Wet Dream (album)
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Wet Dream was the first solo album from Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
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 keyboardist Richard Wright
Richard Wright (musician)
Richard William Wright was an English pianist, keyboardist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound...

, released in 1978. The album went virtually unnoticed at the time. 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.
The album has long been out of print in Wright's native UK, but it was re-released on CD in the USA and Canada
Canada
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 in the 1990s, with some success, and again in 2008 in Australia
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, following Wright's death.

Track listing

All songs by Richard Wright, except where noted.
  1. "Mediterranean C" – 3:52
  2. "Against the Odds" (Richard Wright, Juliette Wright) – 3:57
  3. "Cat Cruise" – 5:14
  4. "Summer Elegy" – 4:53
  5. "Waves" – 4:19
  6. "Holiday" – 6:11
  7. "Mad Yannis Dance" – 3:19
  8. "Drop In from the Top" – 3:25
  9. "Pink's Song" – 3:28
  10. "Funky Deux" – 4:57

Personnel

  • Richard Wright
    Richard Wright (musician)
    Richard William Wright was an English pianist, keyboardist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound...

    : Piano
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    , keyboards, electric piano
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    , Hammond organ
    Hammond organ
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    , Oberheim
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     Synthesizer
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    , vocals.
  • Mel Collins
    Mel Collins
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    : Saxophone
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    s, flute
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    .
  • Snowy White
    Snowy White
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    : Guitar
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    s.
  • Larry Steele: Bass guitar
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    .
  • Reg Isadore: Drum
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    s, percussion.

  • Hipgnosis
    Hipgnosis
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    : Album cover design and photography

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1978 Pop Albums 203
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