Leisure Noise

Leisure Noise
Studio album by Gay Dad
Released	June 7, 1999
Genre	Post-Britpop
Length	46:42
Label	London, Sire
Producer	Chris Hughes Mark Firth (co-producer)
Gay Dad chronology
Leisure Noise (1999) Transmission (2001)

Leisure Noise is the first album by London band Gay Dad, released via London Records and Sire Records on June 7, 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.

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."^[1]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
NME	(8/10)[4]
Q	[5]
Robert Christgau	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Melody Maker	United Kingdom	Best Albums of the Year	1999	13th
Select Magazine	United Kingdom	Best Albums of the Year	1999	22nd
MOJO Magazine	United Kingdom	Best Albums of the Year	1999	28th

Track listing

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

References

1. http://www.nme.com/photos/30-glorious-britpop-albums-that-deserve-a-reissue-pronto-1413076
2. Allmusic review
3. Entertainment Weekly review
4. NME review
5. Cranna, Ian. "Review: Gay Dad - Leisure Noise". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 108.
6. Robert Christgau review
7. Rolling Stone review