Leisure Noise

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Leisure Noise | type = Album | artist = Gay Dad | cover = GD_LN_Art.jpg | alt = | released = 7 June 1999 | recorded = | studio = | genre = Post-Britpop, neo-psychedelia, space rock | length = 46:50 | label = London | producer = {{hlist|Chris Hughes|Tony Visconti|Mark Frith}} | next_title = Transmission | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{Singles | name = Leisure Noise | type = studio | single1 = To Earth with Love | single1date = 18 January 1999 | single2 = Joy! | single2date = 24 May 1999 | single3 = Oh Jim | single3date = 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 and the album was made available on 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.<ref name=LNbooklet/>

==Critical response== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r427597|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2score = {{rating-Christgau|dud}}<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=gay+dad Robert Christgau review]</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = B+<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090425213850/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,271249,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]</ref> | rev4 = ''NME'' | rev4score = 8/10<ref>[https://www.nme.com/reviews/gay-dad/1057 NME review]</ref> | rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev5score = 0.9/10<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000816173149/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/gay-dad/leisure-noise.shtml Pitchfork review]</ref> | rev6 = ''Q'' | rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Q Review">{{cite journal |first=Ian |last=Cranna |title=Review: ''Gay Dad - Leisure Noise'' |journal=Q |publisher=EMAP Metro Ltd |issue=July 1999 |page=108}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev7score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090211090151/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/204755/review/5941024/leisure_noise Rolling Stone review]</ref> | rev8 = Wall of Sound | rev8score = 85/100<ref name=WOSreview>{{cite web|url=http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/gaydad_leisurenoiseIndex.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010415151910/http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/gaydad_leisurenoiseIndex.html|title=Review: Leisure Noise|publisher=Wall of Sound|author=Hall, Russell|archivedate=15 April 2001|accessdate=30 October 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} ;Accolades {|class="wikitable" |- ! 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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/30-glorious-britpop-albums-that-deserve-a-reissue-pronto-1413076|title = 30 Glorious Britpop Albums That Deserve a Reissue Pronto|website = NME|date = 21 July 2014}}</ref>

==Track listing== All tracks written by Nicholas Crowe, Cliff Jones, Nigel Hoyle and James Riseboro, except where noted.<ref name=LNbooklet/>

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

==Personnel== Personnel per booklet.<ref name=LNbooklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=Leisure Noise|others=Gay Dad|year=1999|type=booklet|publisher=London Recordings|id=556 103-2}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Gay Dad''' *Cliff Jones *James Riseboro *Nicholas Crowe *Nigel Hoyle

'''Additional musicians''' * Carol Kenyon – additional vocals (tracks 2 and 10) * Guy Barker – horns (track 7) * Lynton Naiff – horn arrangement (track 7) {{col-2}} '''Production''' * Chris Hughes – producer (all tracks except 6) * Tony Visconti – producer (track 6) * Mark Frith – co-producer * Gary Langan – recording, mixing * Howie Weinberg – mastering

'''Design''' * Peter Saville – graphic art * Paul Hetherington – graphic art * Howard Wakefield – graphic art * Paul Barnes – logo concept {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1999 debut albums Category:Gay Dad albums Category:Albums produced by Chris Hughes (musician) Category:Albums produced by Tony Visconti Category:London Records albums Category:Sire Records albums