From the Mint Factory
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{{Infobox album
| name = From the Mint Factory
| type = Studio
| artist = Mint Condition
| cover = U_Send_Me_Swingin'_by_Mint_Condition.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1993|10|5}}
| recorded =
| studio = Flyte Tyme Studios
{{small|(Edina, Minnesota)}}
| genre = R&B
| length = 62:28
| label = Perspective
| producer = Mint Condition
| prev_title = Meant to Be Mint
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Definition of a Band
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Singles
| name = From the Mint Factory
| type = Studio
| single1 = Nobody Does It Betta
| single1date = October 5, 1993
| single2 = U Send Me Swingin'
| single2date = October 5, 1993
}}
}}
From the Mint Factory is the second studio album by American R&B band Mint Condition.{{cite web|last=Wynn|first=Ron|title=From the Mint Factory - Mint Condition|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/from-the-mint-factory-mw0000103046|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=January 18, 2013}} 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.
Track listing
Credits adapted from liner notes.Mint Condition - From The Mint Factory (CD liner notes). Perspective Records. 31454-9005-2
{{Track listing
|title1=Intro: Welcome to the Mint Factory
|writer1=Stokley Williams, Christopher Dave
|length1=0:31
|title2=Nobody Does It Betta
|writer2=Williams
|length2=5:05
|title3=If the Feeling's Right
|writer3=Keri Lewis
|length3=4:53
|title4=Devotion
|writer4=Lawrence Waddell
|length4=0:54
|title5=Someone to Love
|writer5=Waddell
|length5=5:20
|title6=U Send Me Swingin'
|writer6=Lewis
|length6=5:15
|title7=10 Million Strong
|writer7=Williams
|length7=5:41
|title8=Gumbo
|writer8=Lewis
|length8=0:42
|title9=Good for Your Heart
|writer9=Lewis
|length9=4:31
|title10=Harmony
|writer10=Williams
|length10=4:57
|title11=So Fine
|writer11=Homer O'Dell, Williams
|length11=6:17
|title12=Back to Your Lovin'
|writer12=Waddell
|length12=4:53
|title13=Always
|writer13=O'Dell, Williams
|length13=5:31
|title14=Baile de Febrero (For Asher)
|writer14=Jeffrey Allen
|length14=0:24
|title15=My High
|writer15=Williams, Lewis, O'Dell, Ricky Kinchen, Waddell, Allen
|length15=2:03
|title16=Fidelity
|writer16=Kinchen, Williams
|length16=5:31
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Stokley Williams - drum programming, drums, keyboards, djembe drum, bass synth, steel pan, percussion, B-3 organ, clavinet, lead vocals, background vocals
- Keri Lewis - keyboards, drum programming, bass synth, background vocals
- Lawrence Waddell - piano, keyboards, B-3 Organ, background vocals
- Homer O'Dell - guitar, keyboards, drum programming, background vocals
- Ricky Kinchen - bass, background vocals
- Jeffrey Allen -saxophone, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, background vocals
=Additional personnel=
- Jellybean Johnson - guitar solo
- Chris "Daddy" Dave - drums
- Foley - guitar solo
- James "Popeye" Greer - background vocals
- Lisa Dixon - background vocals
- Chris "Daddy" Dave - background vocals
- Alice Paguyo - background vocals
- Heidi Valera - background vocals
- Cajun Joe - background vocals
- Mint Condition - record engineering
- Bradley Yost - record engineering
- Jeff Taylor - record engineering
- Steve Hodge - record engineering
- Steve Hodge - mixing
- Dave Rideau - mixing
- Brian Gardner - mastering
- Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - executive production
- Jeff Katz - photography
- Rowan Moore - art direction and design
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1993–1994)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|104|artist=Mint Condition|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 2, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|18|artist=Mint Condition|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 2, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1994)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1994|work=Billboard|accessdate=February 2, 2021}}
| 67 |
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