Sound Museum

Sound Museum
Studio album by Towa Tei
Released	May 25, 1997
Genre	Electronic big beat trip hop acid jazz
Length	49:41
Label	East West
Producer	Towa Tei
Towa Tei chronology
Future Listening! (1995) Sound Museum (1997) Sweet Robots Against the Machine (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	7.1/10[2]

Sound Museum is the second solo studio album by Japanese electronic musician Towa Tei, released on May 25, 1997 by East West Records.

Similar to his debut album Future Listening!, Sound Museum incorporates a variety of musical genres, including electronic, hip hop and jazz. Also included is a bossa nova cover version of Daryl Hall and John Oates' number-one hit from 1981 "Private Eyes". The first single "Happy" contains a sample of "Velas" by Quincy Jones.

Collaborators on Sound Museum include Kylie Minogue, Biz Markie, Amel Larrieux, Bahamadia, Mos Def, Bebel Gilberto and Yavahn.

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

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies an additional producer

Sampling credits

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

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
Japan	May 25, 1997	East West	[3]
Germany	February 24, 1998	Warner	[4]
United States		Elektra	[1]

References

1. Bush, John. "Sound Museum – Towa Tei". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
2. Wisdom, James P. "Towa Tei: Sound Museum". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
3. "Sound Museum : TOWA TEI". HMV Japan. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
4. "Sound Museum" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved August 3, 2015.