The Residents – Mark Of The Mole

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Label:	East Side Digital – ESD 80272
Format:	CD, Album, Reissue
Country:	US
Released:	1988
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Avantgarde, Experimental

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 / Final Confrontation	17:20
	The New Machine
5.1	Ideas
5.2	Construction
5.3	Failure / Reconstruction
5.4	Success
	Final Confrontation
5.5	Driving The Moles Away
5.6	Don't Tread On Me
5.7	The Short War
5.8	Resolution?
	Intermission
6	Lights Out (Prelude)	5:54
7	Shorty's Lament (Intermission)	6:48
8	The Moles Are Coming (Intermission)	2:58
9	Would We Be Alive (Intermission)	5:13
10	The New Hymn (Recessional)	4:21

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Cryptic Corporation
Copyright © – Cryptic Corporation
Published By – Pale Pachyderm Publishing
Glass Mastered At – PDO, USA

Credits

Arranged By [Vocals Arrangements] – J. Raoul Brody* (tracks: 6 to 10)
Artwork [CD Package] – Rex Ray
Backing Vocals – Annie Stocking (tracks: 6 to 10), Jeanette Sartain (tracks: 6 to 10), Joan Cashel (tracks: 6 to 10)
Cover – Porno Graphics*
Producer – The Cryptic Corporation
Voice – Nessie Lessons (tracks: 1 to 5), Penn Jillette (tracks: 1 to 5)
Written-By, Performer – The Residents

Notes

Tracks 1 to 5: Mark Of The Mole (vinyl LP - Ralph Records - 1981).
Tracks 6 to 10: Intermission (vinyl EP - Ralph Records - 1982). This was used as prelude, intermission and recessional music during the Mole Show Tour (1982-1983).

When playing the CD, there are 10 tracks in all. The tracklist on the back cover is wrong as it lists 11 tracks. On CD, tracks 5 and 6 are gathered in a one and only track which lasts 17:20. The above tracklist reflects the reality, not the wrong positions listed on the back cover.

© (p) 1981, 1982, 1988 The Cryptic Corporation

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout: ESD 80272 01@ MADE IN USA BY PDO
Rights Society: BMI

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Mark Of The Mole (LP, Album)	Ralph Records	RZ-8152	US	1981
New Submission	Mark Of The Mole (LP, Album, Test Pressing)	Ralph Records	R 8152	US	1981
	Mark Of The Mole (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Brown)	Ralph Records, Ralph Records	RZ 8152, R2-8152	US	1982
Recently Edited	Mark Of The Mole (LP, Album, Test Pressing)	Ralph Records	RZ 8152	US	1982
	Mark Of The Mole (LP, Album, Repress)	Ralph Records	RZ-8152	US	1985