Mint 400 is Ammonia

Ammonia (band)

-Studio albums:-Extended plays:-Singles:*"Drugs" - Murmur AUS #32*"Ken Carter" - Murmur AUS #50*"Suzi Q" - Murmur *"Satin Only" - Murmur *"You're Not the Only One Who Feels This Way" - Murmur AUS #83...

's debut studio album. It was released in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 in October 1995. The album takes its title from an auto race described in Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson

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's book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The album was produced by legendary American producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

, Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

, Slayer

Slayer

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). 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 1969 Pontiac GTO

Pontiac GTO

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.

Track listing

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

1. "Ken Carter
   Ken Carter (song)
   "Ken Carter" is a song by Ammonia, released as their second single from their debut album Mint 400.-Track listing:#"Ken Carter" – 3:56#"Incinerator" – 2:47#"Easter Egg" – 3:39...
   
   " - 3:55
2. "Drugs
   Drugs (song)
   "Drugs" is a song by Ammonia, released as their debut single from their debut album Mint 400 in 1995, however two songs had been released prior as EPs, In A Box and Sleepwalking...
   
   " (A. Balmont, D. Hensworth) - 3:26
3. "Sleepwalking" - 3:10
4. "Face Down" - 5:08
5. "In a Box" - 2:35
6. "Suzi Q
   Suzi Q (Ammonia Song)
   "Suzi Q" is a song by Ammonia, released as their third and final single from their debut album Mint 400.-Formats & Tracklistings:*AUS CD Single MATTCD029#"Suzi Q" – 2:38#"Face Down" – 5:10#"Oops" – 3:58...
   
   " - 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 Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	16 October 1995	Murmur Murmur (record label) Murmur was a record label that started as an imprint of Sony Music Australia in mid 1994. Named after REM's first album, Murmur signed a number of Australia's most successful rock bands, including Silverchair, Ammonia, Something for Kate and Jebediah...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	MATTCD023
United States	19 March 1996	Epic Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...	CD, Cassette	EK67556
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	2001		CD	ESCA 6506

Credits

• Ted Jensen - Mastering
• Kevin Shirley - Producer, Engineer
• Mark Thomas - Engineer
• John Webber - Photography
• Simon Alderson - Art Direction
• Matt Lovell
  Matt Lovell
  Matt Lovell is a notable Australian record producer and mixer for many artists, such as; Something for Kate, The Mess Hall, Tom Morgan and Shihad...
  
  - Engineer
• Ben Glatzer - Producer