Get Wet (Mental As Anything album)

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Get Wet
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Studio album by
Mental As Anything
ReleasedNovember 1979
RecordedUnited Sound, Sydney, Australia
Genre Pop
Length36:46
Label Regular
Virgin
Producer Cameron Allan
Mental As Anything chronology
Get Wet
(1979)		 Espresso Bongo
(1980)
Singles from Get Wet
  1. "The Nips Are Getting Bigger"
    Released: July 1979
  2. "Possible Theme for a Future TV Drama Series"
    Released: November 1979
  3. "Egypt"
    Released: January 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Smash Hits 6/10 [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Get Wet is the debut studio album released by Australian band Mental As Anything. It was released in November 1979, [5] and peaked at No. 19 on the Australian Album charts. [6]

Contents

Mombassa said the band's goal was, "Getting an album out that was reasonably like us. We had no great plans of what it should sound like although that was probably a bad idea as it should've sounded better. But it was done hastily and it's not a bad album." [7]

Track listing

Side A
  1. "The Nips Are Getting Bigger" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
  2. "Spanish Gardener" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
  3. "Business and Pleasure" (Written: Reg Mombassa, Vocals: Mombassa)
  4. "Sheilah" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
  5. "Possible Theme for a Future TV Drama Series" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
  6. "Talk to Baby Jesus" (Written: Mombassa, Vocals: Mombassa)
  7. "Egypt" (Written: Mombassa, Vocals: Mombassa/Plaza)
Side B
  1. "Another Man's Sitting in My Kitchen" (Written: Greedy Smith, Vocal: Smith)
  2. "Can I Come Home?" (Written: Mombassa, Vocal: Mombassa)
  3. "Fringe Benefits" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
  4. "Insurance Man" (Written: Smith, Vocal: Smith)
  5. "Empty Hearts/Open Wounds" (Written: Mombassa, Vocal: Mombassa)
  6. "Love Is Not a Gift" (titled "Pork Is Not a Gift" on some versions) (Written: Peter O'Doherty, Vocal: O'Doherty)
  7. "Wolf at Your Door" (Written: O'Doherty, Vocal: Plaza)

Personnel

Musicians

Recording details

Charts

Chart (1979/80)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [8] 19

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [9] Platinum50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue
Australia / New ZealandNovember 1979Regular RecordsLP, CassetteL 37125 / C 37125
Europe1980Virgin RecordsLP, Cassette2473802
Australia1992Regular RecordsCDD19560

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References

  1. ↑ Hepworth, David. "Mental As Anything: MAA". Smash Hits (April 3–16, 1980): 31.
  2. ↑ Get Wet at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Hall, Philip (15 March 1980). "Straight Jacket Music". Record Mirror . p. 23.
  4. ↑ Sputnikmusic - Mental As Anything - Get Wet
  5. ↑ "Mental As Anything". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  7. ↑ George Kay (1 December 1981). "As Anything's Reg". Rip It Up . No. 53.
  8. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 198. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  9. ↑ "Feature Picks" (PDF). Cash Box . 11 December 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 5 December 2021– via World Radio History.
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