LEFTFIELD - Leftism

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Leftism is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo (now solo project) Leftfield, originally released in 1995 on Columbia Records. It contained a mixture ofnew tracks along with reworked versions of previous Leftfield singles. The albumcontains guest spots from musicians not associated with dance music at the time suchas John Lydon from Public Image Ltd. (and formerly of Sex Pistols) and Toni Hallidayfrom Curve. The album was described as progressive house, although some journalistsfound that label too limiting, suggesting the album incorporated many genres.On its release, the album was well received from the British press with positive reviewsfrom the NME and Q. The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1995. Criticshave praised the album as one of the major album-length works of dance music, withQ referring to it as "the first truly complete album experience to be created by housemusicians and the first quintessentially British one". Show more