Big Soup

Big Soup
Studio album by
Luke Vibert
Released7 July 1997 (1997-07-07)
Genres
Length
  • 76:15 (CD)
  • 85:40 (LP)
LabelMo' Wax
ProducerLuke Vibert
Luke Vibert chronology
Weirs
(1993)		 Big Soup
(1997)		 Stop the Panic
(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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Muzik8/10
NME8/10
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStar
Spin5/10

In 2015, Fact ranked Big Soup at number five on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Luke Vibert.

CD edition
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
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

Chart (1997) Peak
position
UK Albums (Official Charts)119

References

  1. 1 2 Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (30 July 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Luke Vibert". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "New Releases 7 – 13 July 1997: All". Juno Records. Archived from the original on 27 September 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ↑ 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)
  5. ↑ 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)
  6. ↑ "CMJ Top 200". CMJ New Music Report. Vol. 51, no. 10. 8 September 1997. pp. 6, 8. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Bush, John. "Big Soup – Luke Vibert". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Howe, Rupert (July 1997). "Luke Vibert: Big Soup". Muzik. No. 26. p. 125.
  9. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (28 June 1997). "Luke Vibert – Big Soup". NME. p. 57. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "Chart Log UK: V – Vybe". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 12 January 2019.