Risotto (album)

Risotto
Studio album by Fluke
Released	September 30, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Electronica, house, techno
Length	73:22
Label	Astralwerks
Producer	Fluke
Fluke chronology
Oto (1995) Risotto (1997) Progressive History X (2001)

Risotto is the fourth album by British electronica group Fluke, first released in September 1997. The album is named after the dish risotto (Italian: [riˈzɔtto]).

Many of the tracks that brought Fluke to a larger audience are featured on this album, including "Atom Bomb", used on the Wipeout 2097 soundtrack, and "Absurd," used in many films/trailers, including a 1998 Volkswagen Beetle commercial, Sin City in 2005, and the episode "Chaos" from the show "Spaced".

The album artwork was designed by The Designers Republic and features a chrome-plated KitchenAid blender.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
Pitchfork Media	9.0/10[3]
Melody Maker	positive[4]

Writing for Melody Maker in October 1997, Neil Kulkarni gave Risotto a very positive review, singling out the album's lyrics as a highlight; "[Fluke] have the dumbest greatest deepest lyrics in dance – "Baby's got an atom-bomb/a motherfuckin' atom bomb" is the greatest heavy metal lyric never written; "Anybody with a heart votes love" is a chorus Stevie Wonder would be proud of; "Think big that's only half as large/Bigger, better, twice as hard" is Ooompah-Loompah haiku made pop poetry."^[4]

Track listing

1. "Absurd" – 5:48
2. "Atom Bomb" – 5:45
3. "Kitten Moon" – 9:18
4. "Mosh" – 6:20
5. "Bermuda" – 7:57
6. "Setback" – 8:54
7. "Amp" – 8:09
8. "Reeferendrum" – 7:22
9. "Squirt" – 6:15
10. "Goodnight Lover" – 7:34

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Entertainment Weekly (10/31/97, p. 109) - "... their beats are as relentless and no-frills as traditional techno gets." - Rating: B
3. Pitchfork Media review
4. Kulkarni, Neil. "Review: Fluke - Risotto, Virgin". Melody Maker (IPC Media) (October 4, 1997): 51.