Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!

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Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!

Studio album by The Mint Chicks

Released

2006

Genre

Punk Rock, Power Pop, No Wave

Length

46:24

Label

Flying Nun

The Mint Chicks chronology

Fuck the Golden Youth
(2005)

Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
(2006)

Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! is the second full-length, highly-successful album released by The Mint Chicks on the Flying Nun Label. The album was produced by singer Kody and Guitarist Ruban Nielson, and mastered by the legendary Howie Weinberg who has worked with Nirvana, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The White Stripes, Beastie Boys and Gorillaz.^[1]The album dominated the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2007, earning themselves five awards.

1 Track listing
2 Singles
3 Awards for Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
4 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Kody Nielson and [[Ruban Neilson] Except "If My Arm Was A Mic Stand, Would You Hold My Hand?" written by Michael Logie and Kody Nielson].

"Ockham's Razor" – 4:26
"This Is Your Last Chance To Be Famous, My Love" - 4:02
"Welcome To Nowhere" – 2:56
"You're Just As Confused As I Am" – 2:42
"Walking Off A Cliff Again" – 2:11
"Don't Turn Me On Just To Turn On Me" – 1:56
"Funeral Day" – 3:36
"Real Friends" – 2:23
"She's Back On Crack" – 1:48
"Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!" - 4:40
"If My Arm Was A Mic Stand, Would You Hold My Hand?" - 2:37
"Sleeping During The Day" - 3:25
"Ammie" - 2:54
"100 Minutes Of Silence" - 6:14

[edit] Singles

"Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!" (April 2007)
"Welcome to Nowhere" (June 2007)
"Sleeping During the Day" (July 2007)
"Walking Off a Cliff Again" (October 2007)
"If My Arm Was a Mic Stand, Would You Hold My Hand?" (January 2008)
"She's Back on Crack" (March 2008)

[edit] Awards for Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!

Award	Awarded at	Other Contenders in Category
Album of the Year	New Zealand Music Awards 07	Brooke Fraser, Evermore, Hollie Smith, Opshop
Best Group	New Zealand Music Awards 07	Evermore, Opshop
Best Rock Album	New Zealand Music Awards 07	Evermore, Opshop
Best Music Video (Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!, dir: Sam Peacocke)	New Zealand Music Awards 07	Liam Finn (Second Chance, dir: Angus Sutherland/Liam Finn) Opshop (Maybe, dir: Stephen Tolfrey)
Best Album Cover (designed by Ruban Nielson)	New Zealand Music Awards 07	Dimmer (There My Dear, designed by Dylan Pharazyn) John Psathas (View from Olympus, designed by Tim Gummer)