Released 7 June 1999 Leisure Noise
(1999) Transmission
(2001) Release date 7 June 1999 Label London Records 90 | Length 46:42 Artist Gay Dad Producer Chris Hughes Genres Britpop, Post-Britpop | |
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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.
Contents
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."
Critical response
Track listing
- "Dimstar" – 5:14
- "Joy!" – 5:00
- "Oh Jim" – 2:46
- "My Son Mystic" – 3:25
- "Black Ghost" – 7:35
- "To Earth with Love" – 5:04
- "Dateline" – 4:43
- "Pathfinder" – 3:56
- "Different Kind of Blue" – 4:51
- "Jesus Christ" – 4:16
Songs
1Dimstar5:14
2Joy!5:00
3Oh Jim2:46