Leisure Noise

Leisure Noise
Studio album by
Gay Dad
Released7 June 1999
GenrePost-Britpop, neo-psychedelia, space rock
Length46:50
LabelLondon
Producer
Gay Dad chronology
Leisure Noise
(1999) 		Transmission
(2001)
Singles from Leisure Noise
  1. "To Earth with Love"
    Released: 18 January 1999
  2. "Joy!"
    Released: 24 May 1999
  3. "Oh Jim"
    Released: 2 August 1999

Leisure Noise is the first album by London band Gay Dad, released via London Records and Sire Records on 7 June 1999. The album is a blending of glam rock, neo-psychedelia, krautrock and gospel into indie pop. Lyrically it is often about and constructed of rock history. The track-listing was designed to mimic the traditional two-sided vinyl.

Chris Hughes produced the album, except for "To Earth with Love", which was produced by Tony Visconti and Mark Frith. Gary Langan handled recording and mixing; Howie Weinberg mastered the album at Masterdisc in New York City.[1]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(dud)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork0.9/10[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Wall of Sound85/100[9]
Accolades
Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Melody Maker United Kingdom Best Albums of the Year 1999 13th
Mojo United Kingdom Best Albums of the Year 1999 28th
Select United Kingdom Best Albums of the Year 1999 22nd

In 2014, NME included the album in its list of "30 Glorious Britpop Albums That Deserve a Reissue Pronto," saying "A music journalist turned rock star? It’ll never catch on… Hmmm, back in a sec… Anyway, Face scribe Cliff Jones might've cut a faintly ridiculous figure but he had the looks and – in "Joy!" and "To Earth with Love" – songs that could light up any Cool Britannic indie dancefloor. Just imagine those brash cuts freshly remastered."[10]

Track listing

All tracks written by Nicholas Crowe, Cliff Jones, Nigel Hoyle and James Riseboro, except where noted.[1]

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

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Leisure Noise (booklet). Gay Dad. London Recordings. 1999. 556 103-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau review
  4. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ^ NME review
  6. ^ Pitchfork review
  7. ^ Cranna, Ian. "Review: Gay Dad - Leisure Noise". Q (July 1999). EMAP Metro Ltd: 108.
  8. ^ Rolling Stone review
  9. ^ Hall, Russell. "Review: Leisure Noise". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 15 April 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  10. ^ "30 Glorious Britpop Albums That Deserve a Reissue Pronto". NME. 21 July 2014.