Get Wet (Mental As Anything album) explained

Get Wet
Type:	Album
Artist:	Mental As Anything
Cover:	Mental As Anything Get Wet.jpg
Released:	November 1979
Recorded:	United Sound, Sydney, Australia
Genre:	Pop
Length:	36:46
Label:	Regular Virgin
Producer:	Cameron Allan
Next Title:	Espresso Bongo
Next Year:	1980

Get Wet is the debut studio album released by Australian band Mental As Anything. It was released in November 1979,^[1] and peaked at No. 19 on the Australian Album charts.^[2]

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."^[3]

Track listing

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

• 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

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

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
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

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130921103120/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/mentalasanything.html. Mental As Anything. Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). 21 September 2013. 1 March 2014.
2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
3. . As Anything's Reg . George Kay. 53. 1 December 1981.
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 198.