Wet (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Wet
| type = Album
| artist = Barbra Streisand
| cover = Barbra-streisand-wet-album.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1979
| recorded = July 16 – August 28, 1979
| studio = {{hlist|Capitol (Hollywood)|Sound Labs (Hollywood)|Crimson Sound (Los Angeles)|Village Recorders (Los Angeles)|Rusk Sound (Los Angeles)}}
| length = 41:07
| label = Columbia
| producer = Gary Klein
| prev_title = The Main Event
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Guilty
| next_year = 1980
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wet-mw0000192056|title=Wet - Barbra Streisand | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic|access-date=8 January 2022}}
| rev3 = Rolling Stone
| rev2 = The New York Times
| rev2Score = Unfavorable{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/07/archives/the-pop-life-exproducer-named-radiotv-aide.html|title=The Pop Life|first=John|last=Rockwell|date=December 7, 1979|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 7, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107231745/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/07/archives/the-pop-life-exproducer-named-radiotv-aide.html|archive-date=November 7, 2021|authorlink=John Rockwell}}
}}
Wet is the twenty-first studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in 1979. It 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.
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 fit 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|date=March 2020}}
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. 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.Liner notes, C4K 44111. Columbia Records, 1991
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| title1 = Wet
| writer1 = {{hlist|Sue Sheridan|Barbra Streisand|David Wolfert}}
| length1 = 3:59
| title2 = Come Rain or Come Shine
| writer2 = {{hlist|Harold Arlen|Johnny Mercer}}
| length2 = 4:46
| title3 = Splish Splash
| writer3 = {{hlist|Bobby Darin|Jean Murray|Streisand}}
| length3 = 4:18
| title4 = On Rainy Afternoons
| writer4 = {{hlist|Alan Bergman|Marilyn Bergman|Lalo Schifrin}}
| length4 = 3:09
| title5 = After the Rain
| writer5 = {{hlist|A. Bergman|M. Bergman|Michel Legrand}}
| length5 = 3:42
| title6 = No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
| note6 = Duet with Donna Summer
| writer6 = {{hlist|Paul Jabara|Bruce Roberts}}
| length6 = 8:20
| title7 = Niagara
| writer7 = {{hlist|Carole Bayer Sager|Marvin Hamlisch|Roberts}}
| length7 = 3:33
| title8 = I Ain't Gonna Cry Tonight
| writer8 = {{hlist|Alan Gordon}}
| length8 = 5:04
| title9 = Kiss Me in the Rain
| writer9 = {{hlist|Sandy Farina|Lisa Ratner}}
| length9 = 4:20
}}
Singles
- "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) {duet with Donna Summer}" / "Wet" (1979)
- "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) {duet with Donna Summer} (12-inch disco single)" (1979)
- "Kiss Me In the Rain" / "I Ain't Gonna Cry Tonight" (1979)
Personnel
- Barbra Streisand – vocals
- Dan Ferguson – acoustic guitar
- Steve Lukather, Jay Graydon, Larry Carlton – electric guitar
- David Hungate, Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
- Ian Underwood, Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
- Ed Greene, Jeff Porcaro, Rick Shlosser, Steve Schaeffer, James Gadson – drums
- Richard Tee, David Foster, Bill Payne, Lincoln Mayorga, Michael Lang – piano
- Jai Winding, Alan Broadbent – Fender Rhodes, piano
- Greg Mathieson – piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
- Bobbye Hall, Gary Coleman, Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Tom Scott – saxophone
- Gayle Levant – harp
- Bobby Kimball, Tom Kelly, Bill Champlin, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Luther Waters – backing vocals
- Lee Holdridge, Lalo Schifrin, Nick De Caro, Marvin Hamlisch, Charlie Calello, Greg Mathieson – arrangements, conducting
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
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| Chart
!Peak |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}
| style="text-align:center;"|78 |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|21|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Wet|access-date=March 9, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|39|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Wet|access-date=March 9, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|22|artist=Barbra Streisand|album=Wet|access-date=March 9, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|UK|25|artist=Barbra Streisand|date=1979-11-17|access-date=March 9, 2016}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|7 |artist=Barbra Streisand|access-date=March 9, 2016}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Wet|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Platinum|relyear=1979|certyear=2000}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Wet|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Platinum|relyear=1979}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Wet|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Gold|relyear=1979|certyear=1979|id=8136-2710-2}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Wet|artist=Barbra Streisand|award=Platinum|relyear=1979|certyear=1980|refname=RIAA}}
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References
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{{Barbra Streisand}}
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Category:Barbra Streisand albums
Category:Albums conducted by Charles Calello
Category:Albums conducted by Lee Holdridge
Category:Albums arranged by Charles Calello
Category:Albums arranged by Lee Holdridge
Category:Albums produced by Gary Klein (producer)
Category:Columbia Records albums