Wet

Performer: Barbra Streisand
Artist: Donna Summer; David Foster; Marvin Hamlisch; Bill Payne; Larry Carlton; Richard Tee; Jeff Porcaro; Paulinho Da Costa
Engineer: John Arrias; Juergen Koppers
Producer: Gary Klein
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Barbera Streisand, Donna Summer (vocals); Greg Mathieson (conductor, acoustic & electric piano, synthesizer); Lalo Schifrin, Marvin Hamlisch (conductor); Dan Ferguson, Fred Tackett (acoustic & electric guitars); Larry Carlton, Steve Lukather, Jay Graydon, Jeff Baxter, Dean Parks (guitar); Tom Scott (saxophone); Mike Lang (acoustic & electric piano); Richard Tee, David Foster (piano); Jai Winding (electric piano, clavinette); Alan Broadbent (electric piano); Ian Underwood (synthesizer); David Hungate, Neil Stubenhaus (bass); Jeff Porcaro, James Gadson (drums); Paulinho da Costa (percussion); Bobby Kimball, Tom Kelly, Bill Champlin, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Luther Waters (background vocals). Recorded at Sound Labs, Capitol Recording Studio and Rusk Studios, Hollywood, California; Crimson Recording Studio and The Village Recorder, Santa Monica, California. All tracks have been digitally remastered from the original master tapes. A concept album of sorts in the sense that each of the songs has something to do with water, Wet was the third of a trilogy of albums produced by Gary Klein in a soft rock vein increasingly set in the synth-pop style of the late '70s and early '80s. The concept allowed for a range of material, from old favorite Harold Arlen's "Come Rain or Come Shine" to an updated version of the old Bobby Darin hit "Splish Splash." The album's number one hit was "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," a disco duet with Donna Summer. But most of the songs were newly written ballads attempting to re-create the "Evergreen"/"The Way We Were" style of Streisand's recent hits. "Kiss Me in the Rain''" grazed the Top 40. Yet there was enough variety on the album to make it an average Streisand outing. ~ William Ruhlmann A concept album of sorts in the sense that each of the songs has something to do with water, Wet was the third of a trilogy of albums produced by Gary Klein in a soft rock vein increasingly set in the synth-pop style of the late '70s and early '80s. The concept allowed for a range of material, from old favorite Harold Arlen's "Come Rain or Come Shine" to an updated version of the old Bobby Darin hit "Splish Splash." The album's number one hit was "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," a disco duet with Donna Summer. But most of the songs were newly written ballads attempting to re-create the "Evergreen"/"The Way We Were" style of Streisand's recent hits. "Kiss Me in the Rain''" grazed the Top 40, but most of that material was substandard. Yet there was enough variety on the album to make it an average Streisand outing. ~ William Ruhlmann WET is a concept album based on, you guessed it, an aquatic theme. The title track (co-written by Streisand) is a sweeping ballad with an exquisite arrangement, while Streisand's rendition of the standard "Come Rain Or Come Shine" (featuring Toto member and session man extraordinaire Jeff Porcaro on drums) is tastefully rendered. In fact, the album's parade is only drizzled on by a version of Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash," which comes off as schmaltzy. Most of the record was recorded live in the studio, though the number one smash "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (a duet with Donna Summer) took 150 hours and $100,000 to record, mix, and master. The production and vocal performances are nearly perfect, resulting in an album to be played in any kind of weather. Come on in, the water's fine.

When she emerged in a 1960s pop scene dominated by rock & roll, Barbra Streisand was a breath of fresh air to those nostalgic for the great Broadway-oriented pop vocalists of the past. Her stratospheric range and (initially) anachronistic taste in material made her the new Grande Dame of non-rock pop music. Along the way she experimented with the flavors of the day, from folk-rock to disco, but she always returned to the Great American Songbook for inspiration.

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