From the Mint Factory

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From the Mint Factory
U Send Me Swingin' by Mint Condition.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 5, 1993 (1993-10-05)
StudioFlyte Tyme Studios
(Edina, Minnesota)
Genre R&B
Length62:28
Label Perspective
Producer Mint Condition
Mint Condition chronology
Meant to Be Mint
(1991)
From the Mint Factory
(1993)
Definition of a Band
(1996)
Singles from From the Mint Factory
  1. "Nobody Does It Betta"
    Released: October 5, 1993
  2. "U Send Me Swingin'"
    Released: October 5, 1993

From the Mint Factory is the second studio album by American R&B band Mint Condition. [1] The album was released on October 5, 1993, on Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' record label Perspective Records. The album peaked and charted at number 104 on the Billboard 200 and number 18 on the Top R&B Albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

Credits adapted from liner notes [2] and Allmusic. [3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro: Welcome to the Mint Factory" Stokley Williams, Christopher Dave 0:31
2."Nobody Does It Betta"Williams5:05
3."If the Feeling's Right"Keri Lewis4:53
4."Devotion"Lawrence Waddell0:54
5."Someone to Love"Waddell5:20
6."U Send Me Swingin'"Lewis5:15
7."10 Million Strong"Williams5:41
8."Gumbo"Lewis0:42
9."Good for Your Heart"Lewis4:31
10."Harmony"Williams4:57
11."So Fine"Homer O'Dell, Williams6:17
12."Back to Your Lovin'"Waddell4:53
13."Always"O'Dell, Williams5:31
14."Baile de Febrero (For Asher)"Jeffrey Allen0:24
15."My High"Williams, Lewis, O'Dell, Ricky Kinchen, Waddell, Allen2:03
16."Fidelity"Kinchen, Williams5:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes, [2] Discogs [4] and Allmusic. [5]

Additional personnel

Charts

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