Luxury (album)

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Luxury

Studio album by Fantastic Plastic Machine

Released

September 18, 1998

Recorded

1997, 1998

Genre

Shibuya-kei/Electronica

Length

64:26

Label

JP: Readymade Records
US: Emperor Norton
EU: Bungalow Records

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka
Masaki Tsurugi

Professional reviews

Fantastic Plastic Machine chronology

Summer Review EP
(1998)

Luxury
(1998)

beautiful.
(2001)

Luxury is the second album from Fantastic Plastic Machine. It is the follow-up to his 1997 debut album. Luxury is a continuation of his previous work in Shibuya-kei, though in some tracks there are indications of a shift towards house music and '70s Philly soul, a path he would explore more in his next album, beautiful. The track "There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)", is a cover version of a Eurythmics song. Vocals on the Luxury version are performed by Lorraine Bowen. Her vocals also appear on the track "Bossa for Jackie".

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese version

"Theme of Luxury"
"There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)"
"Honolulu, Calcutta"
"Electric Lady Land"
"He Became a Beatnik"
"Bossa for Jackie"
"You Must Learn All Night Long"
"Lotto"
"Satellite Beats"
"I've Forgotten My Fagotto"
"The Green Door"
"MPF"
"Mr. Fantasy's Love"

[edit] US and European version

On the U.S. and European release, the tracks and the trackorder are different.
- "There Must Be an Angel" is replaced with a different mix.
- "The Green Door" is replaced with an instrumental version, "The Girl Next Green Door."
- Track 4 is now an English version of "Electric Lady Land", while the original Japanese version comes as a bonus track.
- The track "MPF" is now titled "mpf (Mezzo Pianoforte)", but the track remains the same.