Creatures of Leisure [Import]

Mental As Anything | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mushroom Records
• ASIN: B00000G6DV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,331 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Ideas per Song than Most Bands Put into an Album, October 7, 2000

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Mr Likeable (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creatures of Leisure (Audio CD)

The Mentals are an awesome little pop band. Their pop, like much of their painting, is pretty nifty art. 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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great album from down under!, October 22, 1999

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C. C. Thomas "filmstar" (Empire, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creatures of Leisure (Audio CD)

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. I became acquainted with the Mentals, as many in the U.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.

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly a classic, January 27, 2010

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Gordon Pfannenstiel (Russell, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creatures of Leisure (Audio CD)

I haven't heard the Mental's recent stuff, but this is a classic pop/rock album. I love Cats and Dogs as well, but this album has an even richer, more subtle texture and, like Cats and Dogs, one great song after another. Hard to pick favorites; it's changed over the years. I remember I first heard the Lp at a party in 1983, and I was blown away. I asked the host what it was, and I was surprised I'd never even heard of them. I immediate purchased, and have purchased four others over the years. This is still my favorite, with Cats and Dogs a close second. If you missed them, and still love great pop/rock, Creatures of Leisure is not to be missed.