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Sound Museum
Studio album by
Towa Tei
ReleasedMay 25, 1997 (1997-05-25)
Genre
Length49:41
LabelEast West
ProducerTowa Tei
Towa Tei chronology
Future Listening!
(1994) 		Sound Museum
(1997) 		Last Century Modern
(1999)
Singles from Sound Museum
  1. "Happy"
    Released: June 25, 1997 (1997-06-25)
  2. "GBI (German Bold Italic)"
    Released: September 10, 1997 (1997-09-10)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[2]
Pitchfork7.1/10[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Sound Museum is the second studio album by Japanese music producer Towa Tei, released on May 25, 1997.[5] Collaborators on the album include Kylie Minogue, Biz Markie, and Bebel Gilberto.[6]

The album peaked at number 17 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[7] By July 1997, it had sold over 100,000 copies.[8]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."The Sound Museum" Towa Tei
  • Tei
  • Toshihiko Mori[a]
  • Ayumi Obinata[a]
3:28
2."Time After Time" (featuring Viv and Amel Larrieux)VivTei
5:13
3."Happy" (featuring Viv and Bahamadia)
  • Viv
  • Bahamadia
Tei
5:07
4."BMT" (featuring Biz Markie and Mos Def)
  • Biz Markie
  • Mos Def
TeiTei3:28
5."Higher" (featuring Yavahn and Akiko Yano)YavahnTeiTei4:13
6."Corridor"  
2:35
7."GBI (German Bold Italic)" (featuring Kylie Minogue and Haruomi Hosono)
  • Tei
  • Minogue
TeiTei6:58
8."Tamilano"TeiTei
4:17
9."Private Eyes" (featuring Bebel Gilberto)
  • Hall
  • Pash
  • S. Allen
  • J. Allen
Tei3:51
10."Everything We Do Is Music"TeiTeiTei10:31
Total length:49:41
Notes
  • ^a signifies an additional producer
Sampling credits

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 17

Release history

Region Date Label Ref.
Japan May 25, 1997 East West [9]
Germany February 24, 1998 Warner [10]
United States Elektra [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bush, John. "Sound Museum – Towa Tei". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Hermes, Will (February 20, 1998). "Sound Museum". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Wisdom, James P. "Towa Tei: Sound Museum". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
  4. ^ Sheffield, Rob (March 5, 1998). "Towa Tei: Sound Museum". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 19, 2003. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  5. ^ "Factory #0140 Towa Tei – Profile". Fuji Television. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Flick, Larry (January 31, 1998). "3 Dancefloor Vets Are Back With Top-Notch Tunes". Billboard: 44–45.
  7. ^ a b "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹" [Oricon Ranking Information Service]. Oricon. TOWA TEI. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  8. ^ McClure, Steve (July 19, 1997). "Label Loyalty Lost As 3 Japanese Acts Jump Ship". Billboard. 109 (29): 56. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "Sound Museum : TOWA TEI". HMV Japan. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  10. ^ "Sound Museum" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved August 3, 2015.

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