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Get Wet
Get Wet
Studio album by Mental As Anything
Released	November 1979
Recorded	United Sound, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Pop
Length	36:46
Label	Regular; Virgin
Producer	Cameron Allan
Mental As Anything chronology
Singles from Get Wet
	"The Nips Are Getting Bigger"; Released: July 1979; "Possible Theme for a Future TV Drama Series"; Released: November 1979; "Egypt"; Released: January 1980;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Smash Hits	6/10^[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

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

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

Charts

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

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[9]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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

References

^ 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.