Editing Leftfield

{{Short description|British electronic music duo}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Leftfield
| image               = Leftfield (200519).jpg
| caption             = Leftfield performing live in 2016: L-R: Adam Wren, Neil Barnes, Nick Rice (from the band [[Hadouken! (band)|Hadouken!]])
| landscape           = yes
| background          = group_or_band
| alias               =
| origin              = London, England
| genre               = {{flatlist|
* [[Progressive house]]<ref name="mixmagfeb1995"/>
* [[electronic music|electronic]]
* [[trip hop]]
* [[dub techno]]
* [[House music|house]]
}}
| years_active        = 1989–2002, 2010–present
| label               = {{flatlist|
* [[Infectious Records|Infectious]]
* Outer Rhythm
* [[Rhythm King Records|Rhythm King]]
* Hard Hands
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
}}
| associated_acts     = [[Earl Sixteen]], [[John Lydon]], [[Roots Manuva]], [[Afrika Bambaataa]]
| website             = {{URL|leftfieldmusic.com/}}
| current_members     = Neil Barnes<br />Adam Wren<br />Sebastian Beresford
| past_members        = Paul Daley<br />Nick Rapaccioli
}}

'''Leftfield''' are a British [[electronic music]] group formed in [[London]] in 1989, a duo of Neil Barnes and Paul Daley (the latter formerly of [[The Rivals (band)|The Rivals]] and [[A Man Called Adam (group)|A Man Called Adam]]). The duo was influential in the evolution of electronic music in the 1990s, with ''[[Mixmag]]'' describing them as "the single most influential production team working in British dance music".<ref name="mixmagfeb1995">{{cite journal | author=Frank Tope| title=Burn Bassbins Burn | journal=Mixmag | date=February 1995 | pages=46–50 | issue=45 | volume=2 }}</ref> As with many of their contemporaries, such as [[The Chemical Brothers]] and [[Fatboy Slim]], Leftfield are notable for their use of guest vocalists in their works. Among them are [[Toni Halliday]] on "[[Original (Leftfield song)|Original]]", [[Johnny Rotten]] on "[[Open Up (Leftfield song)|Open Up]]", Djum Djum on "[[Afro-Left]]", [[Earl 16]] and Cheshire Cat on "[[Release the Pressure]]", and Grian Chatten of [[Fontaines D.C.]] on "Full Way Round". The term [[progressive house]] was coined to define their style, a fusion of [[house music|house]] with [[Dub music|dub]] and [[reggae]].<ref name="melodymaker1992">{{cite journal | title=RELEASE THE PRESSURE! | journal=Melody Maker | date=5 December 1992 }}</ref>

There was a hiatus in recording and live performances between 2002 and 2010. When Barnes revived Leftfield, Daley declined to be involved, preferring to focus on his solo career. After touring for a few years, Barnes finished writing new material for a third Leftfield album, ''[[Alternative Light Source]]'', which was released in 2015. In 2022, they released their fourth studio album, ''[[This Is What We Do]]''.

==Formation==
Neil Barnes' music career started off as a DJ at The Wag Club while simultaneously playing percussion on a sessional basis. In 1986, he joined the London School of Samba and played the [[bateria]] in the 1986 [[Notting Hill Carnival]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johns |first=Matt |date=6 October 2015 |title=Neil Barnes of Leftfield recalls playing with LSS on BBC Radio 6 interview |url=http://londonschoolofsamba.co.uk/2015/10/06/neil-barnes-leftfield-interview/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304041133/http://londonschoolofsamba.co.uk/2015/10/06/neil-barnes-leftfield-interview/ |archive-date=4 March 2017 |access-date=3 March 2017 |website=London School of Samba}}</ref> Around 1989, inspired by [[Afrika Bambaataa]],<ref name="newmusicexpress1995">{{cite journal | title=Rave Gauche | journal=New Musical Express | date=5 February 1995 }}</ref> Barnes decided to try his hand at electronic music production, the results of which were the tracks "[[Not Forgotten (song)|Not Forgotten]]" and "[[More Than I Know]]", released on [[Rhythm King|Rhythm King Records]] offshoot label ''Outer Rhythm''.<ref name="melodymaker1992"/> For the remixes of these tracks, Barnes called upon Paul Daley,<ref name="newmusicexpressfeb1996">{{cite journal | title=Gauche in the Machine | journal=New Musical Express | date=May 1996 }}</ref> percussion player with [[A Man Called Adam (group)|A Man Called Adam]] and formerly a session musician for the [[Brand New Heavies]] and [[Primal Scream]], appearing on their ''[[Dixie-Narco EP]]''.<ref name="mixmagfeb1995"/><ref name="newmusicexpress1995"/> Barnes and Daley had previously worked together as percussionists at [[The Sandals]] first club, Violets.<ref name="mixmagfeb1995"/><ref name="newmusicexpress1995"/> Described by Barnes as "[t]he sound of 15 years of frustration coming out in one record", the piece was termed "[[Progressive House]]" by ''[[Mixmag]]'' and held significant prominence in nightclubs from 1991 onwards.<ref name="mixmagfeb1995"/> As their mutual interest in electronic music became clear the pair decided that they would work instead upon Leftfield, once Barnes had extricated himself from his now troublesome contract with Rhythm King's Outer Rhythm subsidiary.<ref name="mixmagfeb1995"/><ref name="melodymaker1992"/> The name Leftfield was originally used by Barnes for his first single, with editing/arranging and additional production undertaken by Daley. However, after this, Daley was subsequently involved in [[remix]]ing "Not Forgotten" and thereafter in the creation of all of Leftfield's work until the band split up in 2002.

During this period, in which the band could not release their own music owing to the legal dispute with Rhythm King, the pair undertook remix work for [[React 2 Rhythm]], [[I.C.P. (Ice Cool Productions)]], [[Supereal]], [[Inner City (band)|Inner City]], [[Sunscreem]], [[Ultra Naté]] and provided two remixes to [[David Bowie]]'s single "[[Jump They Say]]". Finally, once the problems with their former label had been sorted out, Leftfield were able to unveil their single "[[Release the Pressure]]".<ref name="melodymaker1992"/>

==Albums==
===''Leftism''===
Leftfield's first major career break came with the single "[[Open Up (Leftfield song)|Open Up]]", a collaboration with [[John Lydon]] (of [[Sex Pistols]] fame) that was soon followed by their debut album, ''[[Leftism (album)|Leftism]]'' in 1995, blending [[Dub music|dub]], [[breakbeat]], and [[House music|house]].<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=743}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 1995 [[Mercury Music Prize]] but lost out to [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]]'s ''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]''.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book
| first= Martin C.
| last= Strong
| year= 2000
| title= The Great Rock Discography
| edition= 5th
| publisher= Mojo Books
| location= Edinburgh
| page= 562
| isbn= 1-84195-017-3}}</ref> In a 1998 [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] poll, readers voted it the eightieth greatest album of all time, while in 2000 ''Q'' placed it at number 34 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. The album was re-released in 2000 with a bonus disc of remixes, and again in 2017 as a [[remastered]] version with eleven completely new remixes.

===''Rhythm and Stealth''===
Their second album, ''[[Rhythm and Stealth]]'' (1999) maintained a similar style, and featured [[Roots Manuva]], Afrika Bambaataa and MC Cheshire Cat from [[Birmingham]].  The album was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize in [[Mercury Music Prize#2000|2000]] but lost out to [[Badly Drawn Boy]]'s ''[[The Hour of Bewilderbeast]]''.  It reached No. 1 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="UK"/> The album featured the song "[[Phat Planet]]" which featured on [[Guinness]]' 1999 [[Guinness#Advertising|advert]], ''[[Surfer (advert)|Surfer]]'',<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> and "6/8 War" featured on the [[Volkswagen Lupo]] Advert 'Demon Baby'. The track "Double Flash" featured in the [[PlayStation]] software game ''[[Music 2000]]''. Leftfield split in 2002, with both Barnes and Daley planning to work on separate solo projects.<ref>{{cite web |title=LEFTFIELD SPLIT {{!}} NME |website=[[NME]] |date=4 March 2002 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/leftfield-6-1372300 |access-date=13 June 2020}}</ref>

=== Reformation and ''Alternative Light Source'' ===
Leftfield headlined ''RockNess'' in Dores, [[Scotland]] in June 2010, ''Creamfields'' in Cheshire, England in August 2010, and played the final set on the main stage at [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland's]] three-day festival, [[Electric Picnic]] in September. Further headline festival shows were announced in the coming weeks.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/02/leftfield-reform-for-loch-ness/ |title=Leftfield Reform for Loch Ness |last=Marszalek |first=Julian |date=2 February 2010 |publisher=Spinner}}</ref> Leftfield is now represented by Neil Barnes on keyboards and drum programming, with a rotating group of vocalists, MC Cheshire Cat, Adam Wren on engineering and programming and Sebastian 'Bid' Beresford on drums. Founding member Paul Daley declined to rejoin, focusing on his solo DJ career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leftfieldtour.co.uk/?menu=paul |title=Paul Daley |access-date=2010-07-20 |website=Leftfieldtour.co.uk}}</ref>

On 25 March 2015, the new single, "Universal Everything", was premiered on [[Annie Mac]]'s [[BBC Radio 1]] show. Shortly afterwards the new album was announced via the Leftfield website and social networks, along with UK tour dates for June 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 March 2015 |title=LEFTFIELD ARE LOOKING FOR AN 'ALTERNATIVE LIGHT SOURCE' |url=http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/leftfield-looking-for-the-alternative-light-source |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329002013/http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/leftfield-looking-for-the-alternative-light-source |archive-date=29 March 2015 |website=Mixmag |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

''[[Alternative Light Source]]'', Leftfield's first album in 16 years, was released on 8 June 2015 on [[Infectious Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 March 2015 |title=Leftfield return with Alternative Light Source |url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=28926 |website=Resident Advisor}}</ref> On 1 June 2015 the album premiere was streamed live on Twitter, coupled with conversation via hashtag #leftfieldstream.<ref>{{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=dead |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 |access-date=1 June 2015 |work=Never Enough Notes}}</ref>
"Head and Shoulders" features [[Sleaford Mods]] on vocals, and its stop-motion and animation hybrid video debuted on Pitchfork on 6 August 2015.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 August 2015 |title=Leftfield and Sleaford Mods share new video for 'Head And Shoulders' |url=http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/2015/08/leftfield-and-sleaford-mods-share-new-video-for-head-and-shoulders |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808060555/http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/2015/08/leftfield-and-sleaford-mods-share-new-video-for-head-and-shoulders/ |archive-date=8 August 2015 |access-date=6 August 2015 |work=Never Enough Notes}}</ref>

=== ''This Is What We Do'' ===
A fourth album was declared finished by Barnes via Twitter on 4 February 2022,<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Leftfield |user=Leftfield |number=1489684579451551748 |title=I'm being lazy today. As new Leftfield album is finished ….}}</ref> later revealed to be titled ''[[This Is What We Do]]''. It was released on 2 December 2022 on Virgin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neale |first=Matthew |date=2022-07-27 |title=Leftfield announce first album in seven years, share new single 'Pulse' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/leftfield-announce-first-album-in-seven-years-share-new-single-pulse-3278145 |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> It debuted at No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart, before dropping out of the Top 100.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 December 2022 |title=This Is What We Do by Leftfield |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/leftfield-this-is-what-we-do/ |access-date=20 February 2024 |website=Official Charts}}</ref>

==Commercial use of tracks==
The song "Phat Planet" was used in the "[[Surfer (advert)|Surfer]]" TV advertisement for Guinness, ranked number one in [[Channel 4]]'s Top 100 Adverts list in 2000. "Phat Planet" was also used in the animated television series ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers]]'', the simulation racing games ''F1 2000'' by [[EA Sports]] and ''Racedriver GRID'' by [[Codemasters]]. The song "Open Up" was used for the intro and main menu in the game ''All Star Baseball 2000'' by [[Acclaim Sports]]. "Swords" was used in an advertisement for the Irish mobile phone service [[Eircell]]. In addition, their song "Release the Pressure" was used on advertisements for the [[Telefónica Europe|O<sub>2</sub>]] mobile phone network at its launch, and the Kerry Group's Cheestrings snack in 2006. "A Final Hit" was featured on the ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'' [[Trainspotting (soundtrack)|soundtrack]];<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> the [[A-side and B-side|b-side]] "Afro Ride" was also featured on the soundtracks to both ''[[Wipeout (album)|wipE'out"]]'' and ''[[Wipeout 2097 The Soundtrack (album)|wipE'out" 2097]]'' although it did not appear on the album of the first game.

A white label release called "Snakeblood" was featured on the soundtrack of ''[[The Beach (film)|The Beach]]'' (2000). The song was found to have sampled [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]]'s "Almost" without permission.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electricityclub.co.uk/tecs-25-uses-classic-synth-samples/|title=25 Favourite Uses of Classic Synth Samples|last1=Boddy|first1=Paul|last2=Ming Lai|first2=Chi|date=12 July 2017|website=Electricity Club|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/one-half-of-leftfield-neil-barnes-tells-why-he-cant-wait-to-give-rockness-a-blast-of-the-coolest-sounds-down-memory-lane-2469688|title=One half of Leftfield, Neil Barnes, tells why he can't wait to give Rockness a blast of the coolest sounds down memory lane|date=25 May 2010|website=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>

The song "Storm 3000" has been used as the theme tune for the BBC television programme ''[[Dragons' Den (British TV programme)|Dragons' Den]]''.

==Live performances==
[[File:Djum Djum playing theremin.JPG|thumb|Djum Djum playing theremin during Afro-Left in December 2010]] In June 1996, while the group was playing at [[Brixton Academy]], the sound system caused dust and plaster to fall from the ceiling;<ref name=Left3>{{cite news|title=Leftfield – Rhythm and Stealth review |publisher=Select magazine |url=http://www.leftfield-online.co.uk/reviews/rasselect.htm |work=Gareth Grundy |access-date=2007-11-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109085621/http://www.leftfield-online.co.uk/reviews/rasselect.htm |archive-date=9 November 2007 }}</ref> subsequently, the group was banned from ever returning to the venue.<ref name=Left3/> The ban however was taken by the band as a ban on the sound system and not themselves,<ref name=Left3/> which was confirmed when Leftfield returned to Brixton again on Saturday 20 May 2000.

In November and December 2010, Leftfield did a series of dates around the UK and Ireland.  Friday 3 December's gig saw more plaster fall from Brixton Academy's ceiling.<ref>{{cite news | title=LEFTFIELD – LEFTFIELD TOUR IN MAY: UK dates announced. | publisher=music3w.com | url=http://www.music3w.com/mini_item.asp?PageNumber=1&from=archive&ID=1694&artist_ID=300097 | date=7 April 2000 | access-date=2008-06-23 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201131923/http://www.music3w.com/mini_item.asp?PageNumber=1&from=archive&ID=1694&artist_ID=300097 | archive-date=1 December 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
|-
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/32616/leftfield/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name="AUS">Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
* Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leftfield |title=Australian chart peaks |publisher=australian-charts.com |access-date=1 June 2019}}
* Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|page=163}}
* For top 200 to 2024: {{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/iDwQ5zs|title=Leftfield ARIA peaks, received from ARIA in October 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=2 November 2024}}  N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|[[Ultratop#Ultratop 200 Albums (Flemish chart)|BEL]]<br><ref name="BEL">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leftfield |title=Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks |publisher=ultratop.be |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref name="FRA">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leftfield |title=French chart peaks |publisher=lescharts.com |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br><ref>German chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-3057 |title=Rhythm and Stealth |language=de |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]] |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-276391 |title=Alternative Light Source |language=de |publisher=GfK Entertainment Charts |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[Dutch Album Top 100|NED]]<br><ref name="NED">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leftfield |title=Dutch chart peaks |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br><ref name="NZ">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leftfield |title=New Zealand chart peaks |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="NOR">{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leftfield |title=Norwegian chart peaks |publisher=norwegiancharts.com |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br><ref>Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19950205/40/ |title=Leftism |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19990926/40/ |title=Rhythm and Stealth |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20150614/40/ |title=Alternative Light Source |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br><ref name="SWI">{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Leftfield |title=Swiss chart peaks |publisher=hitparade.ch |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Leftism (album)|Leftism]]''
|
* Released: 30 January 1995
* Label: Hard Hands
| 3
| 119
| 160
| —
| —
| —
| 32
| 27
| 6
| —
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: 2× Platinum<ref name="UK CERT">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |title=BPI Certification |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] |access-date=25 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005813/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |archive-date= 24 January 2013 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rhythm and Stealth]]''
|
* Released: 20 September 1999
* Label: Hard Hands/[[Higher Ground Records|Higher Ground]]
| 1
| 4
| 11
| 40
| 33
| 38
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 36
|
* BPI: Platinum<ref name="UK CERT"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Alternative Light Source]]''
|
* Released: 8 June 2015
* Label: [[Infectious Music|Infectious]]
| 6
| 42
| 28
| —
| 74
| 31
| —
| —
| 3
| —
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[This Is What We Do]]''
|
* Released: 2 December 2022
* Label: Virgin Music
| 18
| —
| 124
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart<br>positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK"/>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[UK Dance Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br>Dance]]<br><ref>UK dance albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-albums-chart/20051016/105/ |title=A Final Hit – The Greatest Hits |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br><ref>Scottish compilation albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20051016/40/ |title=A Final Hit – The Greatest Hits |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Backlog (album)|Backlog]]'' <br><small>(with Djum Djum)</small>
|
* Released: 14 December 1992
* Label: Outer Rhythm/[[Rhythm King]]
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Stealth Remixes]]'' <br><small>(remix album)</small>
|
* Released: 29 May 2000
* Label: Hard Hands/Higher Ground
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[A Final Hit – The Greatest Hits|A Final Hit – Greatest Hits]]''
|
* Released: 3 October 2005
* Label: Hard Hands
| 32
| 2
| 30
|
* BPI: Silver<ref name="UK CERT"/>
|-
|align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+
! scope="col" style="width:14em;" | Title
! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Tourism (Leftfield album)|Tourism]]''
|
* Released: 13 March 2012
* Label: Hard Hands
|}

===Singles===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year
!rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title
!colspan="8"| Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Album
|-
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK"/>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[UK Dance Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br>Dance]]<br><ref>UK dance singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19950319/104/ |title=Original |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19950730/104/ |title=Afro-Left |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19960114/104/ |title=Release the Pressure |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19990314/104/ |title=Song of Life (re-issue) |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19990912/104/ |title=Afrika Shox |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19991128/104/ |title=Dusted |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name="AUS"/>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[The Official Finnish Charts|FIN]]<br><ref name="FIN">Finnish chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/lav-len.html |title=Finnish chart peaks |language=fi |publisher=Sisältää Hitin - Suomen listalevyt (Timo Pennanen) |access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br><ref name="NZ"/>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref name="NOR"/>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br><ref>Scottish singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19950319/41/ |title=Original |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19950730/41/ |title=Afro-Left |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19960114/41/ |title=Release the Pressure |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19990912/41/ |title=Afrika Shox |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19991205/41/ |title=Dusted |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=25 September 2016}}
</ref>

!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" |[[Dance Club Songs|US<br>Club]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/leftfield/chart-history/dsi/ |title=Leftfield Chart History: Dance Club Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 1990
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Not Forgotten (song)|Not Forgotten]]"
| 120
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}
|-
| 1991
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[More Than I Know]]"
| 98
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Release the Pressure]]" <small>(featuring [[Earl Sixteen]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''Leftism''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Song of Life (Leftfield song)|Song of Life]]"
| 59
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 27
|-
| 1993
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Open Up (Leftfield song)|Open Up]]" <small>(featuring [[John Lydon]])</small>
| 13
| —
| 39
| 5
| 39
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Original (Leftfield song)|Original]]" <small>(featuring [[Toni Halliday]])</small>
| 18
| 11
| 129
| —
| —
| —
| 20
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Afro-Left]]" <small>(featuring Djum Djum)</small>
| 22
| 15
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 30
| 20
|-
| 1996
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Release the Pressure|Release the Pressure '96]]" <br><small>(featuring [[Earl Sixteen]], Cheshire Cat & [[Papa Dee]])</small>
| 13
| 5
| 184
| —
| —
| —
| 13
| —
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Song of Life (Leftfield song)|Song of Life]]" <small>(re-issue)</small>
| 96
| 34
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Afrika Shox]]" <small>(featuring [[Afrika Bambaataa]])</small>
| 7
| 1
| 87
| —
| 23
| 11
| 7
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Rhythm and Stealth''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Dusted (song)|Dusted]]" <small>(featuring [[Roots Manuva]])</small>
| 28
| 4
| 79
| —
| —
| —
| 31
| —
|-
| 2000
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Swords (Leftfield song)|Swords]]" <small>(featuring [[Nicole Willis]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| style="text-align:left;"| "Universal Everything"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| ''Alternative Light Source''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Bilocation" <small>(featuring [[Poliça|Channy Leaneagh]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Head and Shoulders" <small>(featuring [[Sleaford Mods]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Bad Radio" <small>(featuring [[Tunde Adebimpe]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2022
| style="text-align:left;"| "Pulse"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | ''This Is What We Do''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Accumulator"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Full Way Round" <small>(featuring [[Grian Chatten]])</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|2023
| style="text-align:left;"| "Rapture 16" <small>(featuring [[Earl Sixteen]])</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

=== Remixes ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+List of produced remixes by Leftfield for other artists, showing year released and release name
!Year
!Artist
!Release
!Song(s)
|-
| rowspan="5" |1991
|ICP
|Free & Equal single
|Free & Equal (Leftfield Remix)

Free & Equal (Leftfield Tribal Mix)
|-
|Supereal
|Body Medusa single
|Body Medusa (The Leftfield Remix)
Body Medusa (The Leftfield Dub Mix)
|-
|If?
|Open Up Your Head single
|Open Up Your Head (Vocalfield Mix)
Open Up Your Head (Trancefield Dub Mix)

Open Up Your Head (Stringfield Dub Mix)
|-
|React 2 Rhythm
|Intoxication single
|Intoxication (Clubfield Mix)
Intoxication (Dubfield Mix)
|-
|[[Pressure Drop (band)|Pressure Drop]] feat. Joanna Law
|You're Mine single
|You're Mine (Leftfield Vocal Mix)
You're Mine (Guv Dub Part 2)
|-
| rowspan="6" |1992
|[[Ultra Naté|Ultra Nate]]
|Deeper Love (Missing You) single
|Deeper Love (Missing You) (The Leftfield Vocal Mix)
Deeper Love (Missing You) (Leftfield Dub)

Deeper Love (Missing You) (Leftfield Instrumental)
|-
|[[Stereo MC's]]
|[[Step It Up (song)|Step It Up]] single
|Step It Up (Stereo Field Dub)
Step It Up (Stereo Field Instrumental Dub)
|-
|[[Inner City (band)|Inner City]]
|Hallelujah '92 single
|Hallelujah '92 (Leftfield High On Vocal Mix)
|-
|If?
|Everything & More single
|Everything & More (Leftfield Dub Mix Ranch) 
Everything & More (Leftfield Vocal Mix)

Everything & More (Leftfield Ranch Dub)

Everything & More (Leftfield Bonus Love Dub)
|-
|[[Adamski]]
|Back To Front single
|Back To Front (The Rub It Radio Edit)
Back To Front (The Rub It Vocal Mix)

Back To Front (The Love It Dub)
|-
|[[Sunscreem]]
|Perfect Motion single
|Perfect Motion (One Down Mix)
|-
| rowspan="5" |1993
|[[David Bowie]]
|[[Jump They Say]] single
|Jump They Say (Leftfield Remix)
Jump They Say (Dub Oddity)
|-
|Inner City
|Hallelujah '92 single
|Hallelujah (Leftfield Glory Mix)
|-
|[[D Ream|D:Ream]]
|Unforgiven single
|Unforgiven (Leftfield Hands Mix)
|-
|[[Morgan King]]
|I Am Free single
|I Am Free (Leftfield Dub Mix)
I Am Free (Leftfield Escape From Da Da Mix)
|-
|Sunscreem
|Perfect Motion single
|Perfect Motion (Leftfield Vocal Mix)
|-
| rowspan="3" |1994
|[[Yothu Yindi]]
|Timeless Land single
|Timeless Land (Leftfield Vocal Mix)

Timeless Land (Leftfield Dub Mix)

Timeless Land (Leftfield Bengga Club Mix)

Timeless Land (Leftfield Galala Dub)
|-
|Morgan King
|I Am Free single
|I Am Free (Leftfield Mix II)
|-
|[[Renegade Soundwave]]
|Renegade Soundwave single
|Renegade Soundwave (The Leftfield Remix)

Renegade Soundwave (The Leftfield Dub)
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
|Sandals
|Nothing single
|Nothing (Leftfield Dub)
|-
|Djum Djum
|Difference single
|Difference (Steng Mix)
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997
|[[John Lydon]]
|Sun single
|Sun (Leftfield Remix)
Psychopath (Leftfield Mix)

Psychopath (Leftfield Dub Remix)

Psychopath (Leftfield Remix #3)
|-
|[[David Arnold]]
|[[Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project]]
|Space March (feat. Leftfield)
|-
|2000
|Leftfeld
|[[Swords (Leftfield song)|Swords]] single
|Swords (Leftfield Revisited Mix)

Swords (Leftfield Exit Mix)
|-
|2001
|[[Glen Brown]] & [[King Tubby]]
|Select Cuts From Blood & Fire (Chapter Two) compilation album
|Lambsbread Dub (Leftfield's Half Past Dub Rmx)
|-
|2005
|Chalf Hassan, Renegade Soundwave
|R In The Mix 2005 Part 01: Dark Coolie mixtape
|Zayani El Riffi / RSW
|-
|2012
|[[Sex Pistols]]
|The Remixes Vol 1 white label
|God Save The Queen (Leftfield Remix)
|-
|2018
|[[Gaz Coombes]]
|The Oaks single
|The Oaks (Leftfield Remix)
|-
|2021
|Dense & Pika
|Colourburn album
|Control (feat. Leftfield)
|-
|2022
|[[William Orbit]] feat. [[Georgia (musician)|Georgia]]
|Bank Of Wildflowers single
|Bank Of Wildflowers (Leftfield Remix)
|-
|2023
|[[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] feat. [[Martina Topley-Bird]]
|Maxinquaye (Reincarnated) album
|Brand New You're Retro (Leftfield Remix)
|}

=== Soundtracks and various compilations ===
* From the ''[[Shallow Grave (1994 film)#Music|Shallow Grave]]'' soundtrack
:"Shallow Grave" (Featuring [[Christopher Eccleston]])
:"Release the Dubs"
* From the ''[[Hackers (film)#Soundtrack|Hackers]]'' soundtrack:
:"Inspection (Check One)"
:"Open Up" (featuring [[John Lydon]])
* From the ''[[Wipeout (album)|wipE'out"]]'' soundtrack
:"Afro Ride" (from the EP [[Afro-Left]])
* From ''104.9 (An [[XFM]] Compilation)''
:"Praise"
* From the ''[[Trainspotting (soundtrack)#Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture|Trainspotting]]'' soundtrack
:"A Final Hit"
* From the ''[[Trainspotting (soundtrack)#Trainspotting|Trainspotting#2]]'' soundtrack
:"A Final Hit" (full-length version)
* From the ''[[Wipeout 2097 The Soundtrack (album)|wipE'out" 2097]]'' soundtrack
:"Afro Ride" (from the EP [[Afro-Left]])
* From the ''[[Go (1999 film)|Go]]'' soundtrack
:"Swords" (featuring [[Nicole Willis]]) (Original Version)
* From ''[[The Beach (soundtrack)|The Beach]]'' soundtrack
:"Snakeblood"
* From the ''[[Vanilla Sky (Soundtrack)|Vanilla Sky]]'' soundtrack
:"Afrika Shox"
* From ''[[Beast Machines]]'', and ''[[EA Sports]]'' ''[[F1 2000 (video game)|F1 2000]]''
:"[[Phat Planet]]"
* From ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider]]''
:"Song of Life"

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.leftfieldmusic.com/ Leftfield official website]
* [https://www.facebook.com/leftfield Leftfield Facebook]
* [https://twitter.com/leftfield Leftfield Twitter]
* [https://soundcloud.com/leftfield Leftfield SoundCloud]
* [https://play.spotify.com/artist/72hqBMsw7x5jnfxxwkii8L Leftfield Spotify]
* [https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/leftfield/534250 Leftfield iTunes]
* [http://www.leftfield-online.co.uk/ Not Forgotten: unofficial website]

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