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Wet is the twenty-first studio album released by Barbra Streisand in 1979. The album is a concept album of sorts with all the songs referring to, or expressing different interpretations of, water. Wet is also the first and the last word sung on the album.

Wet
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1979
RecordedJuly 16 - August 28, 1979
Studio
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • Sound Labs (Hollywood)
  • Crimson Sound (Los Angeles)
  • Village Recorders (Los Angeles)
  • Rusk Sound (Los Angeles)[1]
GenrePop, disco
Length41:07
LabelColumbia
ProducerGary Klein
Barbra Streisand chronology
The Main Event
(1979)
Wet
(1979)
Guilty
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling StoneUnfavorable[3]
The New York TimesUnfavorable[4]

The album was a major success for Streisand, propelled by the album's US No. 1 hit single, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", a duet with American disco singer Donna Summer which underwent a retitling and change of emphasis in order to qualify under the water theme. Streisand also scored a top 10 US Adult Contemporary hit with the follow up single "Kiss Me In The Rain."[citation needed]

There are two covers on the album: the 1940s standard "Come Rain or Come Shine" and the Bobby Darin classic "Splish Splash", which features background vocals by Toto lead singer Bobby Kimball.


Commercial performance


The album peaked at No. 7 on the US, Canadian and Australian charts and has been certified as Platinum by the RIAA.[5] According to the liner notes of Barbra's retrospective box set: Just for the Record, the album also received a record certification in New Zealand.[6]


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wet"
3:59
2."Come Rain or Come Shine"
4:46
3."Splish Splash"
4:18
4."On Rainy Afternoons"
3:09
5."After the Rain"
  • A. Bergman
  • M. Bergman
  • Michel Legrand
3:42
6."No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Duet with Donna Summer)
8:20
7."Niagara"
3:33
8."I Ain't Gonna Cry Tonight"
  • Alan Gordon
5:04
9."Kiss Me in the Rain"
4:20

Singles



Personnel



Charts



Certifications


Certifications for Wet
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[15] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[16] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[5] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. "Barbra Streisand – Wet (1979, Terre Haute Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. "Wet - Barbra Streisand | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. Stephen Holden (February 7, 1980). "Rolling Stone Review-Wet". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  4. Rockwell, John (December 7, 1979). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  5. "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Wet". Recording Industry Association of America.
  6. Liner notes, C4K 44111. Columbia Records, 1991
  7. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  8. "Charts.nz – Barbra Streisand – Wet". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  9. "Norwegiancharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Wet". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  10. "Swedishcharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Wet". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  11. "Barbra Streisand | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  12. "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  13. "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980". Archived from the original on August 24, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2019.. Cash Box magazine.
  14. "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1980". Archived from the original on September 13, 2012.. Cash Box magazine.
  15. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  16. "Canadian album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Wet". Music Canada.
  17. "British album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Wet". British Phonographic Industry.

На других языках


- [en] Wet (album)

[ru] Wet (альбом)

Wet (с англ. — «Влажный») — двадцать первый студийный альбом американской певицы Барбры Стрейзанд, выпущенный в 1979 году на Columbia Records и спродюсированный Гэри Кляйном. Альбом является концептуальным, каждая песня посвящена теме воды и её различным воплощениям. Кроме того, слово Wet является первым и последним, звучавшим на пластинке. По состоянию на 2012 год альбом был сертифицирован Американской ассоциацией звукозаписывающих компаний как платиновый.



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