Alternative Light Source
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{{Infobox album
| name = Alternative Light Source
| type = Studio
| artist = Leftfield
| cover = Alternative Light Source.jpg
| alt =
| released = 8 June 2015
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| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = 52:18
| label = Infectious
| producer = Neil Barnes, Adam Wren
| prev_title = Rhythm and Stealth
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = This Is What We Do
| next_year = 2022
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/alternative-light-source-mw0002838541|title=Alternative Light Source - Leftfield - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=18 May 2017}}
| rev2 = Clash
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev4 = The Line of Best Fit
| rev4Score = 8.5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/leftfield-return-and-its-like-theyve-never-been-gone|title=Leftfield return and it's like they've never been gone|website=The Line of Best Fit|first=Michael|last=Palmer|date=10 June 2015|access-date=18 February 2024}}
| rev5 = Mojo
| rev6 = musicOMH
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/leftfield-alternative-light-source|title=Leftfield – Alternative Light Source - Album Reviews - musicOMH|website=www.musicomh.com|accessdate=18 May 2017}}
| rev7 = The Observer
| rev8 = Record Collector
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/alternative-light-source|title=Alternative Light Source - Leftfield|website=Record Collector|first=Phil|last=Smith|date=5 June 2015|access-date=18 February 2024}}
| rev9 = Release Magazine
| rev9Score = 10/10{{cite web|url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/reviews/leftfield-alternative-light-source/|title=Leftfield – Alternative Light Source|accessdate=18 May 2017}}
| rev10 = Uncut
| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}"There's shade as well as light, too: Dark Matters is beautiful, its minor-key arpeggios glistening in the twilight."
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Alternative Light Source is the third album by the English electronic group Leftfield, released on 8 June 2015. It is the first new material following the band's 1999 album Rhythm and Stealth. It is also the first Leftfield album without Paul Daley, as well as the first since the band's return in 2010.
On 1 June 2015, the album premiere was streamed live on Leftfield's website, coupled with live tweeting about it on the band's Twitter feed with hashtag #leftfieldstream.{{cite news |date=1 June 2015 |title=TONIGHT: Leftfield to live-stream new album |url=http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/2015/06/tonight-leftfield-to-live-stream-new-album/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610110146/http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/2015/06/tonight-leftfield-to-live-stream-new-album |archive-date=10 June 2015 |accessdate=1 June 2015 |work=Never Enough Notes}}
Critical reception
Nick Annan of Clash said "Alternative Light Source is a worthy successor to Rhythm & Stealth, not as sparse or hard hitting but brimming with energy, ideas and familiar Leftfield diaphragm-rattling bass." Mojo's Stephen Worthy commented that Neil Barnes "meets the challenge" of releasing a followup to Leftfield's previous albums that went platinum, and said that the album, "...aided by a clutch of judicious guest appearances, balances crowd-pleasing festival epics, intense techy workouts and bubbling synth lullabies."{{Cite web |last=Worthy |first=Stephen |date=7 November 2016 |title=Leftfield – Alternative Light Source |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/20467/leftfield-alternative-light-source/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107003920/https://www.mojo4music.com/20467/leftfield-alternative-light-source/ |archive-date=7 November 2016 |access-date=18 May 2017 |website=Mojo}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 52:18
| title1 = Bad Radio
| note1 = featuring Tunde Adebimpe
| length1 = 5:22
| title2 = Universal Everything
| note2 = featuring Georgia Barnes
| length2 = 7:06
| title3 = Bilocation
| note3 = featuring Channy Leaneagh of Poliça
| length3 = 4:24
| title4 = Head and Shoulders
| note4 = featuring Sleaford Mods
| length4 = 5:24
| title5 = Dark Matters
| length5 = 5:02
| title6 = Little Fish
| note6 = featuring Channy Leaneagh of Poliça
| length6 = 6:08
| title7 = Storms End
| length7 = 5:00
| title8 = Alternative Light Source
| length8 = 3:16
| title9 = Shaker Obsession
| length9 = 5:22
| title10 = Levitate for You
| note10 = featuring Ofei
| length10 = 5:14
}}
Charts
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| {{album chart|Australia|42|artist=Leftfield|album=Alternative Light Source|accessdate=13 June 2015|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|31|artist=Leftfield|album=Alternative Light Source|accessdate=14 June 2015|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|111|artist=Leftfield|album=Alternative Light Source|accessdate=14 June 2015|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|31|artist=Leftfield|album=Alternative Light Source|accessdate=14 June 2015|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|74|artist=Leftfield|album=Alternative Light Source|accessdate=14 June 2015|rowheader=true|id=276391}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|6|date=2015-06-14|accessdate=14 June 2015|rowheader=true}} |
References
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