Mint 400 (album) explained

Mint 400
Type:Album
Artist:Ammonia
Cover:Mint 400.jpg
Released:16 October 1995
Recorded:Festival Studios, Sydney
Genre:Grunge, post-grunge
Length:42:02
Label:Murmur
Producer:Kevin Shirley, Ben Glatzer
Prev Title:Sleepwalking EP
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Eleventh Avenue
Next Year:1998

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[1]

  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

Ammonia
Additional personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue
Australia16 October 1995CDMATTCD023
United States19 March 1996CD, CassetteEK67556
Japan2001CDESCA 6506

Notes and References

  1. http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt APRA database
  2. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. PDF. 14.