Mark's Keyboard Repair

Mark's Keyboard Repair
Studio album by Money Mark
Released	1995 (UK) 1996 (US)
Genre	Rock, jazz, pop-funk
Length	38:17 (UK) 61:19 (US)
Label	Mo' Wax
Money Mark chronology
Performing Chicken EP (1994)Performing Chicken EP1994 Mark's Keyboard Repair (1995) Third Version EP (1996)Third Version EP1996

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Mark's Keyboard Repair is an album by Money Mark released on the Mo' Wax label in 1995. The album is a series of low key keyboard-driven lounge and funk songs. Mark only sings on a few of the records. The music has a demo-ish quality which is matched by Mark's use of vintage keyboards and beatbox-like drum loops.

The full length version is actually a composite of the Performing Chicken EP, with the additional tracks from the UK release (in 1995) of Mark's Keyboard Repair, and the tracks from the Third Version EP. Tracks 1-11 are from the 1994 EP, 12-20 from the 1995 release, and 21-30 from the 1996 release. UK versions do not include the songs from the Third Version EP. The album reached #35 on the UK albums chart in September 1995.

"Cry" and "Insects Are All Around Us" was released as a single in May 1995 and reached #140 on the UK singles chart. "Cry" was again released as a single in August of that year and reached a more respectable #86. It was then also remixed by the Dust Brothers and included as a b-side of the "Hand in My Head" single.

"Got My Hand in Your Head" was rerecorded as "Hand in Your Head" for Money Mark's second full-length album - Push the Button. It was released as a single and reached #40 in the UK in February 1998.

"Sometimes You Gotta Make It Alone" was rerecorded in 1996 for the Third Version EP, the new version displayed a new confident direction. The vocals were cleaner and fuller in the mix. This pop approach was developed further on Push the Button.

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Mark Ramos Nishita.

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.II" – 2:33
28. "Inner Laugh" – 2:13
29. "The Grade" – 4:38
30. "Mark's Keyboard Repair" – 0:58

Track listing UK

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" ^[A] – 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

External links

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