up steam
Interessante para conhecer mais de tecno.
Good beats for film
really really early dance/electro. Alright but it goes on forever (2 hours)!
Some variety of beats, good energy for puttering around the house doing chores. More to sink my teeth into than some of the other electronica I've heard recently, but still tough to just sit down and take in.
I get it. This is pretty chill. Still very weird to just like listen to casually
Always have time for this album
It's house music. Not too intense though. Could be good music to have while trying to concentrate on something.
Decent 90s electronic music album. Some tracks are very good, and the vibe is sustained all through the record. I fell however, that jams at the start of the record are better, I could remember Afro Left, Release the Pressure and Original songs very well. The rest, well, not that impressive.
I don't think I gave it a fair shake. I wasn't really in the mood for 90s rave music. Some songs hit harder than others. Space Shanty is def a bop
This is much better now than it was in 1995 when every DJ was obsessed with how cool Leftfield were. It's pretty pleasant background music, I quite enjoyed it going on around me but never really got involved.
Enjoyed most of this, gets a bit too long for me to listen to this style but I still enjoyed plenty of it
fairly dated + simplistic 90s dance pop with some world music vibes. It's what I imagine the Blade movie soundtrack to be. At >1hr in length it's a bit of a marathon listen
6
3.5 pretty good
Fine electronic album. My listening experience was decent because I was doing something while this album was on but even still it got somewhat annoying at times, especially with how long it is. 5
Different but chill
Solid
I honestly don’t really see how this one is so much different/better than the typical 90s electronica. I mean, it wasn’t bad, but I didn’t find it to be anything special.
swear I’ve seen this album cover in my dreams. best songs are the 7 min ones. any longer + I woulda given it a 2.
Used to be great, but hasn’t aged that well.
Not bad, I was coding and this was perfect for in the background. I'm sure there's some history here that's important but I typically don't get much out of typical house/techno unless it's live. I suppose 2.5 up to 3.
Not bad. Had some really cool techno songs in this album
Cool ambient music. A little like Mickey Hart meets Rusted Root meets Daft Punk.
This is much better now than it was in 1995 when every DJ was obsessed with how cool Leftfield were. It's pretty pleasant background music, I quite enjoyed it going on around me but never really got involved.
Alright for what it was.
not sure this ages well. Didn't hate it. Didn't get a chance to listen to all of it.
This is not bad music, but it's place, for me, is not for "listening", but for dancing or maybe background.
Dance music, electronic with whifs of reggae and other genres. Good/interesting but didn't grab me.
Just couldn't get into this one. Not sure what they were thinking with this on the list
I didn't really like the album but there were a few interesting songs of the album that I added to playlist 3 out of 10 for me
Not a great fan of this type of genre. Left me cold.
Not for me, didn't enjoy.
At times I thought this would be fun if it came on in a club and I could zone out and dance. But just listening straight through is no fun. Doesn't need to be on this list.
not my thing
Maso
Naming this shit "leftism" is fucking right-wing propaganda. Lmao. Okay there's the quip. If I'm going to elaborate some: in comparison to the other house/electronica albums this generator has put me through so far this is honestly not that bad on a minute-to-minute basis, but, of course, 1. "in comparison to the other house/electronica albums this generator has put me through so far" is a pretty low standard, and, 2. of minutes there were sixty-nine (nice) (NOT nice! an HOUR and NINE MINUTES of my life! that's too many by at LEAST half!)
Nothing special
This wasn't as bad as I expected it to be but it was just a zone out album.
It's fine. Zoned out on a long drive, songs passing time like telephone polls. Are they still called telepone polls? Were they ever?
2/5 Too repetitive and dub/electronic for me
Meh, I didn't get it
saved two songs but overall it was too long and boring. was struggling with listening for like whole day.
Electronic mix of styles, slower stuff is amorphous (not a compliment), faster house stuff is pretty good, overall not great
nothing special here
Just makes me feel like I’m in the matrix meh
god i hate house music
so there i was, sleepy, thinking this album was going to be like every other boring, generic album on this list. and then the beat switches up? and what do i hear? the macarena? so that was an unexpected but welcome surprise. rest of the album was fine and just too long. 2/5
Long and boring
shoutout vibey electronic reggae, saved 1/10
Think this caught me grumpy after a World Cup game, but I didn’t need 70 mins of inessential 90s dance.
Melt and 21st Century Poem worth hearing, the rest has aged like egg salad
Melt
No appeal from me.
Main menu or lobby music. I am waiting to enter the game. I am on Windows XP and the songs run too long and the computer takes too long to load. I don't like it.
Whenever I hear this type of music, It reminds of Hackers or other movies where they make hacking look cool. Blame Hollywood.
I like electronic music, but this only seems to work with strong drugs aboard.
hauch von gutem techno, aber all in all zu sehr house musik. kranker ragebait am ende des letzten songs
A bit samey but not the worst
Maybe a bit too left for my tastes
Not quite for me
Too fucking long. 2 HOURS?? Fave song: Song of Life
Ihan ok! Aika hidastemponen ja maalaileva mulle. Oisin kuvauksen perusteella kaivannu tanssittavampaa. Tää on semmonen huojuttava minkä päälle koitaa huutaa baarissa. Mutta ihan menevä ja kilistelevä!
Alright I guess, just don’t want to sit through an hour of it.
These are the type of songs that are fun for like 90 seconds. Somehow these songs go on for 4x that length. Gets so old, so fast. The review citing this as background video game music was spot on. This is rocket league music.
Less ‘banging’ than I expected.
The Matrix Reloaded ass beats
better than expected
This was just annoying to listen to.
Really frustrating that like 2 or 3 of these songs were legit good and the rest of this over an hour album was just like the other electronic music we’ve had.
Pretty middle of the road techno, especially for the year it was made. Nothing really stuck with me from this.
This is not going to make the restive Commonwealth nations happy. Yet another mystery UK inclusion. And a reminder that it's utterly random as to which electronic albums are commercially successful. It's ok. This is a style of music that's easy to make by the yard if your want to churn out competent filler. Challenging to make a killer track, though. You need an idea. You need to do some real writing. A solid album of this kind -- whether it's Something Or Other House or Some Version of Electronica-Dub (they're all swimming around in the same pond) generally has 1-3 really, really good tracks and a bunch of ok ones. This album is all ok filler, no killers. From Wikipedia: "The album was described as progressive house, although some journalists found that label too limiting, suggesting the album incorporated many genres." The fact that one could go track by track and find another artist working at the same time making tracks rather like this one, but better ... the variety just is not the strength someone thinks it is. Rootsman's International Language of Dub; the Guerilla In Dub compilation; No Smoke, International Smoke Signal; many albums from Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound System (Dub Syndicate, Echomania; the first Audio Active album -- the debut of the Tokyo Space Cowboys -- as two examples); most Thievery Corporation albums; the best Badawi or Dr. Israel albums; the Crooklyn Dub Consortium compilations; many acid jazz compilations .... there are So Many more interesting albums released around the same time working the same general aesthetic. What are we doing here? Docked one star for failing to successfully realize a single idea. Even the best track, Inspection (Check One) ... much more dynamic, much livelier, and yet -- at several points, when you want it to go -- There; instead, it goes .... over Here, for some reason ... ? Whaaa--?? Are you sure you guys know what you're doing? Also from Wikipedia: "After completing the album, the duo initially were not pleased with it."
If we were applying some version of "The Rule" right now, I would probably use it for this album. I'm trying to be respectful and give each record a chance. Trying to learn something and be open-minded. But whatever this is, it's not for me. Some of the more positive reviews online are about how fantastic this album was for the reviewers while they were tripping their heads off in the late 90s. Sounds great, but it didn't do much for me in my current non-tripping, non-90s situation. If more of the songs sounded like Inspection, I would have liked it a lot more. As it went, I just could not listen to the whole thing, or even close to it. Sorry Leftfield.
It’s fine for some atmospheric background music, but it’s too long to make a good active listen. 2.5/5
Interesting album, but i dont think i would give it another listen
2, because the last track has nice melodies. For the rest of the thing, I guess I had to do drugs to enjoy that kind of music and I don't want to do drugs
Blind album and artist. I think this albums constant beat gave me a headache.
Guess it would be OK if I was in a club or wanted some background music.
Probably the best electronic album so far. But they’ve all been mid.
I’d say that for its time, that sound was quite fresh. But today, to me, it sounds very dated.
I don’t hate it, but it is certainly not for me. 2/5
DJ beats or video game background tracks
I guess if I was doing X in London in the mid 90’s this would have been awesome. In the garage working in’s the truck, not so much.
I feel like a bit of an arrogant American when I bump up against really mediocre British albums on this list, feeling like the book author is biased and not objective at all. I probably would do the same having limited exposure to music from outside the US… but I digress. This was one of those really mediocre British albums that don’t deserve to be on this list. Nothing special electronica. (2)
I feel like I'm in a world music rave while listening to this.
# Album Name: Leftism # Artist: Leftfield # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: I enjoy electronic / dance music but i found this very bland to be honest. # Top Tunes: # Would I listen to it again? No
Eh
Eh, not my type
I was digging the afro-electronic vibe it gave me, but like a lot of electronic albums, the music drags longer than it needs to and it more repetitive that makes for a comfortable listen. This type if music fits better in the background of a dance club. Not for me.
Pretty cool, Tulum beach club music type of vibe. Nice to listen to and zone out
meh
Not my speed
Wasn’t expecting house when i saw that cover, but it’s groovy enough. Not usually much of a house guy, but this was ok.
Decidedly inessential.
esto q es
Some good moments on this. Overall though, it descended into background music for me. I think I attributed that down to the music not really taking any risks. Very doubtful I’ll revisit it.
I mostly felt like I was just waiting for this album to be over. I didn't feel a connection to it and heard a lot of "waa, waa, waa, waap." I understand that it's a genre and maybe on a different day I would have enjoyed it more, but it mostly felt like meh. If it had been on the radio or a playlist, I would have skipped pretty much, if not all, of the songs on this album. It feels unfair to give this album a two, but I'm not sure it deserves a solid three. So the question is--which number does it get?
C'est rough. Beaucoup de musique électronique toutes un peu de la même époque au UK on dirait. C'était probablement un époque foisonnante qui s'adressait à quelqu'un d'autre que moi. Ça m'épuise.
Don't have too much to say about this one. It's boring. Kinda annoying. Nothing sticks and I don't want to listen to it anymore. Wouldn't recommend. Sorry yawl. 4.0/10
Every song goes on way longer than it needs to, would probably be better live
Someone on here called this "Background music from a PS2 racing game" and that made me realise what it reminded of. It's PS1/2 demo disc menu music.
Yeah, I guess I would recommend this if my doctors office wanted much cooler hold music. That’s about it. Was this cooler in 1995? Unknown, I was not alive then. Season: Early Summer Favorite Song: Black Flute
Et par interessante og fengende ting, men stort sett ufattelig kjedelig og/eller irriterende. Klassisk "på tide å gå et annet sted"-musikk de fyrer opp på VT altfor ofte.
music my microwave would like
Dance album
This wasn't my thing at all. It just rubbed me the wrong way.
Man, it’s really gonna be a tough cell for me to get into EDM. I mean I’m not gonna give it a one. This is a 2.5 album as it gets. I just like having words with songs and not just beats man, but it was a solid output if you are into EDM or a history, I would definitely recommend this album but for me in my rankings, gonna have to give it a two nothing really drove me to be like it needs to be a three or higher
Fine, I guess. Background music that doesn't bother me.