Mint 400 (album)

Mint 400 is Ammonia's debut studio album. It was released in Australia in October 1995. The album takes its title from an auto race described in Hunter S. Thompson's book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Mint 400
Studio album by
Ammonia
Released16 October 1995
RecordedFestival Studios, Sydney
GenreGrunge, post-grunge
Length42:02
LabelMurmur
ProducerKevin Shirley, Ben Glatzer
Ammonia chronology
Sleepwalking EP
(1995)		 Mint 400
(1995)		 Eleventh Avenue
(1998)
Singles from Mint 400
  1. "Drugs"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Ken Carter"
    Released: 1996
  3. "Suzi Q"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album was produced by legendary American producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Slayer). Recorded in ten days at Festival Studios in Sydney, the recording captured the band's live sound, avoiding excessive overdubs and studio manipulation.

Mint 400 was an immediate hit in Australia, debuting in the National Album charts at Number 15. The album went out of print in March 2002.

The car on the cover is a custom 1968 Pontiac GTO.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Allan Balmont, Simon Hensworth and Dave Johnstone except where noted[2]

  1. "Ken Carter" - 3:55
  2. "Drugs" (A. Balmont, S. Hensworth) - 3:26
  3. "Sleepwalking" - 3:10
  4. "Face Down" - 5:08
  5. "In a Box" - 2:35
  6. "Suzi Q" - 2:37
  7. "Little Death" - 5:23
  8. "Mint 400" - 2:17
  9. "Burning Plant Smell" - 3:06
  10. "Z-Man" - 2:36
  11. "Million Dollar Man" - 3:55
  12. "Lucky No. 3" - 3:53

Japanese edition
  1. "Ken Carter" - 3:55
  2. "Drugs" - 3:26
  3. "Sleepwalking" - 3:10
  4. "Face Down" - 5:08
  5. "In a Box" - 2:35
  6. "Suzi Q" - 2:37
  7. "Little Death" - 5:23
  8. "Mint 400" - 2:17
  9. "Small Town"
  10. "Burning Plant Smell" - 3:06
  11. "Z-Man" - 2:36
  12. "Million Dollar Man" - 3:55
  13. "Lucky No. 3" - 3:53
  14. "Orange Juice"

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1995–96) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 15

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia 16 October 1995 Murmur CD MATTCD023
United States 19 March 1996 Epic CD, Cassette EK67556
Japan 2001 CD ESCA 6506

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. APRA database Archived 2007-05-17 at the Wayback Machine at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)
  3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 14.
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