Mark's Keyboard Repair

Summary

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]

Mark's Keyboard Repair
Studio album by
Released1995 (1995)
GenreLo-fi[1]
Length38:17
LabelMo' Wax
ProducerMark 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[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
The Guardian[4]
Muzik4/5[5]
Pitchfork9.0/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]

"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 edit

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 edit

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Barker, Emily (January 26, 2015). "30 Albums That Made 1995 A Vintage Year For Music". NME. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mark's Keyboard Repair – Money Mark". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Smith, Ethan (May 3, 1996). "Mark's Keyboard Repair". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Mulholland, Gary (September 1, 1995). "Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair (Mo' Wax)". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Ashon, Will (July 1995). "Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair Shop (Mo' Wax/Love Kit)". Muzik. No. 2. p. 71.
  6. ^ Schreiber, Ryan. "Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 4, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  7. ^ Hardy, Ernest (April 18, 1996). "Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 12, 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  8. ^ Sherlock, Dev (2004). "Money Mark". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 553. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ a b c "Mark's Keyboard Repair". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  10. ^ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1995". NME. October 10, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  11. ^ "Interview with Money Mark - Ableton". www.ableton.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

External links edit

  • Mark's Keyboard Repair at Discogs (list of releases)