Mental As Anything discography

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Mental As Anything discography
Studio albums13
Compilation albums6
Video albums3
EPs6
Singles41

Mental As Anything are an Australian new wave and pop rock band. They have released 13 studio albums, 6 compilations, 6 extended plays and 41 singles.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. [1]

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
NZ
[4]
Get Wet
(aka Mental As Anything)
  • Released: 1 November 1979
  • Label: Regular Records (L-37125)
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
19
Espresso Bongo
  • Released: 11 July 1980
  • Label: Regular Records (L-37356)
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
37
Cats & Dogs
(aka If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?)
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Regular Records (RML 37646)
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
3442
  • ARIA: Platinum [7]
  • RIANZ: Gold
Creatures of Leisure
  • Released: March 1983
  • Label: Regular Records (RRLP 1205)
  • Formats: LP, Cassette
837
  • ARIA: Platinum [8]
Fundamental
  • Released: 1 September 1985
  • Label: Regular Records (RRLP 1212))
  • Formats: LP, Cassette, CD
322
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum [9]
Mouth to Mouth
  • Released: 31 July 1987
  • Label: CBS Records (450361-1)
  • Formats: LP, Cassette, CD
14
Cyclone Raymond
  • Released: 18 September 1989
  • Label: CBS Records (465645-1)
  • Formats: LP, Cassette, CD
34
Liar Liar Pants on Fire32
Garàge
  • Released: 24 August 1998
  • Label: Festival Records (D93492)
  • Formats: CD
99
Beetroot Stains
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: CME, UMA (CMEB0026)
  • Formats: CD
Road Case
  • Released: November 2002
  • Label: Barking Mad Records (BM0008)
  • Formats: CD
Plucked
Tents Up
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Titledetails
At Play
  • Released: January 2019
  • Label: Legneds (7738469)
  • Format: CD, Digital, streaming
  • Note: Recorded in Sydney in October 2018

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[2]
NZ
[4]
Greatest Hits Volume 1
  • Released: April 1986
  • Label: CBS (SBP 8158)
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
236
Chemical Travel
  • Released: 6 December 1993
  • Label: Regular Records (D-31094)
  • Format: CD
Best of
  • Released: 20 September 1999
  • Label: Festival Records (D26450)
  • Format: CD
42
Essential As Anything – 30th Anniversary Edition
  • Released: May 2009
  • Label: Rhino Records, Warner (5186539165)
  • Format: CD+DVD
54
Live It Up – The Collection
  • Released: 11 November 2016 (UK)
  • Label: Music Club Deluxe (MCDLX221)
  • Format: 2×CD
Surf & Mull & Sex & Fun
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Label: Universal Music Australia (0801522)
  • Format: 2×LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Mental as Anything Plays at Your Party
  • Released: September 1978
  • Label: Regular Records (REG1)
  • Format: 7-inch EP
  • Only 1,200 copies of the EP were produced.
Bicycle
  • Released: January 1995
  • Label: Independent (MENTAL1)
  • Format: CD
  • Only 500 copies of the EP were produced and these were given away to fans around the country during the band's 1998 summer tour.
Minus Bonus
  • Released: December 1997
  • Label: Independent (MAA-2)
  • Format: CD
  • Only 5,000 copies of the EP were produced. There were given away during the band's 1997/1998 summer tour and at the band's third art exhibition
Borscht
  • Released: 8 October 2001
  • Label: CME/Universal(CMEB0027)
  • Format: CD
iTunes Live from Sydney
  • Released: October 2009
  • Format: digital download
Mental As Anything (as 5 Track EP)
  • Released: 12 May 2017 [11]
  • Label: Universal (5764349)
  • Format: CD

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[2]
CAN
[12]
IRE
[13]
NZ
[4]
UK
[14]
US
Dance [15]
AUT
[16]
GER
[17]
NOR
[18]
SWE
[19]
1979 "The Nips Are Getting Bigger" [A] 16 Get Wet
"Possible Theme for a Future TV Drama Series" 57
1980 "Egypt"
"Come Around" 18 Espresso Bongo
"(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" 27 Non-album single
1981 "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" [B] 4 16 Cats & Dogs
"Too Many Times" 6 34 23
"Berserk Warriors" 30 50
1982 "Close Again" 55 Creatures of Leisure
1983 "Spirit Got Lost" 20
"Brain Brain" 82
"Working for the Man" 20 49 Non-album single
1984 "Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile off Santa's Face)" 37 Non-album single
1985 "You're So Strong" [D] 11 82 21 Fundamental
"Live It Up" [E] 2 2 6 3 15 6 4 20
"Date with Destiny" 25
"Big Wheel" 75
1986 "Sloppy Croc" Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[2]
UK
[14]
1986 "Let's Go to Paradise" 15 Mouth to Mouth
1987 "He's Just No Good for You" 15 88
"Don't Tell Me Now" 36
"Love Me Tender" 34 Non-album single
1988 "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" (new version) [B] Mouth to Mouth
"Rock and Roll Music" 5 Cyclone Raymond
1989 "Love Comes Running" [F]
"The World Seems Difficult" 19
"Baby You're Wild" 79
1990 "Overwhelmed" 108
1995 "Mr Natural" 27 Liar Liar Pants on Fire
"Nigel"
"Whole Wide World" 53
1996 "Marianne"
1998 "Just My Luck" Garàge
"Calling Colin"
2001 "Fine Line" Beetroot Stains
"Stretchmarks" (from Borscht EP) [G]
2005 "The Nips Are Getting Bigger" [A] Plucked
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[2]
2015 "Shake Off Your Sandals" 5 Track EP
2016 "Goat Tracks in My Sandpit"
2017 "The Luckiest Player"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

TitleVideo details
Monumental As Anything
  • Released: August 1985 [20]
  • Label: Syray Pty Ltd (CEL C802101)
  • Format: VHS
  • Length: 85 Minutes
Monumental II
  • Released: 13 September 1999 [21]
  • Label: Festival (V81693)
  • Format: VHS
  • Length: 78 minutes
Basemental
  • Released: May 2004 [22] [23]
  • Label: EMI (5769929)
  • Format: DVD
  • Length: 103 minutes

Notes

    A. ^ "The Nips Are Getting Bigger" was originally released as a track on the EP, Mental as Anything Plays at Your Party in September 1978, it was remixed and released as a single in July 1979 and subsequently appeared on the album, Get Wet in September. [9] An acoustic version from the Plucked album was released as a Radio Only single in 2005.
    B. ^ "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" was originally released in 1981 from the Cats & Dogs album. A new version was recorded for the UK version of Mouth to Mouth and released as a single in 1988 but it did not peak into the top 100 in the UK.
    D. ^ "You're So Strong" was originally released in 1985, re-released in 1986 as a remixed version in the US and charted in the UK in 1987 after the success there of "Live It Up".
    E. ^ "Live It Up" was originally released in Australia in 1985 and in 1986/1987 in Europe after it featured in "Crocodile" Dundee . [9]
    F. ^ "Love Comes Running" was cancelled from release in Australia and only issued in New Zealand where it failed to chart.
    G. ^ "Stretchmarks" was originally released in 2000 as an album track on Beetroot Stains, then released in 2001 as the featured track on Borscht EP.

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