Leisure Noise

{{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.

Critical response

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r427597|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2score = {{rating-Christgau|dud}}[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=gay+dad Robert Christgau review]

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B+[https://web.archive.org/web/20090425213850/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,271249,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]

| rev4 = NME

| rev4score = 8/10[https://www.nme.com/reviews/gay-dad/1057 NME review]

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5score = 0.9/10[https://web.archive.org/web/20000816173149/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/gay-dad/leisure-noise.shtml Pitchfork review]

| rev6 = Q

| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |first=Ian |last=Cranna |title=Review: Gay Dad - Leisure Noise |journal=Q |publisher=EMAP Metro Ltd |issue=July 1999 |page=108}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20090211090151/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/204755/review/5941024/leisure_noise Rolling Stone review]

| rev8 = Wall of Sound

| rev8score = 85/100{{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}}

}}

;Accolades

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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

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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."{{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}}