Big Soup
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Big Soup |
| type | studio |
| artist | Luke Vibert |
| cover | Big Soup album cover.jpg |
| border | yes |
| released | |
| genre | |
| length | |
| label | Mo' Wax |
| producer | Luke Vibert |
| prev_title | Weirs |
| prev_year | 1993 |
| next_title | Stop the Panic |
| next_year | 1999 |
| :: |
| name = Big Soup | type = studio | artist = Luke Vibert | cover = Big Soup album cover.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = Mo' Wax | producer = Luke Vibert | prev_title = Weirs | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Stop the Panic | next_year = 1999
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." Andy Kellman of AllMusic described Big Soup as an album of instrumental hip hop music.
Release
Big Soup was released on 7 July 1997 by Mo' Wax. The sleeve artwork for the album was designed by Ben Drury.
In the United States, Big Soup was issued by Mo' Wax and FFRR Records. It garnered airplay on American college radio, entering the CMJ Top 200 chart.
Critical reception
| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Muzik | rev2score = 8/10 | rev3 = NME | rev3score = 8/10 | rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev4score = | rev5 = Spin | rev5score = 5/10
In 2015, Fact ranked Big Soup at number five on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.
Track listing
| all_writing = Luke Vibert | headline = CD edition | title1 = Intro – Welcome | length1 = 1:34 | title2 = Rank Rink Ring | length2 = 6:39 | title3 = Voyage into the Unknown | length3 = 7:04 | title4 = Fused into Music | length4 = 6:05 | title5 = No Turn Unstoned | length5 = 8:27 | title6 = Reality Check | length6 = 6:03 | title7 = M.A.R.S. | length7 = 6:42 | title8 = Stern Facials | length8 = 7:47 | title9 = Am I Still Dreaming? | length9 = 5:32 | title10 = 2001 Beats | length10 = 6:03 | title11 = Music Called Jazz | length11 = 5:22 | title12 = Space Race | length12 = 7:20 | title13 = So Long – Outro | length13 = 1:37 | total_length = 76:15 | headline = LP edition | title1 = Intro – Welcome | length1 = 1:34 | title2 = Rank Rink Ring | length2 = 6:39 | title3 = Voyage into the Unknown | length3 = 7:04 | title4 = Fused into Music | length4 = 6:05 | title5 = No Turn Unstoned | length5 = 8:27 | title6 = Reality Check | length6 = 6:03 | title7 = M.A.R.S. | length7 = 6:42 | title8 = C.O.R.N. | length8 = 1:52 | title9 = Fresh | length9 = 1:25 | title10 = Stern Facials | length10 = 7:47 | title11 = Am I Still Dreaming? | length11 = 5:32 | title12 = 2001 Beats | length12 = 6:03 | title13 = Original Soundmaster | length13 = 6:08 | title14 = Music Called Jazz | length14 = 5:22 | title15 = Space Race | length15 = 7:20 | title16 = So Long – Outro | length16 = 1:37 | total_length = 85:40
Charts
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References
References
- (30 July 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time".
- Kellman, Andy. "Luke Vibert". [[AllMusic]].
- "New Releases 7 – 13 July 1997: All". [[Juno Records]].
- (1997). "Big Soup". [[Mo' Wax]].
- (1997). "Big Soup". [[Mo' Wax]] / [[FFRR Records]].
- (8 September 1997). "CMJ Top 200".
- Bush, John. "Big Soup – Luke Vibert". [[AllMusic]].
- Howe, Rupert. (July 1997). "Luke Vibert: Big Soup".
- Dalton, Stephen. (28 June 1997). "Luke Vibert – Big Soup".
- McLeod, Kembrew. (2004). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". [[Simon & Schuster]].
- Salamon, Jeff. (October 1997). "Luke Vibert: Big Soup / Thievery Corporation: Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi".
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