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MENTAL AS ANYTHING

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DEMON

★★★★

The Australian 80s one-hit wonders who aren’t Men At Work, this vinyl double album 26-song compilation shows Mental As Anything had more tunes than just Live It Up. OK, so there wasn’t that much more to their goodtime formula than the hit. Still, as the title implies, Surf & Mull & Sex & Fun highlights their way with a breezy riff, an ability to conjure up the beach and singer ‘Greedy’ Smith’s refusal to take life too seriously. All that’s missing in the title is the constant references to beer to figure out what’s going on here.

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