Mental As Anything are an Australian new wave and pop rock band. They have released 13 studio albums, 6 compilations, 6 extended plays and 41 singles.
| Mental As Anything discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 13 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 41 |
| Video albums | 3 |
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.[1]
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] |
CAN [3] |
NZ [4] | |||
| Get Wet (aka Mental As Anything) |
19 | — | — | ||
| Espresso Bongo |
|
37 | — | — | |
| Cats & Dogs (aka If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?) |
|
3 | 44 | 2 |
|
| Creatures of Leisure |
|
8 | — | 37 |
|
| Fundamental |
|
3 | — | 22 |
|
| Mouth to Mouth |
|
14 | — | — |
|
| Cyclone Raymond |
|
34 | — | — | |
| Liar Liar Pants on Fire |
|
32 | — | — | |
| Garàge |
|
99 | — | — | |
| Beetroot Stains |
|
— | — | — | |
| Road Case |
|
— | — | — | |
| Plucked |
|
— | — | — | |
| Tents Up |
|
— | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Live albums
edit| Title | details |
|---|---|
| At Play |
|
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] |
NZ [4] | |||
| Greatest Hits Volume 1 |
|
2 | 36 | |
| Chemical Travel |
|
— | — | |
| Best of |
|
42 | — |
|
| Essential As Anything – 30th Anniversary Edition |
|
54 | — | |
| Live It Up – The Collection |
|
— | — | |
| Surf & Mull & Sex & Fun |
|
— | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
Extended plays
edit| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Mental as Anything Plays at Your Party |
|
| Bicycle |
|
| Minus Bonus |
|
| Borscht |
|
| iTunes Live from Sydney |
|
| Mental As Anything (as 5 Track EP) |
|
Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] |
CAN [12] |
IRE [13] |
NZ [4] |
UK [14] |
US Dance[15] |
AUT [16] |
GER [17] |
NOR [18] |
SWE [19] | |||||
| 1979 | "The Nips Are Getting Bigger"[A] | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Get Wet | ||
| "Possible Theme for a Future TV Drama Series" | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | "Egypt" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Come Around" | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Espresso Bongo | |||
| "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| 1981 | "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"[B] | 4 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cats & Dogs | ||
| "Too Many Times" | 6 | 34 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Berserk Warriors" | 30 | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | "Close Again" | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Creatures of Leisure | ||
| 1983 | "Spirit Got Lost" | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Brain Brain" | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Working for the Man" | 20 | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| 1984 | "Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile off Santa's Face)" | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 1985 | "You're So Strong"[D] | 11 | — | — | — | 82 | 21 | — | — | — | — | Fundamental | ||
| "Live It Up"[E] | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | 15 | 6 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| "Date with Destiny" | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Big Wheel" | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | "Sloppy Croc" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] |
UK [14] | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | "Let's Go to Paradise" | 15 | — | Mouth to Mouth | ||||||||||
| 1987 | "He's Just No Good for You" | 15 | 88 | |||||||||||
| "Don't Tell Me Now" | 36 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Love Me Tender" | 34 | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||
| 1988 | "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" (new version)[B] | — | — | Mouth to Mouth | ||||||||||
| "Rock and Roll Music" | 5 | — | Cyclone Raymond | |||||||||||
| 1989 | "Love Comes Running"[F] | — | — | |||||||||||
| "The World Seems Difficult" | 19 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Baby You're Wild" | 79 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | "Overwhelmed" | 108 | — | |||||||||||
| 1995 | "Mr Natural" | 27 | — | Liar Liar Pants on Fire | ||||||||||
| "Nigel" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Whole Wide World" | 53 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Marianne" | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1998 | "Just My Luck" | — | — | Garàge | ||||||||||
| "Calling Colin" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | "Fine Line" | — | — | Beetroot Stains | ||||||||||
| "Stretchmarks" (from Borscht EP)[G] | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | "The Nips Are Getting Bigger"[A] | — | — | Plucked | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | "Shake Off Your Sandals" | — | 5 Track EP | |||||||||||
| 2016 | "Goat Tracks in My Sandpit" | — | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | "The Luckiest Player" | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Video albums
edit| Title | Video details |
|---|---|
| Monumental As Anything | |
| Monumental II | |
| Basemental |
Notes
edit- A.^ "The Nips Are Getting Bigger" was originally released as a track on the EP, Mental as Anything Plays at Your Party in September 1978, it was remixed and released as a single in July 1979 and subsequently appeared on the album, Get Wet in September.[9] An acoustic version from the Plucked album was released as a Radio Only single in 2005.
- B.^ "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" was originally released in 1981 from the Cats & Dogs album. A new version was recorded for the UK version of Mouth to Mouth and released as a single in 1988 but it did not peak into the top 100 in the UK.
- D.^ "You're So Strong" was originally released in 1985, re-released in 1986 as a remixed version in the US and charted in the UK in 1987 after the success there of "Live It Up".
- E.^ "Live It Up" was originally released in Australia in 1985 and in 1986/1987 in Europe after it featured in "Crocodile" Dundee.[9]
- F.^ "Love Comes Running" was cancelled from release in Australia and only issued in New Zealand where it failed to chart.
- G.^ "Stretchmarks" was originally released in 2000 as an album track on Beetroot Stains, then released in 2001 as the featured track on Borscht EP.
References
edit- ^ Cashmere, Paul (18 July 2009). "Mental As Anything, John Paul Young head to the Hall of Fame". Undercover.com.au. Cashmere Media Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: 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. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Mental As Anything in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- "Baby You're Wild" (ARIA) peak: "Chartifacts: Week Ending 12th March 1995 – Issue No. 265 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 265)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 185.
- "Overwhelmed" (ARIA) peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inqury, received 4 April 2017". Imgur.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- "Whole Wide World" (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 26 Nov 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 17 July 2017. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- ^ "Volume 36, No. 25, July 31, 1982". RPM 50 Albums. Library and Archives Canada. 31 July 1982. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ^ a b c "charts.nz > Mental As Anything in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Feature Picks" (PDF). Cash Box. 11 December 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Gold Record for Espresso Bongo by Mental As Anything". Powerhouse Museum. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ Baker, Glen A. (28 May 1983). "Australia - Explosive Talent Gains Temper Year of playing Dangerously" (PDF). Billboard. p. A=6. Retrieved 31 October 2020 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "NFSA – Title Details". Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ a b c McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Mental as Anything'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86508-072-7. Archived from the original on 13 August 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ "Mental As Anything Ep". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Volume 36, No. 25, July 31, 1982". RPM 50 Singles. Library and Archives Canada. 31 July 1982. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Mental As Anything' (from irishcharts.ie)". Imgur.com (original source published by Fireball Media). Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Official Charts > Mental As Anything". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Artist Chart History – Mental As Anything – Singles". Billboard. Nielson Business Media Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
- ^ "austriancharts.at > Mental As Anything in der Österreichischen Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Mental As Anything – Live It Up (song)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com > Mental As Anything in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com > Mental As Anything in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ^ "Monumental As Anything". Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia). Australian Federal Government. Retrieved 31 July 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Mental As Anything – Monumental II". Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia). Australian Federal Government. Retrieved 31 July 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Archived Australasian Releases: May 2004". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
- ^ "Mental As Anything – Basemental". Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia). Australian Federal Government. Retrieved 31 July 2009. [dead link]
