''Miss Happiness'' is the debut studio album by the American

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band

Walt Mink Walt Mink were an American alternative rock power trio formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota in 1989 by guitarist/singer/songwriter John Kimbrough, drummer Joey Waronker and bassist Candice Belanoff. The band released four studio a ...

, released in 1992. It contains a cover of Nick Drake's "Pink Moon". The band supported the album with a North American tour.

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "An idiosyncratic Cream for the '90s, Walt Mink adds daring innovation to the power trio formula." The ''

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'' called the album a "kooky concoction of psychedelia and heavy metal." The ''

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'' determined that Walt Mink "has the chops and creativity of King's X but with more concision and without all the artsy overambition and concept baggage." ''

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'' labeled ''Miss Happiness'' "a mixture of guitar-driven sass and twee-voiced smarm."

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deemed the album "one of the brightest debuts of the '90s."

Track listing

All songs written by John Kimbrough except Pink Moon, written by Nick Drake. # "Miss Happiness" – 3:26 # "Chowder Town" – 3:02 # "Love You Better" – 3:55 # "Showers Down" – 4:08 # "Quiet Time" – 3:32 # "Pink Moon" – 3:15 # "Smoothing the Ride" – 3:09 # "Croton-Harmon (local)" – 3:32 # "Twinkle and Shine" – 3:03 # "Factory" – 5:53

Personnel

*John Kimbrough – guitar, vocals *Candice Belanoff – bass guitar, backing vocals *

Joey Waronker Jon Joseph Waronker (born May 20, 1969) is an American drummer and music producer. He is best known as a regular drummer of both Beck and R.E.M., and as member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta. Background Waronke ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals *Doug "Mr Colson" Olson – production, engineering, mix *Brian Anderson – engineering *Daniel Corrigan – cover photograph *Jen Schmid – painting

References

External links

"Releases" page on Walt Mink's official site

The Internet Archive
(includes lyrics) {{Authority control Walt Mink albums 1992 albums Caroline Records albums