Risotto is the sixth album

Album

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 by British

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 electronica

Electronica

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 group Fluke

Fluke (band)

Fluke are an English electronic music group formed in the late 1980s by Mike Bryant, Jon Fugler and Mike Tournier with Julian Nugent as the band's manager...

, first released in September 1997. The album is named Risotto

Risotto

Risotto is a class of Italian dishes of rice cooked in broth to a creamy consistency. The broth may be meat-, fish-, or vegetable-based; many kinds include Parmesan cheese, butter, and onion...

 after the dish.

Many of the tracks that brought Fluke to a larger audience are featured on this album, including "Atom Bomb", used on the wipE'out" 2097

Wipeout 2097

Track listing Saturn/Windows versions * CoLD SToRAGE: "Canada"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Body in Motion"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Kinkong"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Plasticity"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Messij Xtnd"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Tenation"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Surgeon"...

soundtrack, and "Absurd", used in many films/trailers, including Sin City

Sin City (film)

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in 2005.

The cover was designed by The Designers Republic

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.

Critical reception

Writing for Melody Maker

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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; "Anyone 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."

Track listing

1. "Absurd
   Absurd (Fluke song)
   "Absurd" is a single by the English electronic music band Fluke. The single has made many soundtrack appearances, including Sin City, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Wipeout , NFL Quarterback Club '99 , Enter the Matrix, Spaced, and a Ribena commercial as well as an episode of the 2008 NBC series...
   
   " – 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
   Squirt (Fluke song)
   "Squirt" is a single by the English electronic music band Fluke.Amongst the Squirt versions there are two known releases which have mislabeled tracks...
   
   " – 6:15
10. "Goodnight Lover" – 7:34