Sound Museum

{{Infobox album

| name = Sound Museum

| type = studio

| artist = Towa Tei

| cover = Towa Tei - Sound Museum.png

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1997|05|25}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = {{flatlist|

• VU
• Free, Planet Kingdom, and Heart Beat (Tokyo)
• Chung King, Right Track, and Sound on Sound (New York)

}}

| genre = Shibuya-kei{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|title=Japan's Shibuya-Kei Scene Invades America|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|issue=60|first=David|last=Daley|date=August 1998|access-date=December 11, 2020|pages=16–17}}

| length = {{duration|m=49|s=41}}

| label = East West

| producer = Towa Tei

| prev_title = Sweet Robots Against the Machine

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Last Century Modern

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Sound Museum

| type = studio

| single1 = Happy

| single1date = June 25, 1997{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/24459/products/38238/1/|title=ハッピー {{!}} TOWA TEI|publisher=Oricon|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja}}

| single2 = GBI (German Bold Italic)

| single2date = September 10, 1997{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/24459/products/38274/1/|title=Intro {{!}} TOWA TEI|publisher=Oricon|access-date=December 11, 2020|language=ja}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sound-museum-mw0000597372|title=Sound Museum – Towa Tei|publisher=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=August 3, 2015}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = A−{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1998/02/20/sound-museum-2/|title=Sound Museum|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Will|last=Hermes|author-link=Will Hermes|date=February 20, 1998|access-date=June 24, 2018}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 7.1/10{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22477-sound-museum|title=Towa Tei: Sound Museum|website=Pitchfork|first=James P.|last=Wisdom|access-date=November 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228230846/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22477-sound-museum|archive-date=February 28, 2008|url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=37720&cf=2452|title=Towa Tei: Sound Museum|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Rob|last=Sheffield|author-link=Rob Sheffield|date=March 5, 1998|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030419061913/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=37720&cf=2452|archive-date=April 19, 2003|url-status=dead}}

}}

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.

Sound Museum peaked at number 17 on the Oricon Albums Chart. By July 1997, it had sold over 100,000 copies.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56|title=Label Loyalty Lost As 3 Japanese Acts Jump Ship|magazine=Billboard|volume=109|issue=29|first=Steve|last=McClure|date=July 19, 1997|access-date=November 11, 2017|page=56}}