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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]
AllMusic[2]
Record Mirror[3]
Sputnikmusic[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]

Track listing

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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

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Musicians

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Recording details

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

Charts

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

Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9] Platinum 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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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

References

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  1. ^ Hepworth, David. "Mental As Anything: MAA". Smash Hits (April 3–16, 1980): 31.
  2. ^ Get Wet at AllMusic
  3. ^ Hall, Philip (15 March 1980). "Straight Jacket Music". Record Mirror. p. 23.
  4. ^ Sputnikmusic - Mental As Anything - Get Wet
  5. ^ "Mental As Anything". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ George Kay (1 December 1981). "As Anything's Reg". Rip It Up. No. 53.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Feature Picks" (PDF). Cash Box. 11 December 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
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