Pictures for Pleasure
Pictures for Pleasure | ||||
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Released | 1985 | |||
Genre | Rock, new wave | |||
Length | 40:46 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Keith Forsey | |||
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Pictures for Pleasure is the first studio album released by singer/guitarist Charlie Sexton in 1985. The album was the first solo effort by the then 16-year-old musician who had already secured a reputation as a skilled guitarist.[2]
Pictures for Pleasure can best be described as a combination between Sexton's blues rock roots and the more commercially acceptable new wave genre. The album produced the Billboard Hot 100 #17 hit "Beat's So Lonely". The song was featured in the John Hughes film Some Kind of Wonderful.
Trivia[]
Producer Keith Forsey also produced Billy Idol's hit albums and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his work with Irene Cara on "Flashdance... What a Feeling".[3]
Track listing[]
- "Impressed" (Steve Krikorian, Robert Wilson) – 4:19
- "Beat's So Lonely" (Keith Forsey, Sexton) – 5:10
- "Restless" (Sexton, Andrew Williams)– 4:57
- "Hold Me" (Little Jack Little, David Oppenheim, Ira Schuster) – 4:27
- "Pictures for Pleasure" (Nigel Harrison, Sexton) – 4:56
- "Tell Me" (Sexton) – 4:11
- "Attractions" (Sexton) – 4:27
- "You Don't Belong Here" (Steve Krikorian) – 4:52
- "Space" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 3:27
Personnel[]
- Charlie Sexton - bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, programming, vocals
- Merchant Bankers - backing vocals
- Arthur Barrow - bass, keyboards, programming
- Dave Concors - engineer
- Keith Forsey - programming, producer
- Mick Guzauski - engineer
- Steve Schiff - guitar
- Alex Martinez - drums, groupie
- Scott Wilk - keyboards
- Richie Zito - guitar
- - mixing
Charts[]
Chart (1986) | Peak Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 26 |
USA (Billboard 200) | 15 |
References[]
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Charlie Sexton: Pictures for Pleasure". Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
- ^ Bart Bull (May 1986). "Go, Charlie, Go". Spin Magazine.
- ^ Pictures for Pleasure at AllMusic
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 269. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Categories:
- 1985 debut albums
- Albums produced by Keith Forsey
- MCA Records albums
- Charlie Sexton albums
- New wave albums by American artists