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Mental as Anything - Creatures of Leisure Audio CD

A fair review of the Mental as Anything "Creatures of Leisure" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Mental as Anything reviews here, or go back to the Mental as Anything tabs.

Mental as Anything Band: Mental as Anything
Title: Creatures of Leisure
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Release Date: 1997-03-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Spirit Got Lost 2: Float Away 3: Brain, Brain 4: Bitter to Swallow 5: Close Again 6: Space to Let 7: Not Enough 8: Drinking of Her Lips 9: Fiona 10: Nothing's Going Right Today 11: Red to Green 12: Country in the Concrete 13: Let's Not Get Sentimental

More Ideas per Song than Most Bands Put into an Album
Their pop, like much of their painting, is pretty nifty art. The Mentals are an awesome little pop band. This band manages to be unpretentious while pursuing some of the most adventurous songs in the catalogue of pop and rock. There was a "famous" review in an English rock mag. that said the Mentals put more ideas into any one song than the average band put in an album. Very true. They can, however, be erratic, and sometimes lean to the twee. But you won't find a song that doesn't have significant redeeming features. This is classic rock/pop. And Creatures of Leisure is probably their best work. You might also seek out their first LP, "Get Wet", or one of the hits packages.


Its a blast, but the label had to fiddle w/ success
Folks new to this won't miss the changes, but if you loved the US vinyl version, be prepared. On vinyl this *was* the album I could play day after day, year after year. The CD is not as good as the US LP. The songs are different, additions *and* subtractions. The CD packaging/liner art is poor. The artwork on the vinyl album liner (done by one of the band members) was outstanding, and totally complemented the music (one piece of art per song). It mystifies me as to why they would have changed a single thing! Buy it anyway, you will not regret getting this!.


nice to find this here
Seamless and timeless album. One of my favorite albums of the early 80s. These guys weaved many different influences into a tight style that was all their own. Just one problem: the American LP had a great version of Orbison's "Working For the Man. " Where is it!.


A great album from down under!
I became acquainted with the Mentals, as many in the U. Since I first bought it on vinyl in 1983, "Creatures of Leisure" has been one of my all-time favorite albums by one of my all-time favorite bands. S. did, from their hit single, "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" This albums expands on that sound and their lyrical sense of irony. Cuts such as "Spirit Got Lost","Brain Brain", and "Close Again" show the Mentals can turn a clever phrase with the best of 'em. The music falls into that broad category of pop/rock with touches of country and Western swing (with an Australian slant); the songs are catchy (and singable) throughout and have a durability--16 years after their initial release--that belies the band's "zany" name, bordering on timeless. This album remains one of the overlooked classic gems of the 1980's (it also makes for great road music when traveling through New Mexico and west Texas). If you like intelligent (and quirky), tuneful pop, get "Creatures of Leisure"; you won't be disappointed.


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