Wet (album)

Wet
Studio album by
Barbra Streisand
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)
GenrePop, disco
Length41:07
LabelColumbia
ProducerGary Klein
Barbra Streisand chronology
The Main Event
(1979) 		Wet
(1979) 		Guilty
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The New York TimesUnfavorable[3]
Rolling StoneUnfavorable[2]

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]

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.

  1. ^ "Wet - Barbra Streisand | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ Stephen Holden (February 7, 1980). "Rolling Stone Review-Wet". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Rockwell, John (December 7, 1979). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.