Poll: How do you rate Richard Wright's "Wet Dream" album?

I remember listening to it a few times and thinking that side 1 sounded exactly like side 2; took me couple of listens to realize they pressed side 1 on both sides. I ditched it when it came out on CD; probably should have kept it in retrospect.

 

Ha! My version of Stand Up was the same way. Wish I’d kept it.

 

Listening on Youtube now. First track is a little ponderous, I hope it gets better as it goes along. The One-Way CD is expensive how come one of the independents hasn't released it?

 

I bought it when it came out, played it a lot, decent album. Have not heard it for years, my LP is up in the loft..

 

A bump... I don't think a few more votes would be "against the odds"!

 

Haven't voted yet. Even tho I know I've played this record a couple times, I can't recall a single thing about it. I'm a keyboard freak so that's very unusual. I'll try to listen to it tonight and see if anything sticks.

 

Not bad. It could use more keyboard textures like clavinet and Moog. Nothing blows me away. "Medeteranean C" sounds kinda Santana-ish. Cool tune. Could be better. Could be worse. I'll keep playing and hope something clicks.

 

Just picked this up from Reckless Records in London for £20. Never heard it before so looking forward to listening

 

Bought the record when it came out and really liked the instrumentals. Always a Richard Wright fan. Sony Whites guitar is fantastic.
I recently realized I didn't have a CD version. Just picked up a mint condition A24090.
Awesome fidelity & dynamic range.

 

This should have been reissued following Rick's passing.

 

I told my girlfriend I'm putting on Wet Dream. She gave me a dirty look.
This was after she told me Steely Dan was porn music.

Lovely mellow album but some of the lyrics maybe point to Rick being in a bad place at the time?

 

A pretty solid effort - worth recommending

I listen to it more often than I listen to Animals

 

I have the CD of this album, American 1993. Sounds pretty good to these ears but who has the original LP too? Is it recommended for SQ?

 

It's a spunky little record.

 

I have a brazilian press form the early 80s. Heavy high end/hollow low end. I'm not sure if it's a problem with this specific mastering though.

 

My LP copy (1st UK) of this album has arrived. Near Mint vinyl. Cover is Ex although it does have a cut out hole. £22. Kind of around the average price, I guess for a NM vinyl copy.
Anyhow I bought it to see what the sonics were like plus all this lockdown time....
The conclusion is that the SQ is really fabulous. Rick's vocals have a 3D quality that the excellent CD cannot quite match. Instruments sound well defined and very realistic. It is actually pretty glorious and I found myself sat with a massive grin on my face. The sort of grin that only great SQ can bring!
So to anyone interested in getting this album, the 1993 CD is really excellent but the UK 1st pressing has an edge for reality of presentation. Get both would be my opinion for dedicated Floyd fans.

 

I'm very glad to hear this. Rick deserves the best possible presentation.
I've found 1st press UK vinyl magical.

 

I love Richard Wright's work in Pink Floyd. He was my favorite member after the fall of Syd Barrett. Wet Dream was a let down. I only listen to it all the way through because I liked the artist but I'm done with the album. Nothing really inspiring. He made great music in a group of great musicians = Pink Floyd.

 

"Summer Of '78"

Very much one of a group of "What I did on my summer holiday" records quite a few English art-rock vets were doing in the mid-'70s. Gilmour's first solo record that came out around this time had a bit of the same feel, in places. Kevin Ayers also, sort of specialized in this for a few years -- the soundtrack of English musicians of privilege getting away to their secluded Mediterranean island retreats.

Listening to Wet Dream now, it's easy to maybe see why Rick's days in the Floyd were numbered -- Roger's writing was becoming the antithesis of pastoral reverie and jazzy key changes.

However, I still occasional play this album on nice summer days, when the mood strikes, along with David Gilmour and some Ayers discs. I'm a little sad I can't book my usual Spring holiday in Puerto Vallarta with these on my iPod ...

(I wish this album could be remastered on CD, the version I have on One Way sounds a bit brittle and lacking in low end.)

 

There’s not much here besides some lightweight jams, ponderous instrumentals, and willowy naval-gazing songs. The music isn’t even that interesting. Snowy White and Mel Collins did what they could with it.

Found a copy of this record used last year and thought it was rather disappointing after a first listen. I’ll keep giving it a chance though.

 

Okay, I gave this record another spin tonight, and this is actually a pretty nice listen. There's an uncertain but relaxed quality to this record that seems to fit with the current moment. Based on that, I revised my vote upwards to "Not bad--so-so".

I love some Mel Collins in Crimson, but a few of the sax solos here verge on parody. His playing is fantastic of course, but it's an ingredient that I wish Wright had used more sparingly on the record.

The little 3-note turnaround here in "Waves" particularly reminds me of the same trick heard in Floyd's "See Saw". That is so Rick.

The thing about the solo Floyd albums (besides Syd's) is, it always literally feels like you're listening to 1/4 of the band. Losing Wright around the time of The Wall had a very tangible effect on the band's sound.

 

I rate it above any post-Waters Floyd, and only slightly below classic Floyd 1972-1979 period. As much as I love The Final Cut, Pink Floyd really aren't the same band without Wright. When he was contributing at peak level, they were much better. Animals & The Wall both suffer for Rick's diminished input as much as The Final Cut does for his total absence. Wet Dream is a perfect example of the missing element that is lacking from the post-Wish You Were Here Floyd albums. From the opening chords of 'Mediterranean C' , I instantly think to myself, " Ahh, that's what Floyd used to sound like! " His superior melodic sensibility and emotive phrasing are key to the formula that made Pink Floyd the colossus they were. As one of only three original members remaining and one of two original lead vocalists - that's Rick we hear on the very first song on their debut album - Wet Dreams reminds us doubly of his indispensable contributions to every record the group made up through 1975.
Along with Syd Barrett, Rick was the most talented musician of the band, imo, and though he wasn't as prolific a writer as Waters, his musicanship was on a level none of the others could touch.

 

Each member took a piece of the band’s sound with them too. It’s why the solo records usually sound so unsatisfying to me. I will say that Wet Dream often comes close at times musically to Pink Floyd.

 

This comment stole my (delicate sound of) thunder! I was going to write almost exactly the same thing.

In spinning this album, it hit me just how much of Floyd's classic-period sound was evoked by Wright's and keyboard sounds and performances -- as well as his vocals.

I rated it: A pretty solid effort - worth recommending

 

Actually, Mel Collins also played on Nick Mason's mid-80s album with Rick Fenn, "Profiles," and he was in Roger Waters' Bleeding Heart Band for the 1986 "When the Wind Blows" soundtrack album and the 1987 "Radio K.A.O.S." album and tour.

I really enjoy this record, possibly my favourite Floyd solo album and I much prefer it to the more highly regarded, it would seem, "Broken China" album. Nevertheless, it still leaves a feeling it could do with some of Waters' bite, catchiness and lyrics, and some of Gilmour's majestic guitar and vocal interplay with Wright.