Mark's Keyboard Repair

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{{Infobox album

| name = Mark's Keyboard Repair

| type = studio

| artist = Money Mark

| cover = Markskeyboardrepair.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1995}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Lo-fi{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/30-albums-that-made-1995-a-vintage-year-for-music-1401257|title=30 Albums That Made 1995 A Vintage Year For Music|work=NME|first=Emily|last=Barker|date=January 26, 2015|access-date=January 6, 2018}}

| length = {{Duration|m=38|s=17}}

| label = Mo' Wax

| producer = Mark Ramos-Nishita

| prev_title = Performing Chicken

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Third Version EP

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Mark's Keyboard Repair

| type = studio

| single1 = Insects Are All Around Us" / "Cry

| single1date = 1995

| single2 = Cry

| single2date = 1995

}}

}}

Mark's Keyboard Repair is the debut studio album by American musician Money Mark, released on the Mo' Wax label in 1995. It peaked at number 35 on the UK Albums Chart. "Insects Are All Around Us" / "Cry" was released as a single and reached number 99 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web |title=Mark's Keyboard Repair |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/money-mark-marks-keyboard-repair/ |access-date=January 6, 2018 |publisher=Official Charts Company}} Later, "Cry" was released as a single again and reached number 80 on the chart.

Money Mark used principles inspired by Dogme 95 to record this album.{{cite web |title=Interview with Money Mark - Ableton |url=https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/money-mark-constructing-creativity/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502210130/https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/money-mark-constructing-creativity/ |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |access-date=May 2, 2018 |website=www.ableton.com}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/marks-keyboard-repair-mw0000186072|title=Mark's Keyboard Repair – Money Mark|work=AllMusic|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=January 6, 2018}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = A−{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/05/03/marks-keyboard-repair/|title=Mark's Keyboard Repair|work=Entertainment Weekly|first=Ethan|last=Smith|date=May 3, 1996|access-date=May 29, 2019}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|title=Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair (Mo' Wax)|work=The Guardian|first=Gary|last=Mulholland|date=September 1, 1995}}

| rev4 = Muzik

| rev4score = 4/5{{cite magazine|title=Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair Shop (Mo' Wax/Love Kit)|work=Muzik|issue=2|first=Will|last=Ashon|date=July 1995|page=71}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5score = 9.0/10{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19999-marks-keyboard-repair|title=Money Mark: Mark’s Keyboard Repair|work=Pitchfork|first=Ryan|last=Schreiber|access-date=January 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404094316/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19999-marks-keyboard-repair|archive-date=April 4, 2008|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=30458&cf=4138|title=Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair|work=Rolling Stone|first=Ernest|last=Hardy|date=April 18, 1996|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010512213943/http://rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=30458&cf=4138|archive-date=May 12, 2001|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev7score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Money Mark|last=Sherlock|first=Dev|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|year=2004|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/553 553]}}

}}

The Independent opined: "The overall effect though is entirely fulfilling: the listener glides at will between a happy host of different cocktail hours, while Ramos-Nishita's natty organ doodles conjure up the diverse spirits of US jazz giant Wild Bill Davis and our own legendary Mrs Mills, empress of pub piano."{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Ben |title=Money Mark: Mark's Keyboard Repair |work=The Independent |date=24 Sep 1995 |department=Arts |page=22}} NME listed Mark's Keyboard Repair as the 24th best album of 1995.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1995-2-1045368|title=Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1995|work=NME|date=October 10, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2018}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Mark Ramos-Nishita

| headline = Original edition

| title1 = Pretty Pain

| length1 = 3:10

| title2 = No Fighting

| length2 = 1:28

| title3 = Ba Ba Ba Boom

| length3 = 1:34

| title4 = Have Clav Will Travel

| length4 = 1:27

| title5 = Don't Miss the Boat

| length5 = 2:30

| title6 = Sunday Gardena Blvd.

| length6 = 1:32

| title7 = Insects Are All Around Us

| length7 = 2:21

| title8 = Scenes from...

| length8 = 1:07

| title9 = Poets Walk

| length9 = 0:59

| title10 = Spooky

| length10 = 1:07

| title11 = Cry

| length11 = 2:19

| title12 = Ease

| length12 = 2:57

| title13 = Got My Hand in Your Head

| length13 = 1:39

| title14 = That's for Sure / Sixth Synth

| length14 = 1:53

| title15 = Invitation

| length15 = 2:06

| title16 = Time Lapse Life

| length16 = 2:25

| title17 = Seven, Seven, Seven

| length17 = 1:44

| title18 = Sometimes You Gotta Make It Alone

| length18 = 2:31

| title19 = Pinto's New Car

| length19 = 2:22

| total_length = 38:17

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = US reissue edition

| title1 = Pretty Pain

| length1 = 3:10

| title2 = No Fighting

| length2 = 1:28

| title3 = Ba Ba Ba Boom

| length3 = 1:34

| title4 = Have Clav Will Travel

| length4 = 1:27

| title5 = Don't Miss the Boat

| length5 = 2:30

| title6 = Sunday Gardena Blvd.

| length6 = 1:32

| title7 = Insects Are All Around Us

| length7 = 2:21

| title8 = Scenes from...

| length8 = 1:07

| title9 = Poets Walk

| length9 = 0:59

| title10 = Spooky

| length10 = 1:07

| title11 = Cry

| length11 = 2:19

| title12 = Ease

| length12 = 2:57

| title13 = Got My Hand in Your Head

| length13 = 1:39

| title14 = That's for Sure

| length14 = 0:37

| title15 = Sixth Synth

| length15 = 1:16

| title16 = Invitation

| length16 = 2:06

| title17 = Time Lapse Life

| length17 = 2:25

| title18 = Seven, Seven, Seven

| length18 = 1:44

| title19 = Sometimes You Gotta Make It Alone

| length19 = 2:31

| title20 = Pinto's New Car

| length20 = 2:22

| title21 = Revolt of the Octopi

| length21 = 2:34

| title22 = Never Stop

| length22 = 2:24

| title23 = Slow Flames

| length23 = 2:20

| title24 = Hard Ass

| length24 = 2:30

| title25 = From the Beginning to the End

| length25 = 1:50

| title26 = Functions

| length26 = 2:08

| title27 = World Lesson Pt. 2

| length27 = 2:33

| title28 = Inner Laugh

| length28 = 2:13

| title29 = The Grade

| length29 = 4:38

| title30 = Mark's Keyboard Repair

| length30 = 0:58

| total_length = 61:19

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

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!scope="col"| Chart (1995)

!scope="col"| Peak
position

{{Album chart|UK2|35|date=19950903|accessdate=May 29, 2019|rowheader=true}}

References

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