Big Soup is a studio album by English electronic musician Luke Vibert. His first non-collaborative studio album under his own name, it was released on 7 July 1997 by Mo' Wax.
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| Released | 7 July 1997 | |||
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| Label | Mo' Wax | |||
| Producer | Luke Vibert | |||
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Musical style
editFact characterised Luke Vibert's production style on Big Soup as "sitting somewhere in between the sample-rich collages of DJ Shadow and the tight, precise constructions of DJ Krush and Major Force."[1] Andy Kellman of AllMusic described Big Soup as an album of instrumental hip hop music.[2]
Release
editBig Soup was released on 7 July 1997 by Mo' Wax.[3] The sleeve artwork for the album was designed by Ben Drury.[4]
In the United States, Big Soup was issued by Mo' Wax and FFRR Records.[5] It garnered airplay on American college radio, entering the CMJ Top 200 chart.[6]
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Muzik | 8/10[8] |
| NME | 8/10[9] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
| Spin | 5/10[11] |
In 2015, Fact ranked Big Soup at number five on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.[1]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Luke Vibert
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro – Welcome" | 1:34 |
| 2. | "Rank Rink Ring" | 6:39 |
| 3. | "Voyage into the Unknown" | 7:04 |
| 4. | "Fused into Music" | 6:05 |
| 5. | "No Turn Unstoned" | 8:27 |
| 6. | "Reality Check" | 6:03 |
| 7. | "M.A.R.S." | 6:42 |
| 8. | "Stern Facials" | 7:47 |
| 9. | "Am I Still Dreaming?" | 5:32 |
| 10. | "2001 Beats" | 6:03 |
| 11. | "Music Called Jazz" | 5:22 |
| 12. | "Space Race" | 7:20 |
| 13. | "So Long – Outro" | 1:37 |
| Total length: | 76:15 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro – Welcome" | 1:34 |
| 2. | "Rank Rink Ring" | 6:39 |
| 3. | "Voyage into the Unknown" | 7:04 |
| 4. | "Fused into Music" | 6:05 |
| 5. | "No Turn Unstoned" | 8:27 |
| 6. | "Reality Check" | 6:03 |
| 7. | "M.A.R.S." | 6:42 |
| 8. | "C.O.R.N." | 1:52 |
| 9. | "Fresh" | 1:25 |
| 10. | "Stern Facials" | 7:47 |
| 11. | "Am I Still Dreaming?" | 5:32 |
| 12. | "2001 Beats" | 6:03 |
| 13. | "Original Soundmaster" | 6:08 |
| 14. | "Music Called Jazz" | 5:22 |
| 15. | "Space Race" | 7:20 |
| 16. | "So Long – Outro" | 1:37 |
| Total length: | 85:40 | |
Charts
edit| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums (OCC)[12] | 119 |
References
edit- ^ a b Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (30 July 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "Luke Vibert". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "New Releases 7 – 13 July 1997: All". Juno Records. Archived from the original on 27 September 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Big Soup (liner notes). Luke Vibert. Mo' Wax. 1997. 540 736-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Big Soup (liner notes). Luke Vibert. Mo' Wax / FFRR Records. 1997. 314-540 736-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "CMJ Top 200". CMJ New Music Report. Vol. 51, no. 10. 8 September 1997. pp. 6, 8. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Bush, John. "Big Soup – Luke Vibert". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ Howe, Rupert (July 1997). "Luke Vibert: Big Soup". Muzik. No. 26. p. 125.
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (28 June 1997). "Luke Vibert – Big Soup". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ McLeod, Kembrew (2004). "Luke Vibert". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 850. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Salamon, Jeff (October 1997). "Luke Vibert: Big Soup / Thievery Corporation: Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi". Spin. Vol. 13, no. 7. pp. 138–140. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Chart Log UK: V – Vybe". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 12 January 2019.