This Is What We Do

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This Is What We Do
Studio album by
Leftfield
Released2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)
Length56.06
LabelVirgin
Producer
  • Adam Wren
  • Neil Barnes
Leftfield chronology
Alternative Light Source
(2015) 		This Is What We Do
(2022) 		This Is What We Do. Version Excursion
(2023)
Singles from This Is What We Do
  1. "Pulse"
    Released: 27 July 2022[1]
  2. "Accumulator"
    Released: 21 September 2022
  3. "Full Way Round"
    Released: 18 October 2022
  4. "Rapture 16"
    Released: 26 May 2023
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Arts Desk[3]
Evening Standard[4]
The Irish Times[5]
musicOMH[6]
The Observer[7]
Mojo[8]
The Telegraph[9]
Uncut7/10[10]

This Is What We Do is the fourth studio album by English electronic group Leftfield. It was released on 2 December 2022 by Virgin Records.[11] It is the band's first album in seven years, following the 2015 album Alternative Light Source.[1] The album features appearances by Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten and poet Lemn Sissay.[12]

  1. ^ a b Fielding, Amy (27 July 2022). "Leftfield announce new album, 'This Is What We Do', share single". DJ Mag. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. ^ Smith, Phil (30 November 2022). "Album: Leftfield - This Is What We Do". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. ^ Smyth, David (1 December 2022). "Leftfield - This is What We Do review: kinetic vibrancy that sounds thrilling". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  5. ^ Sweeney, Eamon (16 December 2022). "Leftfield: This Is What We Do – A terrific late career landmark". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  6. ^ Devlin, Ben (2 December 2022). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  7. ^ Empire, Kitty (27 November 2022). "Leftfield: This is What We Do review - mighty, all-embracing workouts and more". The Observer. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  8. ^ Barnes's first outing in seven years offers a timely blast of healing positivity, all but impossible to resist. [Jan 2023, p.84]
  9. ^ Hewett, Ivan (2 December 2022). "The Daily Telegraph Review". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  10. ^ A fourth album that feels fervently human for all the machine-tooled precision it otherwise demonstrates. [Jan 2023, p.21]
  11. ^ Neale, Matthew (27 July 2022). "Leftfield announce first album in seven years, share new single "Pulse"". NME. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  12. ^ Murray, Robin (27 July 2022). "Leftfield Announce New Album 'This Is What We Do'". Clash. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.