Albums

Tracklist

A1 C.Y.O. Dance 2:27
A2 The Nips Are Getting Bigger 3:21
B Golfshoes 2:43

Credits

Producer – Cameron Allan
Written-By – Murphy* (tracks: A2, B), O’Doherty* (tracks: A1)

Notes

‘Plays At Your Party’ was the first release of the Regular label.

The initial release of 1100 copies of this EP sold in just 3 weeks. When the second pressing sold in one day, the label decided to associate with Festival Records to handle the huge demand.

The mix of “The Nips Are Getting Bigger” on this E.P. remains unreleased digitally.

Recorded at United Sound Sydney Australia

Tracklist

The Nips Are Getting Bigger
Egypt
Come Around
(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet
If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?
Too Many Times
Berserk Warriors
Let’s Cook
I Didn’t Mean To Be Mean
Spirit Got Lost
Brain Brain
Working For The Man
Apocalypso
You’re So Strong
Live It Up
Date With Destiny
Surf & Mull & Sex & Fun
Let’s Go To Paradise
He’s Just No Good For You
Rock ‘N’ Roll Music
The World Seems Difficult
Mr Natural
Nigel
Dorothy Parker’s Hair

Tracklist

1 C.Y.O. Dance 2:34
2 Instrumental As Anything 2:33
3 Can I Come Home? 2:11
4 Business And Pleasure 2:14
5 Talk To Baby Jesus 2:24
6 Troop Movements In The Ukraine 2:13
7 Assault And Flattery 2:50
8 Looking For Bird 3:35
9 Chemical Travel 2:55
10 Psychedelic Peace Lamp 3:03
11 Holiday In Auckland 1:53
12 L’Amour No More 2:26
13 Yoga Dog Sunset 3:29
14 Not Enough 2:50
15 Fiona 3:25
16 Country In The Concrete 2:54
17 Bitter To Swallow 3:43
18 Seems Alright To Me 3:15
19 Wouldn’t Try To Explain 3:15
20 Surf & Mull & Sex & Fun 3:39
21 Bus Ride 2:55
22 The Mad King 5:05
23 Some Feeling 4:10

Credits

Performer [Musician] – David “Bird” Twohill*, Greedy Smith, Martin “Palace Guard” Plaza*, Peter “Yoga Dog” O’Doherty*, Reg Mombassa
Producer – Bruce Brown (2) (tracks: 7 to 12, 14 to 17), Cameron Allan (tracks: 1 to 6), Mark Moffat* (tracks: 18), Mark Opitz (tracks: 19), Mental As Anything (tracks: 13), Richard Gottehrer (tracks: 20 to 22), Ricky Fataar (tracks: 18), Robyn Smith* (tracks: 23), Russell Dunlop (tracks: 7 to 12, 14 to 17)
Remastered By – William Bowden
Written-By – Bird* (tracks: 8), Greedy* (tracks: 15, 17), Martin* (tracks: 2, 8, 11, 14, 18, 19, 21, 23), Pete* (tracks: 13, 20, 22), Reg* (tracks: 1, 3 to 12, 14, 16)

Tracklist

1 Blues Guys
2 Alien Abduction
3 Moaning Lisa
4 She Could’ve Been Mine
5 Bucking Hard
6 Lazy
7 Covered In Women
8 I Know You Will
9 Karaoke Hostess
10 Nirvana On Guitar
11 Easy
12 Mr Munroe

Credits

Guitar – Reg Mombassa (tracks: 1, 2)
Mastered By – Leon Zervos
Mixed By – David Barraclough (tracks: 1, 12), Martin Plaza (tracks: 1, 12), Mike Caen (tracks: 1, 12), Steve James (tracks: 2 to 11)
Mixed By [Assistant] – Sam Hannan (tracks: 2 to 11)
Performer [Musician] – David Barraclough, Greedy Smith, Martin Plaza, Mike Caen, Rob Souter*
Producer – Mental As Anything
Recorded By – David Barraclough, Greedy Smith, Martin Plaza, Mike Caen, Phil Punch
Written-By – David Barraclough (tracks: 8, 9, 11), Greedy Smith (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10), Martin Plaza (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 12)

Tracklist

1 Live It Up
2 The Nips Are Getting Bigger
3 Too Many Times
4 If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
5 He’s Just No Good For You
6 Mr Natural
7 Spirit Got Lost
8 Come Around
9 You’re So Strong
10 I Didn’t Mean To Be Mean
11 The World Seems Difficult
12 Stretchmarks
13 Blacktown To Bondi
14 Brain Brain

Credits

Engineer – Andrew Beck, Dave Barraclough*
Guitar – Reg Mombassa (tracks: 5, 13)
Mixed By, Mastered By – John Haeny
Performer [Musician] – Dave Barraclough*, Greedy Smith, Martin Plaza, Mike Caen, Robbie Souter*
Written-By – David Barraclough (tracks: 12), Greedy Smith (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11), Martin Plaza (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10), Peter O’Doherty (tracks: 14), Reg Mombassa (tracks: 7, 13)

Notes

This album features acoustic re-recordings of previously issued Mental As Anything tracks.

Tracklist

1 Talking In Tongues
2 To Love Us Too
3 Evil Twin
4 One Thing Leads To Another
5 Idiot Dance
6 Love You ‘Til You Throw Me Out
7 I Believe In Goats
8 Sweetheart
9 Velcro Slab
10 Wrong
11 That’s Why I’m Excited
12 Inner Freak
13 Better Than Nothing
14 Surf’n’Murf

Credits

Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – David “Duck” Barraclough*
Drums – Geoff Mathews (tracks: 6)
Drums, Vocals, Percussion – David “Bird” Twohill*
Guitar – Mike Caen
Guitar, Piano, Backing Vocals – Murray Cook (tracks: 1, 7, 11)
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass – Martin Plaza
Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica – Greedy Smith
Mastered By – Oscar Gaona
Mixed By – A. Beck (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 14), David Barraclough (tracks: 2 to 5, 8 to 13)
Producer – David Barraclough, Mental As Anything
Recorded By – David Barraclough (tracks: 1 to 14), Greedy Smith (tracks: 2), Martin Plaza (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 11, 13), Mike Caen (tracks: 5, 10)
Recorded By [Additional] – A. Beck
Written-By – David Barraclough (tracks: 3, 6, 9, 12, 13), Greedy Smith (tracks: 2, 8, 10), Martin Plaza (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 11, 14), Mike Caen (tracks: 5)

Tracklist

1 Fine Line 5:08
2 Special Filter 2:40
3 Stretchmarks 2:54
4 Holiday Away From My Head 4:29
5 Davey Jones Got The Part 3:16
6 The Ballad Of Narelle Parts One And Two 6:37
7 Different Girls 4:07
8 Crybabies 2:58
9 A Universe Apart 3:05
10 Village Idiot 3:35
11 Love Concussion 3:17
12 $25 More 3:43
13 Don’t Mention The War 5:17

Credits

Bass – Peter O’Doherty (tracks: 11)
Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Sequenced By [Programming] – David “Duck” Barraclough*
Drums, Vocals, Percussion – David “Bird” Twohill*
Engineer – A. Beck (tracks: 1, 13), Daniele Di Giovanni (tracks: 3, 6), David Barraclough (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8-11), Greedy Smith (tracks: 4, 7, 12), John Bee (tracks: 6), Martin Plaza (tracks: 1, 13), Martin White (tracks: 11)
Guitar – Reg Mombassa (tracks: 5, 6, 11)
Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Murray Cook
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – Martin Plaza
Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica, Sequenced By [Programming] – Greedy Smith
Mastered By – Don Bartley
Mixed By – A. Beck (tracks: 5, 11, 13), John Haeny (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 12), Jonathan Burnside (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 10)
Producer – Mental As Anything
Written-By – David Barraclough (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10, 11), David Twohill (tracks: 11), Greedy Smith (tracks: 4, 7, 12), Martin Plaza (tracks: 1, 2. 5, 8, 9, 11, 13)

Tracklist

1.1 Just My Luck
1.2 Calling Colin
1.3 Garageland
1.4 Money
1.5 I’m In Love With My Car
1.6 Empty Uniform
1.7 Does She
1.8 Dorothy Parker’s Hair
1.9 TV Song
1.10 Black Dog
1.11 1973
1.12 Up & Down
1.13 Lemon Peel
1.14 Meanwhile
1.15 Complaining

2.1 The Nips Are Getting Bigger
2.2 Come Around
2.3 Berserk Warriors
2.4 Spirit Got Lost
2.5 He’s Just No Good For You
2.6 The World Seems Difficult

Tracklist

Mr Natural
Nigel
Surfer Joe Revisited
Marianne
English Blues
Diesel Moan
Whole Wide World
Birthday
I’ll Have You
Too Down To Cry
One More Time
Partyline
To The Mountains
Anything & Everything

Tracklist

Big Things In Life
Overwhelmed
The Walls Of The World
Some Feelings
Monster On The Playground
Rock And Roll Music
Baby You’re Wild
The World Seems Difficult
Loves Comes Running
In The Sunshine
Get You Back
Oasis

Tracklist

He’s Just No Good For You 3:26
Thinking Out Loud 3:47
Too Many Times 2:51
Mouth To Mouth 3:48
I’m Glad 3:18
Wandering Through Heaven 2:56
Love Me Tender 3:45
Don’t Tell Me Now 3:59
My Door Is Always Open To You 4:00
Stay At Home Girl 3:18
Put Me Back 4:30
If You Leave Me Can I Come Too? 3:23
The Mad King 5:15

Tracklist

You’re So Strong
Big Wheel
Live It Up
Surf & Mull & Sex & Fun
Good Friday
Date With Destiny
Hold On
Stones Of The Heart
I Just Wanna Be Happy
Splashing
Bus Ride

Tracklist

Spirit Got Lost 2:56
Float Away 2:41
Brain Brain 4:35
Bitter To Swallow 3:43
Close Again 2:54
Nothing’s Going Right Today 3:15
Working For The Man 3:31
Fiona 3:25
Seems Alright To Me 3:29
Drinking Of Her Lips 2:50
Red To Green 3:27
Let’s Not Get Sentimental 4:30
Business & Pleasure 2:20

Notes

For the U.K. and Netherlands at least, this album is “Cats And Dogs” by the Mentals plus their 1982 single “I Didn’t Mean To Be Mean”. Each track however is a remix, some tracks using alternate vocal takes.

Tracklist

If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? 3:11
Let’s Cook 2:30
Too Many Times 2:45
Got Hit 3:10
Looking For Bird 3:40
Ready For You Now 2:40
Chemical Travel 3:00
I Didn’t Mean To Be Mean 3:25
Walking On Rails 2:34
Sad Poetry 2:50
Berserk Warriors 3:45
Psychedelic Peace Lamp 3:02
Catalinas Reward 3:11
Holiday In Auckland

Tracklist

Too Many Times 2:52
Walking On Rails 2:34
If You Leave Me Can I Come Too? 3:12
Berserk Warriors 3:51
Let’s Cook 2:30
Got Hit 3:14
Ready For You Now 2:38
Looking For Bird 3:39
Chemical Travel 2:54
Catalina’s Reward 3:07
Psychedelic Peace Lamp 3:59
Sad Poetry 2:30
Hararei I Akarana 1:54

Tracklist

Troop Movements In The Ukraine 2:13
Semi Trailer 2:31
Missing Plane 2:32
Insect Liberation 2:38
Won’t Let Me Drive 2:36
Come Around 3:03
Harmonic Visions 2:40
Away 2:24
Cannibal 3:39
Blacktown To Bondi 2:05
The Girl 2:16
Live Now Pay Later 2:58

Tracklist

The Nips Are Getting Bigger 3:19
Spanish Gardener 2:36
Business And Pleasure 2:14
Sheilah 2:49
Possible Theme For A Future TV Drama Series 2:15
Talk To Baby Jesus 2:24
Egypt 2:42
Another Man’s Sitting In My Kitchen 2:21
Can I Come Home? 2:11
Fringe Benefits 3:02
Insurance Man 3:05
Empty Hearts/Open Wounds 2:33
Love Is Not A Gift 2:19
Wolf At Your Door 2:32