| Miss Happiness | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Studio | Smart Studios (Madison, Wisconsin) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 36:55 | |||
| Label | Caroline (US release) [1] Quigley Records (UK release) | |||
| Producer | Doug "Mr Colson" Olson | |||
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Miss Happiness is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Walt Mink, released in 1992. [2] [3] It contains a cover of Nick Drake's "Pink Moon". [4] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [5]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
USA Today wrote: "An idiosyncratic Cream for the '90s, Walt Mink adds daring innovation to the power trio formula." [7] The St. Petersburg Times called the album a "kooky concoction of psychedelia and heavy metal." [8]
The Orlando Sentinel 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." [9] Stereo Review labeled Miss Happiness "a mixture of guitar-driven sass and twee-voiced smarm." [10]
AllMusic deemed the album "one of the brightest debuts of the '90s." [6]
All songs written by John Kimbrough except Pink Moon, written by Nick Drake.
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Walt Mink were an American alternative rock power trio from St. Paul, Minnesota. They were formed in 1989 by guitarist-singer-songwriter John Kimbrough, drummer Joey Waronker, and bassist Candice Belanoff. The band released four studio albums over the course of their eight-year career.
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"Miss Chatelaine" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang, released in 1992 by Sire and Warner Bros. as the second single from her second solo album, Ingénue (1992). Lang co-wrote the song with Ben Mink, and it was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, one year after her win in the same category for "Constant Craving". The title refers to the Canadian magazine Chatelaine, which named lang Woman of the Year in 1988. The accompanying music video was directed by American photographer and director Rocky Schenck.
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