Beautiful (Fantastic Plastic Machine album)

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]

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]

Track listing

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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

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

References

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  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.
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