{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = Mini | type = ep | artist = The Wedding Present | cover =Mini (EP).jpg | alt = | released = January 1996 | recorded = 1995, England | venue = | studio = | genre = Post-punk | length = | label = Cooking Vinyl | producer = | prev_title = Watusi | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = Saturnalia | next_year = 1996 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r653514|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}
'''''Mini''''' is a six-song EP by The Wedding Present.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/spot-check/Content?oid=890053|title=Spot Check|first=Peter|last=Margasak|website=Chicago Reader|date=21 March 1996 }}</ref> It was released in 1996 by Cooking Vinyl.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wedding Present |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/wedding-present/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=18 July 2020}}</ref> All of the songs are about automobiles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/architecture-and-morality-the-wedding-present-revisited-2496240015.html|title=Architecture and Morality: The Wedding Present Revisited|date=May 30, 2007|website=PopMatters}}</ref>
==Critical reception== ''The Washington Post'' praised the American version, ''Mini Plus'', writing that the songs "typically combine terse, jumpy guitars with explosive drums and modest but effective hooks."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/03/08/presents-mini-happy-returns/1903d233-e707-45ca-8616-6ee0690efdd6/|title=PRESENT'S MINI': HAPPY RETURNS|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=March 8, 1996|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> The ''Chicago Reader'' wrote: "Over frenzied rhythms and smart guitar play, David Gedge croons an impressive array of hooks with enough eccentricity to make Morrissey sound like a shy mumbler."<ref name="auto"/>
== Track listing == All tracks written by Belk/Gedge/Smith.
# Drive – 2:29 # Love Machine – 3:52 # Go, Man, Go – 2:23 # Mercury – 4:20 # Convertible – 2:14 # Sports Car – 4:03
== People involved == * David Gedge - vocals, guitars, keyboards * Darren Belk - guitars, bass * Simon Smith - drums, percussion * Jayne Lockey - extra vocals
==''Mini Plus''==
The EP was issued as ''Mini Plus'' in America, with three extra tracks.
# Sucker – 1:43 # Waiting on the Guns – 3:20 # Jet Girl – 2:25
"Sucker" written by Belk/Gedge/Smith. "Waiting on the Guns" written by Butterglory. "Jet Girl" written by Belk/Dorrington/Gedge/Smith.
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/Theweddingpresent-Mini-Plus/release/368470 Theweddingpresent* - Mini Plus] * [http://www.scopitones.co.uk/portfolio-item/discography/twp-albums TWP Albums & Films | scopitones.co.uk]
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