Mark's Keyboard Repair

"Insects Are All Around Us / Cry"
Mark's Keyboard Repair
Studio album by Money Mark
Released	1995
Genre	Lo-fi[1]
Length	38:17
Label	Mo' Wax
Producer	Mark Ramos-Nishita
Money Mark chronology
Singles from Mark's Keyboard Repair
	"Insects Are All Around Us / Cry"; Released: 1995; "Cry"; Released: 1995;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Pitchfork	9.0/10^[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Mark's Keyboard Repair is the debut studio album by Money Mark, originally released on the Mo' Wax label in 1995. It peaked at number 35 on the UK Albums Chart.^[5] NME listed it as the 24th best album of 1995.^[6]

"Insects Are All Around Us / Cry" was released as a single and reached number 99 on the UK Singles Chart.^[5] Later, "Cry" was released as a single again and reached number 80 on the chart.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Mark Ramos-Nishita.

Original edition
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.

Mark Ramos-Nishita – production
James Lavelle – A&R
Brian McPherson – legal representation
Ben Drury – sleeve design
Will Bankhead – sleeve design
Paul "Jazz" Thompson – color photography
Mario Caldato Jr. – black and white photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	35

References

↑ Barker, Emily (January 26, 2015). "30 Albums That Made 1995 A Vintage Year For Music". NME. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mark's Keyboard Repair - Money Mark". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
↑ Schreiber, Ryan. "Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 4, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Money Mark". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Fireside. p. 553.
1 2 3 4 "Money Mark". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
↑ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1995". NME. October 10, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2018.

External links

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

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[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] Schreiber, Ryan. "Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 4, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2018.

[4] Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Money Mark". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Fireside. p. 553.

[officialcharts-5] 1 2 3 4 "Money Mark". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 6, 2018.

[6] "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1995". NME. October 10, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2018.