Meant to Be Mint is the debut studio album of R&B band Mint Condition. The album was released on June 11, 1991, on Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' A&M imprint Perspective Records. Meant to Be Mint reached to no. 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Overview

Released during the height of the new jack swing era, Mint Condition's debut was more in tune with the sounds of the time. The album was also produced by The Time drummer Jellybean Johnson.

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The album's first single, "Are You Free", reached number 55 on the Hot R&B Songs chart. Their second single, "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)", reached nos. 3 & 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively. Another album cut, "Forever in Your Eyes", reached no. 7 on the Hot R&B Songs chart.

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Track listing

Personnel

Stokley Williams - lead vocals, drums, drum programming, keyboards, bass synth, rhythm & vocal arrangement Keri Lewis - keyboards, drum programming, percussion, rhythm & vocal arrangement O'Dell - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, keyboards, drum programming, percussion, vocal arrangement Lawrence Waddell - grand piano, keyboards, keyboard solos Jeffrey Allen - saxophone, keyboards, keyboard strings Ricky Kinchen - bass guitar, electric bass, percussion

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Additional personnel

Terry Lewis - vocal arrangement

Jellybean Johnson - additional lead guitar

Lisa Keith - background vocals

James "Popeye" Greer - background vocals, record engineering

Dave Rideau - mixing

Steve Hodge - mixing

Keith Cohen - mixing

Brian Gardner - mastering

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - executive production

Todd Gray - photography

Rich Frankel - art direction, design

Rowan Moore - art direction, design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1991 debut albums

Mint Condition (band) albums

Perspective Records albums