Mouth to Mouth (Mental As Anything album)

Mouth to Mouth
Studio album by Mental As Anything
Released	31 July 1987
Recorded	1986
Studio	Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	42:44
Label	Epic
Producer	Richard Gottehrer
Mental As Anything chronology
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (1986) Mouth to Mouth (1987) Cyclone Raymond (1989)
Singles from Mouth To Mouth
"Let's Go to Paradise" Released: November 1986 "He's Just No Good for You" Released: July 1987 "Don't Tell Me Now" Released: September 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Mouth to Mouth is the sixth studio album by Australian pop rock band Mental As Anything, released in July 1987, and the album was produced by Richard Gottehrer. The album peaked at number 14 on the Australian chart.

Recording

Bassist O'Doherty said, "Gottehrer programmed all the drums and virtually all of the bass. So there was virtually no point in me and [drummer] Bird being there. I remember feeling pretty desolate, thinking 'I fucking hate this'. It wasn't fun anymore. I was programmed out, basically." ^[2]

Reception

Jane Gazzo said the album, "epitomised 80s keyboard experimentation. With spacy, ethereal synthesiser treatments and expansive gated drum sounds." She also noted of the title track "some felt marked the band's departure into overindulgence". ^[2]

Track listing

Australian release:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Tell Me Now"	Martin Plaza	4:02
2.	"My Door Is Always Open to You"	Greedy Smith	4:01
3.	"Put Me Back"	Martin Plaza	4:31
4.	"Let's Go to Paradise"	Greedy Smith	3:19
5.	"The Mad King"	Peter O'Doherty	5:16
6.	"He's Just No Good for You"	Greedy Smith	3:26
7.	"Thinking Out Loud"	Martin Plaza	3:48
8.	"Stay at Home Girl"	Reg Mombassa	3:19
9.	"Mouth to Mouth"	Greedy Smith	3:48
10.	"I'm Glad"	Peter O'Doherty	3:19
11.	"Ruby Baby"	Martin Plaza	4:38
12.	"Wandering Through Heaven"	Reg Mombassa	4:01

International releases:
The US/Canada version of the album drops "Ruby Baby", and adds the band's cover of "Love Me Tender". Releases in the UK and continental Europe also drop "Ruby Baby", and add "Love Me Tender" and a new version of "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?", which is remixed and overdubbed with some new vocals and instrumentation. Production of both these international tracks was by Mark Opitz.

Personnel

Musicians

• Martin Plaza — lead vocals, guitar
• Greedy Smith — lead vocals, keyboards, harmonica
• Reg Mombassa — guitar, vocals
• Peter O'Doherty — bass, guitar, vocals
• Wayne de Lisle — drums

Additional personnel

• Martin Armiger — guitar
• Mary Bradfield-Taylor — vocals
• Rick Chadwick — keyboards
• Sandi Chick — vocals
• Andrew Farriss — keyboards
• Mark Kennedy — percussion

Recording details

• Producer — Richard Gottehrer
• Engineer, mixing — Thom Panunzio
• Assistant — Allan Wright

Art work

• Art direction — Jana Hartig, Ken Smith, Sue Woollard
• Design — Martin Plaza, Greedy Smith (and cover design)
• Photography — Paula Clarke (cover photo), Paul Clarke, Hugh Hamilton, Frank Lindner (and sleeve photo), Francine McDougall

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [3]	14

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Australia	27 July 1987	CBS Records	LP, Cassette	450361 1 450361 4
	21 September 1987	CBS Records	CD	CDCBS 450361 2
United States	1987	Columbia	Cassette	BFC 40299
Netherlands	1987	Epic	CD	EPC 460049 2
UK	1987	Epic	LP, Vinyl	460049 1

References

1. Mouth to Mouth at AllMusic
2. Jane Gazzo (2024). I Hear Motion. Melbourne Books. p. 49. ISBN   9781922779267.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 198. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.