Get Wet (Mental As Anything album)

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Get Wet
Mental As Anything Get Wet.jpg
Studio album by
Mental As Anything
ReleasedNovember 1979
RecordedUnited Sound, Sydney, Australia
GenrePop
Length36:46
LabelRegular
Virgin
ProducerCameron 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 Hits6/10[1]
AllMusic4/5 stars[2]
Sputnikmusic2.5/5 stars[3]

Get Wet is the debut studio album released by Mental As Anything. It was released in November 1979, produced by Cameron Allan,[4] and peaked at #19 on the Australian Album charts.[5] The first single, "The Nips Are Getting Bigger", written by Martin Plaza[6] was released in July 1979 and peaked at #16 on the Australian Singles charts.[5] The next single, "Possible Theme for a Future TV Drama Series", written by Plaza and released in November 1979 reached #57, whilst the third single, "Egypt", which was released in January 1980, failed to chart. Get Wet was released overseas in New Zealand, and as a self-titled album in the UK and Europe.

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[]

  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)
  8. "Another Man's Sitting in My Kitchen" (Written: Greedy Smith, Vocal: Smith)
  9. "Can I Come Home?" (Written: Mombassa, Vocal: Mombassa)
  10. "Fringe Benefits" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
  11. "Insurance Man" (Written: Smith, Vocal: Smith)
  12. "Empty Hearts/Open Wounds" (Written: Mombassa, Vocal: Mombassa)
  13. "Love Is Not a Gift" (titled "Pork Is Not a Gift" on some versions) (Written: Peter O'Doherty, Vocal: O'Doherty)
  14. "Wolf at Your Door" (Written: O'Doherty, Vocal: Plaza)

Release history[]

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia November 1979 Regular Records Vinyl LP L37125
France 1980 Virgin Records Vinyl LP 2473802
Germany 1980 Virgin Records Vinyl LP 201435320
New Zealand 1979 Interfusion Records Vinyl LP L37125
UK 1980 Virgin Records Vinyl LP V2148
Australia 1992 Regular Records CD D19560

Chart positions[]

Year Chart Peak Position[5]
1979 ARIA Album Chart 19

Personnel[]

Musicians[]

Recording details[]

  • Cameron Allan — Producer
  • Heather Dalton — Engineer
  • Spencer Lee — Engineer
  • Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC - Mastering

References[]

  1. ^ Hepworth, David. "Mental As Anything: MAA". Smash Hits (April 3–16, 1980): 31.
  2. ^ Get Wet at AllMusic
  3. ^ Sputnikmusic - Mental As Anything - Get Wet
  4. ^ "Mental As Anything". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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.
  6. ^ ""Close Again" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  7. ^ George Kay (1 December 1981). "As Anything's Reg". Rip It Up. No. 53.
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