The Residents - Mark Of The Mole
| Genre: | Electronic |
| Singer: | The Residents |
| Title: | Mark Of The Mole |
| Short-info: | Label:
Torso – TORSO CD 417
Type: CD, Album, Reissue, PDO Pressing Country: Netherlands Date of released: 1988 Category: Electronic Style: Experimental |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1301 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1521 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC AUD ADX APE AAC FLAC DTS XM |
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Tracklist
| Mark Of The Mole | ||
| 1 | Voices Of The Air | 2:56 |
| The Ultimate Disaster | (8:59) | |
| 2.1 | Won't You Keep Us Working? | |
| 2.2 | First Warning | |
| 2.3 | Back To Normality? | |
| 2.4 | The Sky Falls! | |
| 2.5 | Why Are We Crying? | |
| 2.6 | The Tunnels Are Filling | |
| 2.7 | It Never Stops | |
| Migration | (7:18) | |
| 3.1 | March To The Sea | |
| 3.2 | The Observer | |
| 3.3 | Hole-workers New Hymn | |
| Hole Workers Vs. Man And Machine | ||
| Another Land | (4:41) | |
| 4.1 | Rumors | |
| 4.2 | Arrival | |
| 4.3 | Deployment | |
| 4.4 | Saturation | |
| The New Machine | (17:20) | |
| 5.1 | Ideas | |
| 5.2 | Construction | |
| 5.3 | Failure / Reconstruction | |
| 5.4 | Success | |
| Final Confrontation | ||
| 6.1 | Driving The Moles Away | |
| 6.2 | Don't Tread On Me | |
| 6.3 | The Short War | |
| 6.4 | Resolution? | |
| Intermission | ||
| 7 | Lights Out (Prelude) | 5:54 |
| 8 | Shorty's Lament (Intermission) | 6:48 |
| 9 | The Moles Are Coming (Intermission) | 2:58 |
| 10 | Would We Be Alive? (Intermission) | 5:13 |
| 11 | The New Hymn (Recessional) | 4:21 |
Companies, etc.
- Licensed To – Torso Records
- Distributed By – EFA – CD 14255-26
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Cryptic Corporation
- Copyright (c) – Cryptic Corporation
- Made By – PDO, Germany
- Published By – Pale Pachyderm Publishing
Credits
- Arranged By [Vocal Arrangements By] – J. Raoul Brody* (tracks: 7 to 11)
- Artwork [CD Package] – Rex Ray
- Backing Vocals [Backing Singers] – Annie Stocking (tracks: 7 to 11), Jeanette Sartain (tracks: 7 to 11), Joan Cashel (tracks: 7 to 11)
- Cover – Porno Graphics*
- Featuring, Voice [The Voices Of] – Nessie Lessons (tracks: 1 to 6), Penn Jillette (tracks: 1 to 6)
- Producer – The Cryptic Corporation
- Written-By, Performer [Performed By] – The Residents
Notes
This version has the CD made by PDO, Germany.A similar version made by DADC Austria can be found here: Mark Of The Mole.
Tracks 1 to 6: Mark Of The Mole (vinyl LP - Ralph Records - 1981).
Tracks 7 to 11: Intermission (vinyl EP - Ralph Records - 1982). This was used as prelude, intermission and recessional music during the Mole Show Tour (1982-1983).
Publushed by Pale Pachyderm Publishing (BMI) [Publushed is a typo on the cover, should be Published]
Released under license by Torso Records
© (p) 1981, 1982, 1988 The Cryptic Corporation
There are only 10 track indexes on the CD, tracks 5.1 to 6.4 are all in CD index 5 which has the total time of 17:20.
Packaged in a standard jewel case with 4-page booklet.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout: TORSO CD 417 2898 596 01 / MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RZ-8152 | The Residents | Mark Of The Mole (LP, Album) | Ralph Records | RZ-8152 | US | 1981 |
| RZ 8152, R2-8152 | The Residents | Mark Of The Mole (LP, Album, Ltd, Bro) | Ralph Records, Ralph Records | RZ 8152, R2-8152 | US | 1982 |
| BOM22046 | The Residents | Mark Of The Mole (CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig) | Bomba Records | BOM22046 | Japan | 1997 |
| ESD 80272 | The Residents | Mark Of The Mole (CD, Album, RE) | East Side Digital | ESD 80272 | US | 1988 |
| ESD 80272 | The Residents | Mark Of The Mole (CD, Album, RE) | East Side Digital | ESD 80272 | US | 1988 |











