Leftism (album)
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Leftism is the first album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 musicians Leftfield
Leftfield
Leftfield are a British duo of electronica artists and record producers, namely Paul Daley and Neil Barnes, who formed in 1990 in London, England...

, released in 1995. It was shortlisted for the 1995 Mercury Music Prize but lost-out to Portishead's Dummy
Dummy (album)
Dummy is the debut album of the Bristol-based group Portishead. Released in October 22, 1994 on Go! Discs, the album earned critical acclaim, winning the 1995 Mercury Music Prize. It is often credited with popularizing the trip-hop genre and is frequently cited in lists of the best albums of the...

. In a 1998 Q magazine poll, readers voted it the eightieth greatest album of all time, while in 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 34 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

CD

  1. "Release the Pressure
    Release the Pressure
    "Release the Pressure" is the third single released under the Leftfield name and the first to involve Paul Daley with writing duties after he joined the group. The song was released only on 12" in 1992. Unlike previous releases that had been released on the Outer Rhythm record label, Leftfield had...

    " – 7:39 (featuring Earl Sixteen
    Earl Sixteen
    Earl Sixteen is a reggae singer whose career began in the mid-1970s.-Biography:Daley grew up in Waltham Park Road, Kingston, and, influenced by American soul and Jamaican artists such as Dennis Brown, began his singing career by entering local talent shows...

     and Cheshire Cat with Ad-Libs by Papa Dee
    Papa Dee
    David Christopher Daniel Wahlgren , better known by the stage name Papa Dee, is a Swedish rap, ragga and dancehall musician...

    ) (Barnes/P.Daley/E.Daley)
  2. "Afro-Left" – 7:33 (featuring Djum Djum) (Barnes/Daley/Cole)
  3. "Melt" – 5:21 (Barnes/Daley)
  4. "Song of Life
    Song of Life
    "Song of Life" is the fourth single released under the Leftfield name and the first to have a CD single release. The song was released on 12" and CD in January 1993. The sleeve of the single had the footnote "dedicated to the memory of Steve Walters whose support, friendship and encouragement will...

    " – 6:55 (Barnes/Daley/Rupkina)
  5. "Original" – 6:22 (featuring Toni Halliday
    Toni Halliday
    Antoinette "Toni" Halliday is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and occasional guitarist of the band Curve.-Early life and career:...

    ) (Barnes/Daley/Halliday)
  6. "Black Flute" – 3:46 (Barnes/Daley)
  7. "Space Shanty" – 7:15 (Barnes/Daley)
  8. "Inspection (Check One)" – 6:30 (featuring Danny Red)(Barnes/Daley/Clarke)
  9. "Storm 3000" – 5:44 (Barnes/Daley)
  10. "Open Up
    Open Up (single)
    "Open Up" is a maxi single released by the Australian rock band Cog in March 2003. It contains a cover of the Public Image Limited/Leftfield track "Open Up", a two and a half minute extension of the track, full length versions of tracks that appeared, edited, on previous releases, and a remix of...

    " – 6:52 (featuring John Lydon
    John Lydon
    John Joseph Lydon , also known by the former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a singer-songwriter and television presenter, best known as the lead singer of punk rock band the Sex Pistols from 1975 until 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s...

    ) (Barnes/Daley/Lydon)
  11. "21st Century Poem" – 5:42 (featuring Lemn Sissay
    Lemn Sissay
    Lemn Sissay MBE is an award-winning British author and broadcaster of Ethiopian and Eritrean parents.He is known for performances of his poetry and also with jazz fusion groups. He is a playwright, and has worked on radio and television...

    ) (Barnes/Daley)
    • The last 40 Seconds of "21st Century Poem" are a hidden track
      Hidden track
      In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...



"Melt" includes a sample from "Ransom on the Sand" off the 1987 Art of Noise album In No Sense? Nonsense!
In No Sense? Nonsense!
In No Sense? Nonsense! was the third full-length album by Art of Noise. By the time of its recording, the group had been reduced to a duo, with engineer Gary Langan leaving the previous year—Langan's mix engineering duties were taken over by Bob Kraushaar and Ted Hayton for this album, but the...



The hidden track in question is a very loud booming sound which is said to vibrate any speaker or amplifier on which the track is played.

Triple LP

The album was also released in double and triple LP editions. The triple LP edition had a slightly altered track listing, two extra songs ("Cut for Life" and "Half Past Dub"), and an extended version of "Open Up". It did not, however, contain "Song Of Life"
  1. Release the Pressure – 7:39
  2. Afro-Left – 7:32
  3. Cut For Life - 7:09
  4. Melt - 5:15
  5. Black Flute - 3:56
  6. Original - 6:22
  7. Inspection (Check One) - 6:29
  8. Space Shanty - 7:14
  9. Storm 3000 - 5:45
  10. Half Past Dub - 3:38
  11. Open Up - 8:44
  12. 21st Century Poem - 4:39

Australian edition bonus disc

The Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n release included a bonus disc containing bonus and re-mixed tracks.
  1. Afro-Left (Afro-Ride) - 9:10
  2. Release The Pressure (Release One) - 7:23
  3. Original (Live Dub) - 7:37
  4. Filter Fish - 7:40
  5. Afro-Left (Afro-Central) - 7:43
  6. Release The Pressure (Release Four) - 5:03

Bonus disc

The album was re-released on 29th May 2000 with a bonus disc of remixed versions
  1. Afro-Ride – 9:10
  2. Release The Pressure (Release One) – 7:20
  3. Original (Live Dub) – 7:31
  4. Filter Fish – 7:40
  5. Afro-Central – 7:43
  6. Release The Pressure (Release Four) – 5:02
  7. Cut For Life – 7:02
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