Sound Museum
1997 studio album by Towa Tei
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Studio album by Towa Tei | ||||
Released | May 25, 1997 (1997-05-25) | |||
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Genre | Shibuya-kei[1] | |||
Length | 49:41 | |||
Label | East West | |||
Producer | Towa Tei | |||
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Singles from Sound Museum | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
Pitchfork | 7.1/10[6] |
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Sound Museum is the second studio album by Japanese music producer Towa Tei, released on May 25, 1997, by East West Records. Collaborators on the album include Kylie Minogue, Biz Markie, and Bebel Gilberto.[8]
Sound Museum peaked at number 17 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[9] By July 1997, it had sold over 100,000 copies.[10]
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Sound Museum" | Towa Tei | 3:28 | ||
2. | "Time After Time" (featuring Viv and Amel Larrieux) | Viv | Tei | 5:13 | |
3. | "Happy" (featuring Viv and Bahamadia) |
| Tei | 5:07 | |
4. | "BMT" (featuring Biz Markie and Mos Def) |
| Tei | Tei | 3:28 |
5. | "Higher" (featuring Yavahn and Akiko Yano) | Yavahn | Tei | Tei | 4:13 |
6. | "Corridor" |
| 2:35 | ||
7. | "GBI (German Bold Italic)" (featuring Kylie Minogue and Haruomi Hosono) |
| Tei | Tei | 6:58 |
8. | "Tamilano" | Tei | Tei | 4:17 | |
9. | "Private Eyes" (featuring Bebel Gilberto) |
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| Tei | 3:51 |
10. | "Everything We Do Is Music" | Tei | Tei | Tei | 10:31 |
Total length: | 49:41 |
Notes
Sample credits[11]
- "Corridor" contains samples of "Hello Baby" and "Another Sound Museum" by Sweet Robots Against the Machine.
Charts
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] | 17 |
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Ref. |
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Japan | May 25, 1997 | East West | [9][12] |
Germany | February 24, 1998 | Warner | [13] |
United States | Elektra | [8] |
References
- ^ Daley, David (August 1998). "Japan's Shibuya-Kei Scene Invades America". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 60. pp. 16–17. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "ハッピー | TOWA TEI" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Intro | TOWA TEI" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Bush, John. "Sound Museum – Towa Tei". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ Hermes, Will (February 20, 1998). "Sound Museum". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ Wisdom, James P. "Towa Tei: Sound Museum". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (March 5, 1998). "Towa Tei: Sound Museum". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 19, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ a b Flick, Larry (January 31, 1998). "3 Dancefloor Vets Are Back With Top-Notch Tunes". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 5. pp. 44–45. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ a b c "サウンド・ミュージアム | TOWA TEI" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ McClure, Steve (July 19, 1997). "Label Loyalty Lost As 3 Japanese Acts Jump Ship". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 29. p. 56. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ^ Sound Museum (liner notes). Towa Tei. East West Records. 1997. AMCY-2258~9.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Sound Museum : TOWA TEI" (in Japanese). HMV Japan. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ "Sound Museum – Towa Tei" (in German). Germany: Amazon. 1998. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
External links
- Sound Museum at Discogs (list of releases)
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- t
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- Future Listening! (1994)
- Sweet Robots Against the Machine (1997)
- Sound Museum (1997)
- Last Century Modern (1999)
- Flash (2005)
- Big Fun (2009)
- Sunny (2011)
- Lucky (2013)
- "GBI (German Bold Italic)"
- "Funkin' for Jamaica"
- "Let Me Know"
- "Sometime Samurai"