Leftism

Leftism settled the argument about whether dance music could make an album rather than dump a pile of singles. From the punk assault of 'Open Up' to the dub-tribal architecture of 'Storm 3000', the sequencing, dynamics and range make it a genuine long-player rather than a folder of tracks.

Neil Barnes and Paul Daley spent four years making singles and then made the record those singles had been sketching. Afro-Left, Original and Open Up are three different arguments about what a dance record can hold, sequenced so the shifts read as range rather than as indecision. Where Underworld solved the album through continuity, this solves it through variety, and both are answers.