Alternative Light Source

Alternative Light Source
Studio album by
Released8 June 2015
Genre
Length52:18
LabelInfectious
ProducerNeil Barnes, Adam Wren
Leftfield chronology
Rhythm and Stealth
(1999)
Alternative Light Source
(2015)
This Is What We Do
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash8/10[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Line of Best Fit8.5/10[5]
Mojo[6]
musicOMH[7]
The Observer[8]
Record Collector[9]
Release Magazine10/10[10]
Uncut[11]

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.[12]

  1. ^ "Alternative Light Source by Leftfield". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Alternative Light Source - Leftfield - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ Annan, Nick (25 June 2015). "Leftfield – Alternative Light Source". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ^ Dennis, Jon (4 June 2015). "Leftfield: Alternative Light Source review – beauty and ecstasy on 90s dance act's impressive return". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ Palmer, Michael (10 June 2015). "Leftfield return and it's like they've never been gone". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Leftfield – Alternative Light Source - Album Reviews - musicOMH". www.musicomh.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  8. ^ Woodcraft, Molloy (7 June 2015). "Leftfield: Alternative Light Source review – a masterpiece of texture". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  9. ^ Smith, Phil (5 June 2015). "Alternative Light Source - Leftfield". Record Collector. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Leftfield – Alternative Light Source". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  11. ^ "There's shade as well as light, too: Dark Matters is beautiful, its minor-key arpeggios glistening in the twilight."
  12. ^ "TONIGHT: Leftfield to live-stream new album". Never Enough Notes. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)