Mental As Anything discography

Mental As Anything discography
Studio albums	13
EPs	6
Compilation albums	6
Singles	41
Video albums	3

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.

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

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak 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	—	—	ARIA: Gold [5]
Espresso Bongo	Released: 11 July 1980 Label: Regular Records (L-37356) Formats: LP, Cassette	37	—	—	ARIA: Gold [5] [6]
Cats & Dogs (aka If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?)	Released: September 1981 Label: Regular Records (RML 37646) Formats: LP, Cassette	3	44	2	ARIA: Platinum [7] RIANZ: Gold
Creatures of Leisure	Released: March 1983 Label: Regular Records (RRLP 1205) Formats: LP, Cassette	8	—	37	ARIA: Platinum [8]
Fundamental	Released: 1 September 1985 Label: Regular Records (RRLP 1212)) Formats: LP, Cassette, CD	3	—	22	ARIA: 2× Platinum [9]
Mouth to Mouth	Released: 31 July 1987 Label: CBS Records (450361-1) Formats: LP, Cassette, CD	14	—	—	ARIA: Gold[ citation needed ]
Cyclone Raymond	Released: 18 September 1989 Label: CBS Records (465645-1) Formats: LP, Cassette, CD	34	—	—
Liar Liar Pants on Fire	Released: 14 August 1995 Label: BMG, Festival Records (76896403322) Formats: CD	32	—	—
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	Released: November 2005 Label: Liberation Music (BLUE0812) Formats: CD, download	—	—	—
Tents Up	Released: 15 June 2009 Label: Warner Music Australia (5186546772) Formats: CD, download	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		AUS [2]	NZ [4]
Greatest Hits Volume 1	Released: April 1986 Label: CBS (SBP 8158) Format: LP, Cassette, CD	2	36
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	—	ARIA: Gold [10]
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

Title	EP 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

Title	Video 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

Music Videos

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1979	"The Nips Are Getting Bigger"	Jeremy Fabinyi
	"Possible Theme For A Future TV Drama Series"	not attributed	Filmed for ADS-7 "Music Express"
	"Business And Pleasure"
1980	"Egypt"	John Moyle
	"Come Around"	Peter Cox
	"(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet"	Jeremy Fabinyi
1981	"If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?"	Adam Bowen
	"Too Many Times"	Esben Storm
	"Got Hit"	Jeremy Fabinyi
	"Ready For You Now"
	"Berserk Warriors"	not known	Original performance version, not on Monumental videos
1982	"Let's Cook"	John Evan Hughes
	"I Didn't Mean To Be Mean"	Adam Bowen
	"Close Again"	John Evan Hughes
1983	"Spirit Got Lost"	B# - Wilkinson/Scott/Gailey/Stauce
	"Brain Brain"
	"Working For The Man"	Mental As Anything / Larry Meltzer
1984	"Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile off Santa's Face)"	B# - Wilkinson/Scott/Gailey/Stauce
	"Wouldn't Try To Explain"	Mental As Anything
1985	"Berserk Warriors"	Tony Stevens	Viking version for Monumental As Anything
	"You're So Strong"	John Evan Hughes
	"Live It Up"	Kimble Rendall
	"Date With Destiny"	not attributed
	"Big Wheel"	Axolotl - Wilkinson/Stauce
1986	"Let's Go To Paradise"	Kimble Rendall
1987	"He's Just No Good For You"	Susan Davis / Mark Cochrane	3 versions exist
	"Don't Tell Me Now"	Ray Argall
	"Love Me Tender"	Axolotl - Wilkinson/Stauce
1988	"Rock and Roll Music"	Yahoo Serious
1989	"Love Comes Running"	not known	Unreleased, held by NFSA
	"The World Seems Difficult"	Kriv Stenders
	"Baby You're Wild"
1990	"Overwhelmed"	not attributed
1995	"Mr Natural"	Axolotl - WIlkinson/Stauce
	"Nigel"	John Wilkinson
	"Whole Wide World"
1998	"Just My Luck"
	"Calling Colin"
2001	"Fine Line"	not known
	"Stretchmarks"	Garry Richards
2015	"Shake Off Your Sandals"	not attributed
2016	"Goat Tracks In My Sandpit"	not attributed
2017	"The Luckiest Player"	not attributed

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.

References

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   • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: 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. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
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   • "Baby You're Wild" (ARIA) peak: "Chartifacts: Week Ending 12th March 1995 – Issue No. 265 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 265)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 17 July 2017.
   • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 185.
   • "Overwhelmed" (ARIA) peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inqury, received 4 April 2017". Imgur.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
   • "Whole Wide World" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 26 Nov 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 17 July 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
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