Wet Dream (album)

Wet Dream is the first solo album by Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright, released in 1978.

Wet Dream
Studio album by Richard Wright
Released	15 September 1978
Recorded	10 January–14 February 1978
Genre	Progressive rock, instrumental rock, jazz fusion
Length	43:51
Label	Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)
Producer	Richard Wright
Richard Wright chronology
Wet Dream (1978) Identity (with Zee) (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Car Stereo Review	[2]

Composition

Wet Dream was self-produced and Wright wrote all the songs himself, except "Against the Odds", which was co-written with his then-wife, Juliette, who, as Juliette Gale, had been a member of one of the early bands that evolved into Pink Floyd. It was recorded at Super Bear Studios, Alpes-Maritimes, in early 1978.[3]

Doing this album has helped me get back my creative energies for the next Floyd thing.

— Richard Wright, [4]

Release and reception

The album went virtually unnoticed at the time.[5] The album has long been out of print in Wright's native UK, but it was re-released on CD in the United States and Canada in the 1990s, with some success, and again in 2008 in Australia, following Wright's death.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Wright, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mediterranean C" (instrumental)		3:52
2.	"Against the Odds"	Richard Wright, Juliette Wright	3:57
3.	"Cat Cruise" (instrumental)		5:14
4.	"Summer Elegy"		4:53
5.	"Waves" (instrumental)		4:19

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Holiday"	6:11
7.	"Mad Yannis Dance" (instrumental)	3:19
8.	"Drop In from the Top" (instrumental)	3:25
9.	"Pink's Song"	3:28
10.	"Funky Deux" (instrumental)	4:57

Personnel

• Rick Wright: piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, Oberheim synthesizer, vocals
• Mel Collins: saxophones (1,3,5,7,10), flute (9)
• Snowy White: guitars
• Larry Steele: bass guitar
• Reg Isidore: drums, percussion
• Hipgnosis: Album cover design and photography

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Pop Albums	203

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Car Stereo Review review
3. "Wet Dream". Floydian Slip. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
4. "The Amazing Pudding Reference Guide on Pink Floyd songs and records".
5. Carruthers, Bob (2011). "The Wall". Pink Floyd – Uncensored on the Record (E-book ed.). Cooda Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-908538-27-7. Retrieved 1 October 2012.