1997 studio album by Luke Vibert
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 .
Musical style
Fact 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
Big 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
In 2015, Fact ranked Big Soup at number five on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.[ 1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Luke Vibert
CD edition Title 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
LP edition Title 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
References
^ 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 }}
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^ Big Soup (liner notes). Luke Vibert . Mo' Wax / FFRR Records . 1997. 314-540 736-2.{{cite AV media notes }}
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^ "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 .
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