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Beautiful (Fantastic Plastic Machine album)

Beautiful
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2001 (2001-01-17)
GenreHouse[1]
Length56:35
Label
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka
Fantastic Plastic Machine chronology
Luxury
(1998)
Beautiful
(2001)
Contact
(2001)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Alternative Press6/10[4]
Pitchfork8.1/10[1]
Uncut[5]

Beautiful (sometimes stylized as beautiful.) is the third studio album by Japanese musician Fantastic Plastic Machine. It was released on January 17, 2001 by Avex Trax,[6] and peaked at number 38 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[7] The album was released in the United States on May 15, 2001 by Emperor Norton Records.[8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Am Beautiful"Tomoyuki Tanaka0:03
2."Beautiful Days"
  • Tanaka
  • Dan Miyakawa
4:29
3."Paragon"Tanaka5:09
4."Love Is Psychedelic"Tanaka6:00
5."On a Chair"
  • Tanaka
  • Miyakawa
6:17
6."Whistle Song"Eric Kupper8:02
7."One Minute of Love"Tanaka1:00
8."Todos os desejos"
  • Tanaka
  • Miyakawa
  • C. L. R. James
7:27
9."I'm Still a Simple Man"
  • Tanaka
  • Miyakawa
  • Hirth Martinez
4:41
10."Black Dada"Tanaka3:59
11."God Save the Mona Lisa"
  • Tanaka
  • Miyakawa
  • Martinez
5:13
12."Beautiful Days (Reprise)"
  • Tanaka
  • Miyakawa
4:15
Total length:56:35
US edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Take Me to the Disco" (Malibu mix)Tanaka6:35
Total length:63:10

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 38

References

  1. ^ a b Juzwiak, Richard M. (April 3, 2001). "Fantastic Plastic Machine: Beautiful". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Beautiful by Fantastic Plastic Machine Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Draper, Jimmy. "Beautiful – Fantastic Plastic Machine". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Fantastic Plastic Machine: Beautiful". Alternative Press. No. 157. August 2001. p. 88.
  5. ^ "Fantastic Plastic Machine: Beautiful". Uncut. No. 51. August 2001. p. 90.
  6. ^ "beautiful". fpmnet.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Fantastic Plastic Machine" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on June 14, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  8. ^ "beautiful". fpmnet.com. Retrieved December 10, 2020.