Last Century Modern
{{Infobox album
| name = Last Century Modern
| type = studio
| artist = Towa Tei
| cover = Towa Tei Last Century Modern.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1999|07|28}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{hlist|VU|Warner, Consipio, and Bunkamura (Tokyo)|Kampo and Chung King (New York)|Studio Plus XXX (Paris)}}
| genre = Electronic
| length = {{duration|m=44|s=15}}
| label = East West
| producer = Towa Tei
| prev_title = Sound Museum
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Towa Tei
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Last Century Modern
| type = studio
| single1 = A Ring
| single2 = Let Me Know
| single2date = June 23, 1999{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/24459/products/37581/1/|title=Let Me Know {{!}} TOWA TEI|publisher=Oricon|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja}}
| single3 = Funkin' for Jamaica
| single3date = June 18, 2001{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/funkin-for-jamaica-mr0002156887|title=Funkin' for Jamaica (LP – Eastwest #8573891490) – Towa Tei|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=December 11, 2020}}
}}
}}
Last Century Modern is the third studio album by Japanese music producer Towa Tei, released on July 28, 1999, by East West Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/24459/products/37582/1/|title=Last Century Modern {{!}} TOWA TEI|publisher=Oricon|access-date=December 20, 2022|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fujitv.co.jp/FACTORY/CS0140/0005pro.html|title=Factory #0140 Towa Tei – Profile|publisher=Fuji TV|access-date=October 29, 2017|language=ja}} It peaked at number 20 on the Oricon Albums Chart. The album was released in the United States on May 23, 2000, by Elektra Records.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0SoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24|title=Towa Tei: Last Century Modern|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|issue=84|first=Kurt B.|last=Reighley|date=August 2000|access-date=December 11, 2020|page=24}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/last-century-modern-mw0000059912|title=Last Century Modern – Towa Tei|publisher=AllMusic|first=Ted|last=Mills|access-date=October 29, 2017}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 7.4/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7959-last-century-modern/|title=Towa Tei: Last Century Modern|website=Pitchfork|first=Richard M.|last=Juzwiak|date=May 23, 2000|access-date=October 29, 2017}}
}}
Exclaim!{{'}}s Denise Benson described Last Century Modern as a "wonderfully eclectic" album that "solidifies [Tei's] reputation for creating fanciful, risky pop music."{{cite magazine|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/towa_tei-last_century_modern|title=Towa Tei: Last Century Modern|magazine=Exclaim!|first=Denise|last=Benson|date=July 1, 2000|access-date=December 11, 2020}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Last Century Modern
| note1 = featuring Ua
| lyrics1 = Towa Tei
| music1 = Tei
| length1 = 2:48
| title2 = A Ring
| note2 = featuring Pascale Borel
| lyrics2 = Tei
| music2 = Tei
| length2 = 3:08
| title3 = Angel
| note3 = featuring Ayumi Tanabe and Viv
| lyrics3 = Tei
| music3 = Tei
| length3 = 4:56
| title4 = Butterfly
| note4 = featuring Ayumi Tanabe
| lyrics4 = Tei
| music4 = Tei
| length4 = 4:04
| title5 = Contact
| note5 = featuring Jumpin Jack Frost and Die; exclusive to Japanese edition
| music5 = {{hlist|Tei|Die}}
| length5 = 8:11
| title6 = CHATR
| note6 = featuring CHATR
| lyrics6 = Tei
| music6 = Tei
| length6 = 2:33
| title7 = Stretch Building Bamboo
| music7 = Tei
| length7 = 2:55
| title8 = Congratulations!
| note8 = featuring Cory Daye
| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Tei|James Harris III|Terry Lewis}}
| music8 = {{hlist|Tei|Harris|Lewis}}
| length8 = 4:47
| title9 = Funkin' for Jamaica
| note9 = featuring Joanne, Les Nubians, Wizdom Life, and Tom Browne
| lyrics9 = Toni Smith
| music9 = Browne
| length9 = 4:55
| title10 = Let Me Know
| note10 = featuring Chara
| lyrics10 = {{hlist|Tei|Chara}}
| music10 = Tei
| length10 = 4:10
| title11 = LCM
| lyrics11 = Tei
| length11 = 1:48
| total_length = 44:15
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Australian, European, and Russian edition bonus tracks
| title11 = Funkin' for Jamaica
| note11 = Shinichi Osawa remix
| lyrics11 = Smith
| music11 = Browne
| length11 = 7:27
| title12 = Let Me Know
| note12 = Mighty Bop remix
| lyrics12 = {{hlist|Tei|Chara}}
| music12 = Tei
| length12 = 5:52
| total_length = 49:23
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = US edition bonus tracks
| title11 = Butterfly
| note11 = Cornelius remix
| lyrics11 = Tei
| music11 = Tei
| length11 = 4:06
| title12 = Let Me Know
| note12 = Mighty Bop remix
| lyrics12 = {{hlist|Tei|Chara}}
| music12 = Tei
| length12 = 5:52
| total_length = 46:02
}}
Charts
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|45882|Last Century Modern}}
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Category:Albums recorded at Chung King Studios