Get Wet (Mental As Anything album)

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ReleasedNovember 1979
RecordedUnited Sound, Sydney, Australia
GenrePop
Length36:46
Get Wet
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]
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
Record MirrorStarStarStarStarHalf star[3]
SputnikmusicStarStarHalf star[4]

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]

Side A
  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)
Side B
  1. "Another Man's Sitting in My Kitchen" (Written: Greedy Smith, Vocal: Smith)
  2. "Can I Come Home?" (Written: Mombassa, Vocal: Mombassa)
  3. "Fringe Benefits" (Written: Plaza, Vocal: Plaza)
  4. "Insurance Man" (Written: Smith, Vocal: Smith)
  5. "Empty Hearts/Open Wounds" (Written: Mombassa, Vocal: Mombassa)
  6. "Love Is Not a Gift" (titled "Pork Is Not a Gift" on some versions) (Written: Peter O'Doherty, Vocal: O'Doherty)
  7. "Wolf at Your Door" (Written: O'Doherty, Vocal: Plaza)

Personnel

Musicians

Recording details

  • Cameron Allan — producer
  • Heather Dalton — engineer
  • Spencer Lee — engineer
  • Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC — mastering

Charts

Chart (1979/80) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[8] 19

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

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