Mint (Alice Merton album)

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Mint
Alice Merton - Mint.png
Studio album by
Released18 January 2019 (2019-01-18)
Genre Dance-pop [1]
Length38:11
Label Paper Planes, Mom + Pop Music
Producer Nicolas Rebscher, John Hill, Alice Merton
Alice Merton chronology
No Roots
(2017)
Mint
(2019)
S.I.D.E.S.
(2022)
Singles from Mint
  1. "No Roots"
    Released: 2 December 2016
  2. "Lash Out"
    Released: 30 May 2018
  3. "Why So Serious"
    Released: 7 September 2018
  4. "Funny Business"
    Released: 30 November 2018
  5. "Learn to Live"
    Released: 15 January 2019
  6. "Easy"
    Released: 2019 [2]

Mint is the debut studio album by German-Canadian singer Alice Merton, released on 18 January 2019 through Paper Planes and Mom + Pop Music. [3] It includes the singles "No Roots" and "Lash Out, which were previously included on the No Roots EP, "Why So Serious", released on 7 September 2018, [4] "Funny Business", released on 30 November 2018, and “Learn to Live” released on 15 January 2019.

Contents

Merton re-released the album in late 2019 under the title "Mint +4", with the addition of 4 new songs, including the sixth single "Easy". [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Exclaim 7/10 [7]
PopMatters 8/10 [8]

The New York Times called the album a "rousing take on centrist 1980s pop with a disco tempo and the faintest texture of Southern rock. Which is to say: Haim, watch out." [9]

Singles

In addition to "No Roots", which reached number one on the US Alternative Songs chart, [3] Merton spoke to Billboard about an additional single to be included on the album: "It's one of my favorites at the moment. I could listen to it all the time... We'll probably be releasing it in November. When I wrote it, I was like, yeah this is fun." [3]

The album's third single is "Why So Serious", which was accompanied by a video of Merton seeing strange things as she walks down a street. [10] Merton has stated that the song came about as a "response to the press' questions about being a one-hit wonder [after 'No Roots'] and embracing her individuality through music and a small team". [11]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Nicolas Rebscher, except "Lash Out", produced alongside Dave Bassett and "Funny Business" produced by John Hill.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Learn to Live"
3:56
2."2 Kids"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
3:31
3."No Roots"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
3:55
4."Funny Business"
  • Merton
  • John Hill
3:05
5."Homesick"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
3:16
6."Lash Out"3:14
7."Speak Your Mind"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
3:32
8."I Don't Hold a Grudge"
  • Merton
  • Hutchings
  • Rebscher
3:39
9."Honeymoon Heartbreak"
3:23
10."Trouble in Paradise"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
  • Tobias Kuhn
2:57
11."Why So Serious"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
3:43
Total length:38:11
+4 Edition [12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Easy"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
3:10
6."Homesick"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
3:16
7."Lash Out"3:14
8."Keeps Me Awake"
  • Merton
  • David Vogt
  • Hannes Büscher
  • Laila Samuels
  • Philip Böllhoff
  • Sipho Sililo
3:11
9."Speak Your Mind"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
3:32
10."I Don't Hold a Grudge"
  • Merton
  • Hutchings
  • Rebscher
3:39
11."Honeymoon Heartbreak"
3:23
12."PCH"
  • Merton
  • Bassett
3:32
13."Trouble in Paradise"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
  • Tobias Kuhn
2:57
14."Why So Serious"
  • Merton
  • Rebscher
3:43
15."Back to Berlin"Merton4:22
Total length:52:26

Charts

Chart performance for Mint
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI) [15] 62
Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 21
UK Albums Sales (OCC) [18] 63
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [19] 25
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [20] 14
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard ) [21] 48
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [22] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [23] 13

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