Mark's Keyboard Repair is an album by Money Mark

Money Mark

Mark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...

 released on the Mo' Wax

Mo' Wax

Mo' Wax was a UK-based record label owned by James Lavelle, who founded it in the early 1990s with Tim Goldsworthy. Steve Finan became co-owner shortly after. The label came to recognition for being at the forefront of trip hop, turntablism and alternative rap during the mid-90s...

 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

Performing Chicken EP

Performing Chicken is an EP by Money Mark released on Fido Speaks/Love Kit Records in 1994. The tracks on this release also comprise the first portion of his later album, Mark's Keyboard Repair.-Track listing:#Pretty Pain#No Fighting#Ba Ba Ba Boom...

, 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

UK Albums Chart

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 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

UK Singles Chart

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. "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

Dust Brothers

The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, E.Z. Mike and King Gizmo , famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, Odelay by Beck, and the soundtrack to...

 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

^ "That's for Sure" and "Sixth Synth" are listed on the sleeve as separate tracks, but are combined as one single track on Cd versions.