Push the Button (Money Mark album)

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Push the Button
Pushthebutton.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 1998 (1998-05-04)
Genre Guitar pop [1]
Length52:05
Label Mo' Wax
Producer
Money Mark chronology
Third Version EP
(1996)
Push the Button
(1998)
Change is Coming
(2001)
Singles from Push the Button
  1. "Hand in Your Head"
    Released: 1998
  2. "Maybe I'm Dead"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Melody Maker Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Muzik 9/10 [6]
NME 7/10 [7]
Pitchfork 5.2/10 [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Vox Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Push the Button is the second studio album by American musician Money Mark, originally released on the Mo' Wax label in 1998. It peaked at number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. [12]

Contents

"Hand in Your Head" and "Maybe I'm Dead" were released as singles, the former reaching number 40 and the latter reaching number 45 on the UK Singles Chart. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Ramos-Nishita

No.TitleLength
1."Push the Button"2:55
2."Too Like You"2:46
3."Monkey Dot"2:03
4."Tomorrow Will Be Like Today"3:36
5."Poor Shakes"0:31
6."Bossa Nova 101"1:15
7."Rock in the Rain"3:38
8."Crowns"3:26
9."All the People"3:34
10."Underneath It All"3:06
11."I Don't Play Piano"4:12
12."Destroyer"2:22
13."Hand in Your Head"3:43
14."Trust"2:59
15."Maybe I'm Dead"4:02
16."Dha Teen Ta"2:30
17."Powerhouse"3:34
18."Harmonics of Life"1:53

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 24
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 17
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [15] 1

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