Mark's Keyboard Repair

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Mark's Keyboard Repair
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Studio album by
Money Mark
Released1995 (1995)
Genre Lo-fi [1]
Length38:17
Label Mo' Wax
Producer Mark Ramos-Nishita
Money Mark chronology
Performing Chicken
(1994)		Mark's Keyboard Repair
(1995)		Third Version EP
(1996)
Singles from Mark's Keyboard Repair
  1. "Insects Are All Around Us" / "Cry"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Cry"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Muzik 4/5 [5]
Pitchfork 9.0/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Mark's Keyboard Repair is the debut studio album by American musician Money Mark, originally released on the Mo' Wax label in 1995. It peaked at number 35 on the UK Albums Chart. [9] NME listed it as the 24th best album of 1995. [10]

Contents

"Insects Are All Around Us" / "Cry" was released as a single and reached number 99 on the UK Singles Chart. [9] Later, "Cry" was released as a single again and reached number 80 on the chart. [9]

Money Mark used principles inspired by Dogme 95 to record this album. [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Ramos-Nishita.

Original edition
No.TitleLength
1."Pretty Pain"3:10
2."No Fighting"1:28
3."Ba Ba Ba Boom"1:34
4."Have Clav Will Travel"1:27
5."Don't Miss the Boat"2:30
6."Sunday Gardena Blvd."1:32
7."Insects Are All Around Us"2:21
8."Scenes from..."1:07
9."Poets Walk"0:59
10."Spooky"1:07
11."Cry"2:19
12."Ease"2:57
13."Got My Hand in Your Head"1:39
14."That's for Sure / Sixth Synth"1:53
15."Invitation"2:06
16."Time Lapse Life"2:25
17."Seven, Seven, Seven"1:44
18."Sometimes You Gotta Make It Alone"2:31
19."Pinto's New Car"2:22
Total length:38:17
US reissue edition
No.TitleLength
1."Pretty Pain"3:10
2."No Fighting"1:28
3."Ba Ba Ba Boom"1:34
4."Have Clav Will Travel"1:27
5."Don't Miss the Boat"2:30
6."Sunday Gardena Blvd."1:32
7."Insects Are All Around Us"2:21
8."Scenes from..."1:07
9."Poets Walk"0:59
10."Spooky"1:07
11."Cry"2:19
12."Ease"2:57
13."Got My Hand in Your Head"1:39
14."That's for Sure"0:37
15."Sixth Synth"1:16
16."Invitation"2:06
17."Time Lapse Life"2:25
18."Seven, Seven, Seven"1:44
19."Sometimes You Gotta Make It Alone"2:31
20."Pinto's New Car"2:22
21."Revolt of the Octopi"2:34
22."Never Stop"2:24
23."Slow Flames"2:20
24."Hard Ass"2:30
25."From the Beginning to the End"1:50
26."Functions"2:08
27."World Lesson Pt. 2"2:33
28."Inner Laugh"2:13
29."The Grade"4:38
30."Mark's Keyboard Repair"0:58
Total length:61:19

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 35

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