Get Wet | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 1979 | |||
Recorded | United Sound, Sydney, Australia | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 36:46 | |||
Label | Regular Virgin | |||
Producer | Cameron Allan | |||
Mental As Anything chronology | ||||
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Singles from Get Wet | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Smash Hits | 6/10[1] |
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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]
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
[edit]- Side A
- "The Nips Are Getting Bigger" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
- "Spanish Gardener" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
- "Business and Pleasure" (Written: Reg Mombassa, Vocals: Mombassa)
- "Sheilah" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
- "Possible Theme for a Future TV Drama Series" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
- "Talk to Baby Jesus" (Written: Mombassa, Vocals: Mombassa)
- "Egypt" (Written: Mombassa, Vocals: Mombassa/Plaza)
- Side B
- "Another Man's Sitting in My Kitchen" (Written: Greedy Smith, Vocal: Smith)
- "Can I Come Home?" (Written: Mombassa, Vocal: Mombassa)
- "Fringe Benefits" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
- "Insurance Man" (Written: Smith, Vocal: Smith)
- "Empty Hearts/Open Wounds" (Written: Mombassa, Vocal: Mombassa)
- "Love Is Not a Gift" (titled "Pork Is Not a Gift" on some versions) (Written: Peter O'Doherty, Vocal: O'Doherty)
- "Wolf at Your Door" (Written: O'Doherty, Vocal: Plaza)
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
[edit]- 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
Recording details
[edit]- Cameron Allan — Producer
- Heather Dalton — Engineer
- Spencer Lee — Engineer
- Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC - Mastering
Charts
[edit]Chart (1979/80) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)[8] | 19 |
Certifications and sales
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[9] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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Australia / New Zealand | November 1979 | Regular Records | LP, Cassette | L 37125 / C 37125 |
Europe | 1980 | Virgin Records | LP, Cassette | 2473802 |
Australia | 1992 | Regular Records | CD | D19560 |
References
[edit]- ^ Hepworth, David. "Mental As Anything: MAA". Smash Hits (April 3–16, 1980): 31.
- ^ Get Wet at AllMusic
- ^ Hall, Philip (15 March 1980). "Straight Jacket Music". Record Mirror. p. 23.
- ^ Sputnikmusic - Mental As Anything - Get Wet
- ^ "Mental As Anything". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ George Kay (1 December 1981). "As Anything's Reg". Rip It Up. No. 53.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Feature Picks" (PDF). Cash Box. 11 December 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via World Radio History.