Big Soup

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.

Big Soup
Studio album by Luke Vibert
Released	7 July 1997 (1997-07-07)
Genre	Trip hop instrumental hip hop
Length	76:15 (CD) 85:40 (LP)
Label	Mo' Wax
Producer	Luke Vibert
Luke Vibert chronology
Weirs (1993) Big Soup (1997) Stop the Panic (1999)

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

Professional ratings

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

All tracks are written by Luke Vibert.

CD edition

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.	"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.	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

Chart (1997)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[12]	119