Cats & Dogs (Mental As Anything album)

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Cats & Dogs is the third studio album released by Mental As Anything. It was released in September 1981, produced by Bruce Brown and Russell Dunlop,^[2] and peaked at #3 and #2 on the Australian, and New Zealand Album charts, respectively.^[3] The first single, "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?", written by Martin Plaza ^[4] was released in May 1981 and peaked at #4 on the Australian Singles charts.^[3] The next single, "Too Many Times", written by Andrew Smith and released in September 1981 reached #6, whilst the third single, "Berserk Warriors", which was released in December 1981, only peaked at #30.^[3] Cats & Dogs was released overseas in New Zealand, and with an altered track lisiting in both Canada (as Cats & Dogs), and the USA and Europe (as If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?). In October 2010, Cats & Dogs was listed in the top 50 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums^[5] having previously been listed in similar polls in the music magazines Rolling Stone, Juice and The Edge.

Track listing

Australian & New Zealand Editions

Cats & Dogs [Australian & New Zealand release]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Many Times"	Andrew 'Greedy' Smith^[6]	2:52
2.	"Walking On Rails"	Reg Mombassa^[6]	2:34
3.	"If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?"	Martin Plaza^[6]	3:12
4.	"Berserk Warriors"	Peter O'Doherty^[6]	3:51
5.	"Let's Cook"	Martin Plaza^[6]	2:30
6.	"Got Hit"	Peter O'Doherty^[6]	3:14
7.	"Ready For You Now"	Martin Plaza^[6]	2:42
8.	"Looking For Bird"	Wayne Delisle , Reg Mombassa, Martin Plaza^[6]	3:41
9.	"Chemical Travel"	Reg Mombassa^[6]	2:57
10.	"Catalina's Reward"	Martin Plaza^[6]	3:10
11.	"Psychedelic Peace Lamp"	Reg Mombassa^[6]	3:05
12.	"Sad Poetry"	Andrew Smith^[6]	2:50
13.	"Hararei I Akarana"		1:56

Canadian edition

The Canadian edition of Cats & Dogs dropped the album's final five tracks ("Chemical Travel", "Catalina's Reward", "Psychedelic Peace Lamp", "Sad Poetry", and "Hararei I Akarana"), and added two earlier singles ("The Nips Are Getting Bigger", and "Egypt", both of which had originally appeared on Get Wet.)

Cats & Dogs [Canadian release]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Many Times"	Andrew 'Greedy' Smith^[6]	2:52
2.	"Let's Cook"	Martin Plaza^[6]	2:30
3.	"If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?"	Martin Plaza^[6]	3:12
4.	"Berserk Warriors"	Peter O'Doherty^[6]	3:51
5.	"Got Hit"	Peter O'Doherty^[6]	3:14
6.	"The Nips Are Getting Bigger" (Produced by Cameron Allen from Get Wet)	Martin Plaza^[6]	3:19
7.	"Walking On Rails"	Reg Mombassa^[6]	2:34
8.	"Ready For You Now"	Martin Plaza^[6]	2:42
9.	"Looking For Bird"	Wayne Delisle , Reg Mombassa, Martin Plaza^[6]	3:41
10.	"Egypt" (Produced by Cameron Allen from Get Wet)	Reg Mombassa^[6]	2:42

USA edition

The American edition of Cats & Dogs, re-titled If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?, dropped four tracks ("Chemical Travel", "Catalina's Reward", "Psychedelic Peace Lamp", and "Hararei I Akarana"), and added "The Nips Are Getting Bigger", "Egypt", and the newly recorded single "I Didn't Mean To Be Mean" (produced by Elvis Costello.)

If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? [USA release]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?"	Martin Plaza^[6]	3:12
2.	"Let's Cook"	Martin Plaza^[6]	2:30
3.	"Too Many Times"	Andrew 'Greedy' Smith^[6]	2:52
4.	"Got Hit"	Peter O'Doherty^[6]	3:14
5.	"Looking For Bird"	Wayne Delisle , Reg Mombassa, Martin Plaza^[6]	3:41
6.	"Ready For You Now"	Martin Plaza^[6]	2:42
7.	"I Didn't Mean To Be Mean" (Produced By Elvis Costello)	Martin Plaza^[6]
8.	"Walking On Rails"	Reg Mombassa^[6]	2:34
9.	"Sad Poetry"	Andrew Smith^[6]	2:50
10.	"The Nips Are Getting Bigger" (Produced by Cameron Allen from Get Wet)	Martin Plaza^[6]	3:19
11.	"Egypt" (Produced by Cameron Allen from Get Wet)	Reg Mombassa^[6]	2:42
12.	"Berserk Warriors"	Peter O'Doherty^[6]	3:51

UK and European edition

The UK and European edition of Cats & Dogs was resequenced, remixed and re-titled If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?. It included all tracks from the Australian edition ("Harerei I Akarana" was renamed "Holiday In Auckland"), and added "I Didn't Mean To Be Mean". All the tracks were remixed by Dunlop and Brown, in some cases resulting in significantly different timings from the tracks on the original Australian/NZ release. Also note that the version of "I Didn't Mean To Be Mean" included on this album uses a different vocal take than the Australian single mix.

If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? [UK & European release]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?"	Martin Plaza^[6]	3:11
2.	"Let's Cook"	Martin Plaza^[6]	2:30
3.	"Too Many Times"	Andrew 'Greedy' Smith^[6]	2:45
4.	"Got Hit"	Peter O'Doherty^[6]	3:10
5.	"Looking For Bird"	Wayne Delisle , Reg Mombassa, Martin Plaza^[6]	3:40
6.	"Ready For You Now"	Martin Plaza^[6]	2:40
7.	"Chemical Travel"	Reg Mombassa^[6]	3:00
8.	"I Didn't Mean To Be Mean" (Produced By Elvis Costello)	Martin Plaza^[6]	3:25
9.	"Walking On Rails"	Reg Mombassa^[6]	2:34
10.	"Sad Poetry"	Andrew Smith^[6]	2:50
11.	"Berserk Warriors"	Peter O'Doherty^[6]	3:45
12.	"Psychedelic Peace Lamp"	Reg Mombassa^[6]	3:02
13.	"Catalina's Reward"	Martin Plaza^[6]	3:11
14.	"Holiday In Auckland"	Martin Plaza, Reg Mombassa	1:53

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Australia & New Zealand	September 1981	Regular Records	Vinyl LP	L37646
Canada	1982	Solid Gold Records	Vinyl LP	SGR1009
UK & Europe	1982	A&M Records	Vinyl LP	AMLH64921
USA	1982	A&M Records	Vinyl LP	SP4921
Australia	1992	Regular Records	CD	D19562

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Peak Position^[3]
1981	ARIA Album Chart	3

Personnel

Musicians

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

Recording details

Bruce Brown — Producer, Engineer
Russell Dunlop — Producer, Engineer

References

^ Allmusic review
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ""Close Again" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 19 July 2009.
^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
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[1] Allmusic review

[ARDb-2] 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.

[Kent-3] 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.

[APRA_Close-4] ""Close Again" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 19 July 2009.

[ODonnell-5] O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.

[APRA-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au "APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 16 July 2009.

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