Sound Museum
1997 studio album by Towa Tei
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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.[9]
ReleasedMay 25, 1997
Studio
- VU
- Free, Planet Kingdom, and Heart Beat (Tokyo)
- Chung King, Right Track, and Sound on Sound (New York)
Length49:41
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| Released | May 25, 1997 | |||
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| Genre | Shibuya-kei[1] | |||
| Length | 49:41 | |||
| Label | East West | |||
| Producer | Towa Tei | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10[6] |
| Q |  [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
Sound Museum peaked at number 17 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[10] By July 1997, it had sold over 100,000 copies.[11]
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[12]
- "Corridor" contains samples of "Hello Baby" and "Another Sound Museum" by Sweet Robots Against the Machine.