Leftfield - Leftism

Leftism is the debut studio album by British electronic duo Leftfield, originally released in January 1995 via Columbia Records.

Leftfield are a British electronic music duo formed in 1989 by Neil Barnes and Paul Daley and have been influential in the evolution of electronic music in the 1990s.

Leftism contained a mixture of new tracks along with reworked versions of previous Leftfield singles. The album contains guest spots from musicians not associated with dance music at the time such as John Lydon from Public Image Ltd. (and formerly of Sex Pistols) and Toni Halliday from Curve.

The album was described as progressive house, although some journalists found that label too limiting, suggesting the album incorporated many genres.

On its release, the album was well received from the British press with positive reviews from the NME and Q. The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1995 but lost to Portishead's Dummy.

Leftism sold well and was released months later in the United States. Critics have praised the album as one of the major album-length works of dance music, with Q referring to it as "the first truly complete album experience to be created by house musicians and the first quintessentially British one".

This double album 2LP record set is a 2023 reissue on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve, pressed in Europe via Columbia Records.