Mint 400 (album)

Mint 400
Studio album by Ammonia
Released 16 October 1995 (see release history)
Recorded Festival Studios, Sydney
Genre Grunge/rock
Length 42:02
Label Murmur
Producer Kevin 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
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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.

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"

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

Personnel

Credits

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ APRA database at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)