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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
Get Wet (1979) Espresso Bongo (1980)
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
AllMusic
Record Mirror
Sputnikmusic

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

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."

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

Charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

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.

• 1979 debut albums
• Mental As Anything albums
• Virgin Records albums
• Regular Records albums