Fundamental (Mental As Anything album)

Fundamental (As Anything)
Studio album by Mental As Anything
Released	March 1985
Recorded	Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Pop, new wave
Length	39:24
Label	Regular Records
Producer	Richard Gottehrer
Mental As Anything chronology
Creatures of Leisure (1983) Fundamental (1985) Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (1986)
Singles from Fundamental
"You're So Strong" Released: March 1985 "Live it Up" Released: 31 May 1985 "Date with Destiny" Released: September 1985 "Big Wheel" Released: November 1985

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

Fundamental or Fundamental As Anything is the fifth studio album released by Australian rock/pop group Mental As Anything.^[2][3] The album, produced by Richard Gottehrer was released on Regular Records in March 1985,^[2][3][4] which peaked at #3 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums charts.^[5]

Singles

The first single from the album, "You're So Strong" (March 1985), which peaked at #11 in Australia^[5] also charted in the Top 30 of the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.^[6] It was followed by their biggest Australian hit "Live it Up" (May 1985) which climbed to #2.^[5] The album spawned two additional singles, "Date with Destiny" in September and "Big Wheel" in November.^[2][5] "Live it Up" reached the Top 40 in European charts including the UK where it peaked at #3,^[7] #4 in Norway,^[8] and #6 in Germany,^[9] after it featured in the 1986 Australian film "Crocodile" Dundee.^[2]

Track listing

Fundamental (As Anything)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're So Strong"	Andrew "Greedy" Smith[10]	3:29
2.	"Big Wheel"	Martin Plaza[11]	4:46
3.	"Live it Up"	Smith[12]	4:14
4.	"Surf & Mull & Sex & Fun"	Peter O'Doherty[13]	3:39
5.	"Good Friday"	Plaza[14]	4:29
6.	"Date with Destiny"	Smith[15]	3:04
7.	"Hold On"	O'Doherty[16]	3:02
8.	"Stones of the Heart"	Reg Mombassa[17]	3:22
9.	"I Just Wanna Be Happy (Drunk at a Party)"	Mombassa[18]	3:28
10.	"Splashing"	Mombassa[19]	3:20
11.	"Bus Ride"	Plaza[20]	3:02

Personnel

Mental As Anything

• Wayne Delisle — drums
• Reg Mombassa — lead guitar, vocals
• Peter O'Doherty — bass guitar, vocals
• Martin Plaza — vocals, guitar
• Greedy Smith — vocals, keyboards, harmonica

Additional musicians

• Martin Armiger — guitar
• Mary Bradfield-Taylor — vocals
• Rick Chadwick — keyboards
• Sandi Chick — vocals
• Andrew Farriss — keyboards
• Mark Kennedy — percussion

Recording details

• Producer — Richard Gottehrer
• Engineer, mixing — Thom Panunzio
• Assistant — Allan Wright

Art work

• Art direction — Jana Hartig, Ken Smith, Sue Woollard
• Design — Martin Plaza, Greedy Smith (and cover design)
• Photography — Paula Clarke (cover photo), Paul Clarke, Hugh Hamilton, Frank Lindner (and sleeve photo), Francine McDougall

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Australia	March 1985	Regular Records	LP	RRLP1212
	12 May 1986	Festival	CD	D20208
	1986	Epic	CD	CDEPC 26836
	10 September 1989	Festival	CD	D20208
United States	1986	Columbia	LP	BFC 40299
Netherlands	1987	Epic	LP, Cassette	EPC 450641

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1985	Kent Music Report	3

References

1. Allmusic review
2. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Mental as Anything'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 13 August 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
3. Nimmervoll, Ed. "Mental As Anything". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll). Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
4. Holmgren, Magnus; Johns, Shane; Warnqvist, Stefan. "Mental As Anything". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
5. 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.
6. "Artist Chart History - Mental As Anything - Singles". Billboard.com. Nielson Business Media Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
7. "UK Singles Chart runs". UK Charts Plus. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
8. "Mental As Anything discography". Norwegian charts portal. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
9. "Mental As Anything - Live It Up". Australian charts portal. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
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11. ""Big Wheel" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 July 2009.
12. ""Live it Up" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 July 2009.
13. ""Surf and Mull" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 July 2009.
14. ""Good Friday" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 July 2009.
15. ""Date with Destiny" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 July 2009.
16. "APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 16 July 2009.
17. ""Stones of the Heart" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 July 2009.
18. ""Drunk at a Party" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 July 2009.
19. ""Splashing" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 July 2009.
20. ""Bus Ride" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 July 2009.