Released September 1981 | Length 39:24 Release date September 1981 | |
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Recorded Albert Studios, Sydney, Australia Producer Russell Dunlop, Bruce Brown (plus, on various international versions, Cameron Allen and/or Elvis Costello) Similar Get Wet, Creatures of Leisure, Fundamental, Essential as Anything | ||
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, and peaked at #3 and #2 on the Australian, and New Zealand Album charts, respectively. The first single, "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?", written by Martin Plaza was released in May 1981 and peaked at #4 on the Australian Singles charts. 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. 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 having previously been listed in similar polls in the music magazines Rolling Stone, Juice and The Edge.
Contents
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.)
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.)
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.
Musicians
Recording details
Songs
1Too Many Times2:51
2Walking on Rails2:35
3If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?3:11