Sound Museum

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]

Sound Museum
Studio album by Towa Tei
Released	May 25, 1997 (1997-05-25)
Genre	Electronic big beat trip hop acid jazz
Length	49:41
Label	East West
Producer	Towa Tei
Towa Tei chronology
Future Listening! (1994) Sound Museum (1997) Last Century Modern (1999)
Singles from Sound Museum
"Happy" Released: June 25, 1997 (1997-06-25) "GBI (German Bold Italic)" Released: September 10, 1997 (1997-09-10)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[2]
Pitchfork	7.1/10[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(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)	Viv	Tei	Tei Fernando Aponte^[a] Obinata^[a] Mori^[a]	5:13
3.	"Happy" (featuring Viv and Bahamadia)	Viv Bahamadia	Tei	Tei Mori^[a] Obinata^[a]	5:07
4.	"BMT" (featuring Biz Markie and Mos Def)	Biz Markie Mos Def	Tei	Tei	3:28
5.	"Higher" (featuring Yavahn and Akiko Yano)	Yavahn	Tei	Tei	4:13
6.	"Corridor"			Tei Mori^[a]	2:35
7.	"GBI (German Bold Italic)" (featuring Kylie Minogue and Haruomi Hosono)	Tei Minogue	Tei	Tei	6:58
8.	"Tamilano"	Tei	Tei	Tei François Kevorkian^[a]	4:17
9.	"Private Eyes" (featuring Bebel Gilberto)	Daryl Hall Warren Pash Sara Allen Janna Allen	Hall Pash S. Allen J. Allen	Tei	3:51
10.	"Everything We Do Is Music"	Tei	Tei	Tei	10:31
Total length:					49:41

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies an additional producer

Sampling credits

• "Corridor" contains samples from "Hello Baby" and "Another Sound Museum" by Sweet Robots Against the Machine

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. 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. "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.

External links

• Sound Museum at Discogs (list of releases)