Leftism

Nah.

Long and mostly boring. 2 stars

I didn't enjoy this. Even the songs that have some good bones end up being way too long and repetitive. The song with John Lydon was alright. Generous 2 stars.

2.5

Not my favorite

eh

Deze generator draagt niet bij aan meer waarderen van de dancemuziek en triphop uit de 90's. Net als de recensies die ik erover schrijf: saai en repetitief. 5/10

Kind of good, but also doesn’t quite work as an album - a lot of this is really just a space journey soundtrack. Also, like many electronic albums on this list, it’s So. Fucking. Long.

I'm not sure I really needed to hwar this before I die.

Música electrónica que no volveré a escuchar.

More dance music, though this was more spacy dub stuff. This was even less my thing really, feels like this is meant to be background music for a party I wouldn't want to be at. Not unlistenable, not good. 1.5.

I reckon this is a very good example of an electronica album, but it just isn't my thing really. Don't hate it, but never going to listen to it. It sounds clean and well produced, just not for me 2.5

ehhh not into, couldn’t finish it, better music to listen to at this time

There are a couple of build-ups if you squint hard enough, but maybe this only truly works at 3 a.m. in Ibiza when the lasers are doing most of the heavy lifting.

I remember back in the day, a coworker who was hugely into chicago house, got so overwhelmed by this album that he wouldn't shut up about it. I was much more interested in Portishead and the likes of Gravediggaz, Biohazard and the first Korn album. House music in general has never been of much interest to me, this album still feels all over the place to me and quite a bit boring to be honest.

Could say this one came out of leftfield. Just mid.

Wack. 2.5/5

Thoughts before listening: Uh techno I think? Probably European techno that used to play all the races and festivals back in the day. Review: So I definitely had the sound right. The songs with vocals remind me of the Prodigy a bit with the hard hitting beats and fast tempos. I am sure there is an official subgenre of techno that this falls into, but I have no idea what that would be. I don't hate this, but its also not something I would ever choose to listen to. To be fair, it also wasn't really for me 30 years ago when I was a teenager being told this was the future of popular music. I liked a few of the songs with vocals, including "Open Up" which includes Johnny Rotten....but then it just got so repetitive. I mean I'm sure this is great when you're in a field at Glastonbury at 2am raging on ecstasy, but its kind of annoying here at my desk this morning. I'm going 2-stars

The soundtrack to a dystopian movie that ever got made.

(35/100)

Album #61 Leftfield: Leftism With a name like Leftism by the Leftfield, I was expecting some sort of socialist punk; however, knowing the nature of this list, I really shouldn’t be surprised that it was another pointless, long, obscure, British electronic album from the nineties. Entirely forgettable, nothing really to say; however, this one didn’t annoy me as much as the previous five, so I guess it’s a two-star; maybe I’m just getting used to this scene, and after 100 more albums of this type, I’ll finally give in and give one a 5. Best Songs: Release the Pressure, Original, Open Up Worst Song: Afro Left Score out of 10: 4.5

Niet af.

these reviews about this album are beginning to worry me. here goes nothing Release the Pressure - 2/5 Afro-Left - 2/5 Melt - 3/5 Song of Life - 2/5 Original - 4/5 Black Flute - 3/5 Space Shanty - 2/5 Inspection (Check One) - 5/5 Storm 3000 - 2/5 Open Up - 1/5 21st Century Poem - 2/5 Average score: 2.5/5 ⭐️⭐️ i'll be honest. the author could've just had us listen to portishead, massive attack, prodigy and maybe fatboy slim to showcase *good* British electronic music. i know the purpose of his list is to show off some albums we might not have been exposed to otherwise, but the artists i mentioned have been the only ones in this genre (or close to it) that have been worth listening to in my experience that being said, while this isn't nearly remarkable enough to consider a must-listen album in my opinion, it wasn't bad enough to warrant 1 star. after the first few questionable tracks, the middle section was noticeably easier to listen to (and even enjoy!)

Eh, it was alright.

I had very low expectations going in. Varied electronic music tracks that are all over the place. Some of it comes off as background music, other times it's very vocal forward. Feels like an homage to different styles and artists. The Lydon track obvious comes off very PiL. There's a Kraftwerk type track (Melt) which was pretty enjoyable. A Massive Attack type track (Massive Attrack?) A dancehall influenced track. Even something I would classify as JOCK JAMS to be played in an arena. It's not bad, per se, but doesn't do any of these things better than their influences. Surprisingly did not drag despite album length. Would not revisit. 2.5⭐️

Well, it certainly was out of left field. The opening tracks were interesting, and had a unique feel to me. But as time wore on, it started to tire me out in the same way that other 90s electronica usually does. Maybe because that incessant beat is meant to be felt while getting bottle service at a club, while I’m more prone to my early nights and tranquil mornings. I enjoyed it most at the end, with the atmospheric afterglow of “20th Century Poem” that I would’ve much rather listened to the whole time.

I enjoyed the first two minutes of just about every track. Being more of an ambient enjoyer, the vocal tracks took away from my experience. I also think I heard a pig squeal sampled in track two which was a bit unsettling. Ultimately a “par for the course” 90s electronica album that was about 20 minutes too long.

I was not previously familiar with the artist or album. When it first started I was pretty excited. I thought it was going to be an ambient album, but then the vocals started. As the album went on, I realized the beginning of that first track was a bit of an outlier. This is really more of a dance album than ambient. It is not really exciting me in any kind of way - the instrumentation is a bit basic and repetitive, and the vocals don't do anything for me. I would not come back to this one.

2 out of 5. I'll admit I got a little lost in its trance for a moment.

Not Much to write home about and not a fan.

Trope filled and highly repetitive. Feels uninspired to me. It would have been a crime if it had beat Portishead Dummy.

Original

1.55

It took me a couple false starts to actually listen to this album, and then was kinda into it through the first three or four tracks. After that though, it kind of wore on me and by then end I couldn't wait for it to be over. 90s deep house is a genre I actually like, but this felt lacking substance.

I really dont get electronic/dance music....these guys are supposed to be influential geniuses and the first song sounds like the Macarena mixed with something that would play under a nature video. I dont hate it, but I feel almost nothing. Can they make their beats without appropriating weird African and/or cliche lyrics about "letting go" or whatever? It always sounds dated and uninteresting to my ear. The monologues and voices all sound self-important. I try not to be a hater because there are cool moments where you can get into it, but overall I just dont enjoy the vibe.

Nothing memorable but it’s an album that you can get into a flow with.

"Leftism" by Leftfield was completely new to me, as I had never heard of the artist or the album before listening to it. Overall, it felt like a fairly typical electronic album for its time. Some of it worked for me, some of it did not. I especially did not enjoy the tracks with vocals, which often pulled me out of the flow. On the other hand, I did like the more progressive house-oriented tracks, where the album felt more focused and immersive. There is not much more for me to say about this one. It was fine in parts, but nothing that really stuck with me or made me want to dig deeper.

I enjoy electronica but found this one lacking. The whole thing felt sterile. That vibe was a bit of a thing in the 90's. This album also felt punishing at two hours. The tracks meandered and felt needlessly long. I don't need radio edits but put out your extended mixes as a separate release FFS. Coming in hot on the heels of Dummy and with Aphex Twin and Chemical Brothers both releasing quality records in 95, this one does not make the cut.

I’m honestly not really feeling any of these electronic genre albums. And the songs that are just straight up music kinda pisses me off. I’m all for no lyrics, but for half of the album to be that is a bit annoying. Anyway, it was probably a new thing to hear when it came out so good for that.

4/10 I think you had to be there

Standouts Melt

Sometimes I caught myself dancing a little but overall this album is a bit dull

Y'a des p'tits bouttes pas pire. 2.49 étoiles

Got through this but not one I enjoyed or would seek out again.

Niet helemaal mijn ding

C’est loooong, 2-3 morceaux sympa.. sinon ça tire en longueur 2.5-/5

Made want to play WipEout

Not bad but also nothing to be excited by. Not top 1001 material.

Another house album I found fine to listen to but nothing that grabbed me

Not my thing

I find the flow and structures of the song enjoyable, even loving much of the percussive elements but the synths are hit and miss for me and the vocals are just miss. There was this idea in the 80s and 90s that inspirational, motivational, almost spoken word sounding, ethereal vocals would really make a house track pop, and for me it does just the opposite. It makes me feel hungover!

Very vibey but wouldn't be a usual listen for me. Kinda neither here nor there.

I don’t get the hype AT ALL. This album was uninteresting and not notable especially for 2 hours. I defiantly didn’t listen to the full 2 hours but once ur like 20 minutes in u get the idea Fav Song: 4.3/10 2.1/5

I don’t really know when is a good time for me to listen to this type of music…

This made me turn right

This made me sell my House.

Annoying, but tolerable

Meh? I love electronica and wouldnt be sad to hear some of this in the clerb, but a lot of this was so forgettable. Melt was great. TWO! I’d rather listen to most BOOK clerb radio mixes.

p768. 1995. 2.5 stars. Well produced mid-90s dance album, best listened to in a field whilst off your tits on E. Tends to drag on a bit though. 3 on a good day, 2 on a bad.

Zzzzzzz is what I felt. It became boring

Like most electronica, it is incredibly boring. This album was way too long for something this uninteresting. They don't really do anything with the album and it's all over the place. No cohesion.

if you're really, really into house style music....then this might appeal. otherwise it's a bit of a bore after the first 4 or 5 minutes.

Listened to half, not my style

Extra star for the Johnny Rotten cameo. Otherwise meh.

This does nothing for me. 2/5

Not for me

Hørte kun en sang😬 gang i den!!

I listen to electronic music like this very rarely and when I do its to the songs that really catch my attention straight away. None of the songs on this album did that. I really get that 1995 feeling from the music and it feels old and that something is missing. I get the feeling that they probably influenced a lot of later artist with how familiar a lot of it sounds.

Pulsating, pugnacious, pounding.

Not left overwhelmed

An album I'd love to love. But no tracks grab me. Perhaps next time.

I don’t have much of great worth to comment on this. If you sort of let it was over you while doing something else, the tempo and variations, it is possible to not be too unpleasant. It’s well put together and sure it’s a hoot to the right ears in the right place, but I’m not high off my tits and it’s not 4am in a basement club so cannot fully appreciate.

At first I was intrigued and thought I was on for a surprise banger. A few tracks in and I was blowing hot and cold with the album. I like the murkier electro and the dub and jungle elements, but I don't get on with the repetitive nature of house beats. It was a nice peak into the world of the 90's rave scene and I could see myself getting on with it a lot more in that context. This is more considered than the average dance album. It had elements of more recent music that I like, so it was a good academic listen if not a new favourite.

Interesting take on electronic music from the 90s. But it's still electronica from the 90s.

Like many other electronic albums on this list, this album was not made for careful listening. This album is made for ambience, for parties, for background, but not to be heard in the forefront. The monotony just makes this album so hard to listen to. I can’t rate it a 1 because there’s some albums on here that are really offensive to the ears, and this sounded mostly good. It was just too repetitive, which is my personal critique most albums in this genre.

Music was very interesting, but just not my vibe.

Cut the length of every song in half and remove all vocals and then we’re talkin.

Where do I know this from? Does it just sound like the rest of the Hackers soundtrack? or is it actually there?

Must hear before I due? Nah. But definitely not the worst on this project.

Some fun moments, but overall pretty boring and waaay too long.

Someone said this was like a 90s racing game soundtrack but that would have been an upgrade.

Did nothing for me

I was already done with this after hearing the first couple songs

It was okay ... But it is EDM and British ... so 2 stars

Not for dedicated listening

not my thing

De la house tribale bien sympa, quelques perles, mais la musique électronique m'est un peu trop étrangère encore

Like many albums in this challenge, it's very of the time. That's not always a fault, and it's not one here. However, after listening to the original track listing of the album I don't think that this specific album necessarily needs to be in this challenge.

Interesting enough but not particularly distinctive from other artists in this genre. Not sure why this particular album is a “must listen”.

Continues on relentlessly, some songs could be decent in isolation but listening to it for an hour solid is just too much 2.5*

Its like fine. Okay I guess. Before you die? No. When you need to hack into the mainframe and have unlimited mountain dew delivered to your house in the late 1990's teen comedy movie. Yes.

I get it. It's early uhnz-uhnz. It's danceable for white folks if you're on enough molly. Some interesting loops here and there, but it's like "Study Beats Playlist 12" except half the tracks are 7+' long. So, fine.

I don't think I'll listen to all of it. After the first 2 songs, im realizing I never really loved that style of music. A little too EDM for me.

ok album. Not sure why it made the list of "must hear" music though

There was one song I went "hell yeah" for. I think it was Inspection

Fine. It’s telling that I looked up and thought “I like this song” and saw that Spotify just started playing something else after this album ended.

Not my thing

Aside from "Burn Hollywood, Burn", this album is completely forgettable.

Favorite Track: Original

Interesting sounds. Not really interested in pursuing much further

Thumpy and Zingy. Where does it go ?

Sounds like the preset tracks for when you used to download a mp3 player for your PC in the 90's.

Not really into dance music

Not for me

Eh

Tracks range from annoying to somewhat tolerable.

A couple songs worth bopping to but the rest I zoned out of.

You had me at leftism, but why? Might as well have been conservativism. Okay for background, but otherwise not my tea.

Open Up is an absolute banger But dear god there was some tedious stuff around that.

At this point, I assume every album I am going to get will be electronica/house/dance. This is the 4th instrumental/dance album out of the last 6 days. Everything I said about the previous album(s), the inability of to determine why this album should be in the book and the songs are mostly 5+ minutes, goes for this one as well. How is this different from the 125 other records from the 90's where there is dance/electronica? I don't see it. Please make this stop.

Techno dance - lots of beats, lots of creative noises, some lyrics thrown in but I’m honestly reaching for why it would be so lauded. Nothing of consequence.

fine, decent, nothing interesting, good background beats, but nothing i'd return to. didn't feel compelled to finish the album.

Bit repetitive for me but could see it working well in a club serting.

An example of being completely mid, and made even worse by running too long at over an hour in length. I gave up and went to do something else with only a few songs left because it had well overstayed its welcome by then.

I’m so excited to listen to all 1001 albums from the book “300 Good Albums, 4 Reggae Albums, 26 Albums of British People Copying Reggae, 40 Albums of 60’s Psychedelic Bullshit (18 of which are by the Byrds), 200 Forgettable Late-90’s Early-2000’s Brit Pop Albums, 10 Albums Representing the Entire History of Jazz, 150 Generic and Completely Inconsequential Techno Albums that the Author Danced to at a Rave When he was Young I Guess?, 101 Duran Duran Wannabes, and 170 Other Terrible Choices that Make You Want to Die”. What a good use of my time and energy! This was stupid and pointless. The first two songs sounded like “The Macarena”. It never really improved from there. A complete waste of time.

Ce qu'on appelait du techno dans les années 1990... pas très subtil ni varié

If you dig Techo and EDM this is probably a cornstone album 🤷🏿‍♂️ but a whole hour of this was a bit brutal. I can get down on any one of these tracks individually with a huge gap between the next time I hear another (like a few days). Like JP in Grandma's Boy said "You'd like it if you had robot ears." I don't and I don't. 3.1/10 120/1001

Well… not bad but not for me! The song Original was really good! It sounds like Massive Attack to me.

pretty cool, not exactly my taste. 2 hours is a long time for ambient electronic music. nothing bad about it just not really my thing

Outside of the hit single, "Original," these isn't much to write home about here. Plenty of other contemporary electronic artists (Moby, Daft Punk, Underworld, Orb, etc.) were making similar music for the primarily European club kid scene. Leftfield may have helped break the genre into the mainstream, but I don't hear it as a must-listen. Add a half-star for the outstanding album cover art.

Early fighting video game music. I did not eat the right drugs for breakfast for this.

This was one of the rare cases where I got an album that I thought I would really like, but it turned out to be a bit of a dud. "Open Up" is fantastic, but everything else was a chore to listen to. Much of the music on this album has aged like old milk.

Dear album generator, I am a patient man. But one more ALBUM OF EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL ELECTRONICA FROM THE NINETIES AND I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING REGRETTABLE. Yours truly.

The repetitive, hypnotic beats from this 90s-era electronic album make for great background music.

Look, usually I don’t like long electronic albums that sound repetitive. There is no but. 2/5

It's alright. Probably won't listen again, not the type of electronic music I enjoy.

What if we made a dance album but we didn’t make it fun

not too exciting

Its ok. Def not something one would need to listen to.

Electronica is not my thing. This reminded me of music I might hear in the original Blade Runner movie. And while that would normally be a good thing, this just sounded dated.

This is bad, typical Euro house - didn't even finish way too long

Just not my thing at all. I don't even know what brand of music it is... Just lots of ambience with reggae/dub vocally bits?

As far as electronics goes this wasn’t terrible. Just not my thing. 2.85

I can imagine this works very well in a club. But simply not my cup of tea.

More rave hypno stuff. Meh

No me gustó casi nada. Hay dos tracks cantados que están padres, especialmente el que se llama Origins. El resto del disco, una especie de electrónico de Senegal, me cansó y fastidió en su más de una hora de duración. Not a fan.

I’ve never been to a rave, I think you have to have been to a rave to like this.

It was fine, but I don’t think it belongs on the best albums of all time list.

Eh, not for me. These electronic albums are pretty tough not in the right setting. 2/5 Won’t listen again

Ah it's rave music! Well 90's rave music anyway. Here is the fun part about it, it's only fun when your at the rave some pills were taken and your dancing next to a beautiful woman who is in short shorts and a bikini top. Outside of that specific instance 90's rave music isn't worth listening to. If you listen to it in the car you will get a ticket or wreck and die. On a bike you think I can beat the train. Maybe try and listen while cleaning your house but your doing to miss some spots. It's fast noise with a rhythm. Sometimes people will repeat words in another language that you don't understand. I will say production wise it's good. It's not painful to listen to so that's nice.

Ok if I was at a nightclub or rave. No good for listening in the house or car.

Completely indifferent to this one. I didn't like or dislike it, it simply was. It did feel too long though, and I doubt I'd actively seek it out again in the future.

Funky disco pinko commie!

Gear: Focalman Cleardara Artwork: 🦈🪥🔊 Production (2017 Remaster): 🎧😘🤌 Music: 📀⌛😐 Rating: 👈👈/5

Oh god. It's been going on for ages and I'm only on track 8 of 11. Some of these beats are catchy and head bopping, but then they don't do anything. Every so often a cool synth comes in, then it either stays there or goes away. But then every often a horrible snare will come in for a couple of bars, hit and miss I suppose. Some of it reminds me of guerilla by SFA only they use the good beats under an actual track with interesting instrumentation and real changes. Then on top of that each song is like 6/7 minutes long (although it feels longer) and the whole thing is like an hour and a bit. Just stop it. How, when nothing happens, can you justify everything lasting so bloody long? Oh, you used a sweep filter, cool, that will let us drag this same blip and hihat out for another 3 minutes. I don't even hate it, I just find the amount of time I've had to spend listening to it infuriating.

2,5

A 1997 LexisNexis search for cutting edge music.

I have some recency bias about this because I keep getting brit edm/electric and I just can't do it. I can appreciate EDM for what it is, but this album just seems the same as all the others.

More vocals on this than is usual for the genre which render it inappropriate for its best uses, elevators, boutiques, and sound tracks.

5/8/25. Pretty typical sound from the 90s electronic/big beat scene. Somewhat enjoyable, but don't know if I would revisit.

This album generally sits between annoying and boring for me. Starting off with the Macarena sounding Release the Pressure, and then following it up with Afro Left where they do that thing with their tongue and make a noise with it against their lips like a school kid taunting someone... yeah. Not enjoying this one. Otherwise it's kinda atmospheric dance beats that are repetitive, and wouldnt be out of place on a video game soundtrack. Didn't listen to the whole thing, kinda skimmed around when I realized early on that I wouldn't like it. Was kinda enjoying the vibe of Original, but the vocals ruined it. Dunno what it is with EDM records and their monotone talk-singing, but it just doesn't sound good to me. Some songs like Original and Inspection (Check One) almost verge on Massive Attack-esque trip hop, but its not enough, and not good enough. On top of that, and hour and nine minutes of this is entirely too much.

There are for sure better electronica records than this piece of badly aged elevator stuff.

2.25/5 enjoyed some of the songs as background music

This is definitely more ambient house than I was expecting. It kind of all blended together as a result. I guess I can see the "progressive" house aspect as a result, but not sure how significant that makes this album in the grand scheme of things.

Not for me

Some tracks fine; others I suspect would be far better in a nightclub after a few drinks and suchlike. Not one for me I'm afraid.

2.5

Not for your boy

Kind of fun but forgetable

I remember that I didn’t care for this one. Bad electronic music.

Soso. I've heard worse but it's not great either.

There's no way I could put up with this for over an hour. It sounds like Massive Attack and 2 Unlimited had a less talented child. Better than Daft Punk though.

Feels like I’m inside the 1999 PlayStation game, Gran Turismo.

Boring and repetitive video game music

90s club trash. Sounds like title screen music for gran turismo.

2.5 - Meh

Not really my style of electronic music

Felt like I should be tripping my balls off in some grimy loud European club while listening to this. I had and still have no idea what’s going on Not bad background music but far too long an album otherwise, strong 2/5

Robert Dimery - We need to talk! I realize 1001 is a lot of anything. Gun to my head, idk if I could name 500 let alone 1001 albums. I think you know where I’m going here. This wasn’t as bad as the inexcusable Timeless album by Dookie. AKA it wasn’t distracting in the background of me doing my bullshit ass job. Maybe just not my thing idgaf 2/5

Really trying to stare another electronic album in the face and get through it right now. All I can really say is I'm sure this went hard in a club in 1995 but it's 30 years later now and we have the Macarena. Song of Life and Original were pretty good. This album is another example of the purgatory of drum loop torture that this list seems to love.

another british dance album... seriously...... 2/5, please no more. its not even bad, just bored

The day is Friday, March 21st at 2:30 A.M, and I have been sitting in a hospital room for the last 20 hours straight, supporting my wife in a labor induction process that is starting to seem like it will take 3 days. My wife is asleep, and I am lying on a deeply uncomfortable couch unable to sleep because I have been on the night shift for the last 6 months. The only things I have heard over the last 20 hours outside of my wife and nurses has been 20 straight hours of a baby heartbeat over ultrasound and 10 hours of food network reruns. I set the scene, dear reader, to underline that I am currently apocalyptically bored, and it is in this boredom I have decided to undergo the task of listening to the third hour+ long English electronica album of this list, three of what is probably 200. and it's just making me more bored abysmal. I have put the album in it's entirety in my Spotify queue, and to make sure I don't overshoot and accidentally listen to even more samey electroslop that autoplays after this album ends I have put Perfect Way by Scritti Politti. This is no longer a review for Leftism, this is now an appended review for Scritti Politti: Scritti Politti, when heard after 70 minutes of this, is a 5 star magnum opus, and I'm sorry I doubted it.

Enjoyed the album artwork, and the hope that this would be good before I got into it

Not terrible but just way too long. This is like video game music. 2.5

I'm not into this house/techno stuff. This was the most interesting tidbit for me: "The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1995 but lost to Portishead's Dummy." Yeah, that's not even a close contest.

Shitty, repetitive techno. If this is groundbreaking, I'm a shoe.

= The Beatles. If there's one thing this list loves as much as the Beatles and bands that wish they were the Beatles from the 60s and 70s, it's mid as hell British electronic duos from the late 90s and early 00s

I could see this being fun at a rave. I don't know what I'm supposed to do when this pops up on a random Sunday. Take MDMA and let loose in my living room by myself? I liked some of the beats that hey made, but I can't really say I'm going pop this album in when I'm looking for something to listen to.

Not really my vibe. Pretty much background music at a 90s club.

Not my fave but into it

#510. Not my favorite. 2/5: meh

Agree with the ps2 comment

More video game music. Felt like talented musicians having fun making new sounds....wasn't awful, but I wouldn't opt to put it on again.

Not awful but give me anything by Tiesto instead

Too repetitive and songs are far too long without any substance. Hard listen to finish the album, 3.2/10

Have no idea how anyone could feel anything about this

This is #day180 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here's to electronica from the mid-90s. I'm not sure why this album ended up on this list... was it really that groundbreaking? I've always been more on The Chemical Brothers' side, maybe a little Fatboy Slim... OK, features with Toni Halliday from Curve and John Lydon from Public Image Ltd. ring the bell. But aside from that? That said, I did learn that the term "progressive house" was coined to describe the band's style, a mix of house with dub and reggae. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day181.

How did the appeal of musical tastes get so far apart after the Boston Tea Party? It's amazing to me. Reading the summary for this album I was excited. The first song had promise. I'm even at the gym on a bike. This is what you should be listening to right? Well it drove me crazy by track 8 and I wanted to be done. Sorry 9 10 11 for not giving you a full listen. Your siblings were simply too unruly.

Melt is amazing, some of the other songs not so much. 2stars based mostly on Melt

Out of all 90's House records, why this one? It's certainly not bad, but it's also so unremarkable. I'm sure there were better options out there. Key tracks: Release the Pressure

I think that this kind of sounding music doesn’t prove to me skill. To me, it sounds similar to music similar to itself of that makes sense. I don’t get it.

Album length 1 hour 9 minutes, should be able to sleep for an hour. Not as bad as most of its kind. Still boring and dated.

Groupe inconnu. Cet album aligne des morceaux systématiquement longs, mais suffisamment variés pour retenir l'attention. Et certains morceaux sont instrumentaux (ou pas loin), ce qui est une bonne surprise. J'ai apprécié Melt (instrumental, trompette), Song of Life (voix féminine éthérée). Mais sur 70 mn les morceaux ne sont tous pas aussi intéressants (Space Shanty, Inspection trop répétitifs). Je n'y reviendrais finalement pas. =>2/5

Ugh. Acceptable

That felt unnecessary.

I got the gist after the first CD. That is not a compliment. 2/5

I liked a handful of tracks here, some of which I'd argue were total bangers. But it's very VERY difficult to make a 2+ hour long record where every song is offering a reason to be on the record. And this ultimately fell flat for me while testing my patience quite a bit.

While I felt this was more thorough and comprehensive listening experience than Fatboy Slime's "Better Living...", and seemed closer to EDM as I know it today (despite its '95 timestamp), I still maintain that these are not albums that must be listened to before you die. Do these songs come on in the club and people go "OMG I love Leftfield!" or "OMG I love this album!". I have a hard time believing it, but then again I'm just an EDM hater. Yet I've already gotten 3 EDM albums on this list and it's my goal to take with me at least one song from every album, so perhaps I will be a changed man by the end of it.

Another pretty boring electronic album. I could see a couple tracks in a club environment. Not worth the list in my opinion.

Another unpleasant electronic album.

Not really for me only listened halfway though

This gives millennium era Ministry of Sound compilation vibes. I guess it’s influential

This seems like a good electronic album. Unfortunately I don't like electronic at all. The songs are just too long and repetitive, and the lyrics, when they exist, are a bit too stupid for me.

Just barely tolerable. 2 stars or D-.

I normally love anything that sounds like the background music for a PS2 game. But something about this record just isn’t doing it for me. Thin isn’t the right word, but it’s close. Almost every other electronica album I’ve gotten so far has depth and variety, and I’m just not finding that here. Sure, I get that house tracks are long– that isn’t the issue for me. To me, ‘90s house music did a lot of stylistic blending and used a lot of diverse palettes. I can definitely see an attempt toward that on songs like “Afro Left” and “Original,” and I don’t think this is inconsistent or anything, but it’s just…a bland take on it all. Whatever boundaries Leftfield are trying to push, they’re making minimal efforts to change anything. But unlike most dated electronica where you can critique the technology behind the music, here, that isn’t a problem. My issue is solely with the song structures. These songs lack progress, depth, style, genre fusion, riffs, hooks. It’s all just music to dance to, not music to listen to. I do wonder if my apathy toward Leftism is one of those things like, “This record was so influential that now it feels insignificant,” which is an argument I very rarely believe. In my opinion, a good record should be influential AND stand up against the shifting sands of time. But Leftism does feel like it’s more of a stepping stone record meant to be looked back on less fondly as house music matured more. Maybe that’s me trying to justify my opinion, though. For once, I could do without the PS2 music.

Enough edm dance nonsense.

Fine

I've listened to it for more than an hour, it's a 2 hour double CD and I'm not super inspired by this album. I do like electronic music and this was a decent fit into my workflow this afternoon but I've heard and enjoy better electronic music than this. I think I'll go with 2 star.

not bad compared to some of the other electronic albums i’ve listened to on this list, but still not my thing. and sooooo unnecessarily long, did that last song seriously need that extra minute and a half of silence at the end???? highlights: melt, original (feb 17 2026)

I was lying it ... but it's too much sameness. And then I looked and there are TWO DISCS???? no thank you .... next!

I think a big issue with electronica is that something gets lost in the general listening experience. There’s something enjoyable about it playing at a party or in a club, but on its own it can be repetitive and boring. The ones who can make an enjoyable listening experience regardless of setting are truly special. Sadly, this is not that. I was waffling between a 2 and 3 for this because I didn’t hate it, but the last two songs I really disliked for some reason, so I’m going with a 2.

I like electronic music but hate dance music, and this falls too much on the dance side. I think if it had live drums I would get more or of this, but the soulless hihat and metronomic kickdrum is annoying.

Anytime I have a busy day I’m like “okay please give me one of those classic 30-35 minute banger albums” and this project is also like “no, you’ll get two hours of British electronica.” How many can there be?!?

This has been a tough stretch of albums.

This was probably the best house I've listened to. But I don't really like house.

1001 Albums #17 eugh dont care for it

A few interesting sounds here and there but by and large pretty boring and repetitive.…. No flute in the song called black flute ?? kinda lcd knockoff lol

Giving fruitige airo or a mario level sometimes

A few interesting sounds here and there but by and large pretty boring and repetitive. The bright spots were songs that had unique instrumental parts or vocals like on track 10 Open Up. Maybe I’m just not super into house music but it’s hard to believe that this album is one of the genre’s all-time best offerings. Well produced but not much more than background music imo.

Interest level: 0

good music to nod off in a bathroom to

There is a song called Black Flute and it doesn't have a flute in it. Boring.

Unce unce unce unce

I’m sure the rightism by the right field wouldn’t be any better. Supposedly this is great while taking drugs. That’s fine, but it should also be good when your sober.

Did not enjoy.

I just don't get it. Can get a 2 Will I listen to again: 0%

1. prezzure - 1.5 2. afro - 1.5 3. melt - 1 4. life - 1.5 5. original - 1 6. flute - 1 7. zpace - 2 8. inzpection - 1.5 9. ztorm - 1.5 10. open - 1 11. poem - 1

It was okay. But its a one and done.

My third electronic album in a row… give me reprieve.

First of all, this is not my kind of music. But what I wonder most about is why should listen to this music when not dancing. It is so clearly made for dancing and for that purpose is good. On the other side, the monotonic 4 and 8-beat are quite ok as background music for work etc.

I didn't get a lot out of this at all. The second half of this is definitely more energetic than the first but for the most part I found this to be incredibly mid-tempo and uninspired, and I can't tell if it's a Seinfeld effect type thing where maybe this was massively influential or if it is just straight up boring. It reminded me of generic runway show music, generic video game loading screen music, generic gay club music. I'm not surprised Leftfield doesn't like it either.

Needs to be ecstasy passed out when you get this album. I enjoyed nothing about it.

This is good background music to work to. Has potential but never seems to take off. Forgettable.

Aika kädenlämpöinen konelevy. Ei oikein lähde 2/5

This was probably pretty out there and groundbreaking for the time, but can't say it holds up super well in todays world of electronic music. I wish the songwriting was more compelling, I wish the grooves were better, I wish there was a bit more interesting stuff going on.

Enjoying Melt. It's alright overall

Repeat after me: No intrumental electronica album should be anywhere near a best album ever list. This having had listened to John Prine the shein version of bob dylan who doesnt belong in this list either. I also had to sit through Moby whoch at least is better

It's the genre, that's the problem. Dance music records often sound less like actual albums than coding outputs or abstract patterns. And they should definitely avoid vocals, especially lame ones, which are abundant here. A waste of a slot in this esteemed list.

Twchno

I’m not usually one to write a short review. Take a look at my history for one minute and you’ll see that’s true. I try to find something interesting to say about each album. This was an exception. This was an electronic/club music album. It was exactly what you’d expect from such a record, except that it was too long and honestly boring at times. There were standout tracks, yes. But that doesn’t mean I loved the album. There were good grooves, and that’s what made them standouts to me. I’ve grown to have an appreciation of this genre of music through this project. While I don’t yet have the vocabulary and understanding necessary to articulate what makes for outstanding examples of this genre, I do know the good stuff when I hear. This wasn’t it for me. Two stars. Standout Tracks: Black Flute, Space Shanty, Inspection (Check One), Storm 3000

This album really tried my patience. Too long and too repetitive.

Decent background music while working but I don't think I'll be coming back to it

Atmospheric African influenced rave music.

Not terrible but it all sounds the same. 90s dance club vibes

I will probably never listen to this again but it got me fired up for my workout.

if there’s one thing this journey has taught me, it’s that i really don’t like electronic music

Just okay techno. Sounds dated. 2/5

Meh

I feel I must at least give it a 2 for popularizing the genre of progressive house and it’s influence on electronic blah blah blah whatever… This was a boring hour and I completely zoned out several times. Wish I could have zoned out the whole time but oh well.

I had this CD. God it’s boring. How did we love this stuff?

Needs to go even more left (2.5/5)

2.5, i was really feeling it the day i listened but i can't ever imagine listening again

once again, this one falls into the trap that many albums of this genre do… music and effects are played in a loop and repeated. over and over. until it’s almost hypnotic. it’s really not my thing. having said that, it’s well produced and if i were a fan of this type of music, i would probably be into this album.

Meh. Not for me.

I thought I would like this and then I found out it was house music. There were a couple more spacy songs which I liked but ultimately I couldnt really pay attention to it.

Gave it an honest listen and it just faded into the background. I don't think there is anything of note here. Not bad, not great, not going in the playlist.

I liked it at the time but it's really aged.

This was ok but I feel like it’s the kind of music you hear at a CBD store

I'm running out of ways to say I'm not a fan of most 90's electronica music.

While I don’t enjoy this music typically, there was something about this I enjoyed more than most in this genre. I could hear a melody occasionally. But really, it’s so repetitious and not something I’d go back to. Most of this music I’ve done 1 star…this is better, so 2.

I just don't like this kind of music and the British make the worst version of it.

High points: great production/engineering. Good vocals on the tracks that have them. Low points: length. Far too long. Also another album I'd need drugs to fully appreciate. Dude, I'm pregnant, why do you keep doing this to me?

Some good ones 2/5

si boh ciao

Sporadically interesting but often uninspired 90s electronica, the kind that might have introed a cracked game for my Amiga 500. -->---,-`-.> 5h0ut 0u7z 2 RaZoR 1911 4nD Fa1rL1Gh7 d00dz! <.-`-.---<--

Not my thing.

Mixing reggae with techno sounds like it might work. This doesn't.

Okay good

umm...

Sounds like a gay reggae club

Ekki minn tebolli.

Some of the music is alright, especially if you are drugged up in a club in the 90s. Vocals ruin it a bit though.

2/5

Pretty good, but nothing too great. It was listenable but boring

Listenable, but not something I would want to revisit. My favorite song was probably Song of Life.

Interesting. Not bad considering how poorly electronic music ages.

I'll give the artist credit, they at least tried to make EDM interesting. Still failed of course, but the effort was commendable. Top tracks: Original, Inspection (Check One)

I never understood what "house" music was before I listened to this album. Now I know.

Raging lefty here but this musical leftism isn’t for me

- a 2 hour British electronic album does not excite me - it was decent for what it was but not my cup of tea

2.5* Fine enough, never really got the hype with these even back in the day. Remember seeing them on the Rhythm & Stealth tour in 2000 or so and they were LOUD

No.

Not my cup of tea

EDM, but not much bass. Kinda dragged on

This is not my style of music and I've never been into synth beats and house music. Listened to a bit of it but could not maintain my interest. I"ll give it 2 stars from me but certainly not indicative of a real rating of the album.

I don't know why but it made me anxious. Like there's build-up without release. 1.5.

standard house music, fine as background music but very boring to pay attention to. doesn't hit as hard as most good modern electronic music does now

Almost quit during first two tracks, the party/dancing electronic stuff is so shit and im proud to endure 14 min of it . BUT THEN the party stuff was over and the great music came in. FOR TWO TRACKS ONLY and the rest was meh.

The trouble with house is its boring as just a listen. Reggae affectations dont reslly help. Probably tight if on molly at uk rave but thsts a low bar. The african language one was ok

Covers more ground than I thought it would upon start, and some interesting soundscapes, but still found my mind wandering (a lot). "Melt" and "Inspection (Check One)" held my interest the longest.

- I appreciate that this is one of the first albums I have had that seems to have some heavy non-white influences. Somewhat annoyed when I found out that the duo is indeed white, though. - Found the first half more engaging than the second half. I do not feel like I have a good read on electronic music. Nothing was bad. But nothing stood out either.

Wel origineel opzich. Maar duurde te lang dus ben snel afgehaakt. Afro nummer wel heel dik

Okay i didn’t mind this I’ve decided. I thought that a lot of the album sounded the same but the core of the album was in the groovy chords and dance beats. This is where I found the most enjoyment. Not bad.

Not keen on electronic music in general, some is better than others, I didn't listen to the all of this album due to time or lack of it

I wanna say this album had flashes of brilliance among a sea of dullness, but if we're being honest they were more like flickers of fineness. Inspection was the best song. 💥💥

i'm sure this is really important to uk house music and the 90s rave scene or whatever but in any context outside of the club it's woefully boring. i really don't think i needed to hear 70 minutes of background music from a c-tier euro-exclusive playstation 1 racing game before i die.

House/techno music is usually difficult for me to digest. I just can't stand the pulsating beat for long periods of time. It just causes some intense ear fatigue. To this album's credit, they do change it up a bit on some songs. I heard some hip hop, breakbeat, and dub influences, which I appreciated. However, this album is over an hour long. It just wore me out listening to it. Maybe it was a "you had to be there" thing. I was born in the early 2000s so I obviously missed the whole rave scene of the 90s. Electronic music never really gained prominence in the same way since then, so I'm glad I'm getting some exposure to it through this list.

I’ll never come back to this

There's some pockets that I can get into, but house is just not for me.

All very samey. High points are very cool but overall it bored me for the most part.