Get the Picture? (The Pretty Things album)

Get the Picture? is the second album by the English rock band Pretty Things, released in 1965.

Get the Picture?
Studio album by
Pretty Things
ReleasedDecember 1965
Recorded1965
StudioPhilips Studios, London
Genre
Length29:50
LabelFontana
Producer
Pretty Things chronology
Rainin' in My Heart
(1965)		 Get the Picture?
(1965)		 Emotions
(1967)
Singles from Pretty Things
  1. "Midnight to Six Man"
    Released: 20 January 1966[1]
  2. "Come See Me"
    Released: 1966

Recording

Get the Picture? was recorded quickly as a follow-up to Pretty Things' self-titled debut album.[2] Jimmy Page cowrote the album's opening song "You Don’t Believe Me".[2]

Composition

The album, misidentified as What's The Picture?, was described as being influenced by soul music in a review of the box set The Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020,[3] while another reviewer said that the album saw the band incorporate folk rock into their style.[2]

Release

A compact disc reissue, which was remastered from the original session tapes, expanded the album to 18 tracks, with the addition of songs recorded in the same sessions for singles or extended plays.[4] In 2023, all 13 of the band's studio albums were included in the box set The Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020.[2]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

AllMusic wrote that Get the Picture? was "a record that's just a few notches short of Rolling Stones level in the charisma department" and that "Pretty Things approach Rolling Stones' territory, and even in their off moments, they're flying at the same level as the Kinks' album tracks."[4] Uncut, in a review of the band's studio albums box set, said that the album "showed they were eager to grow".[3]

Track listing
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Don't Believe Me"
2:24
2."Buzz the Jerk"
1:55
3."Get the Picture?"
  • May
  • Taylor
1:56
4."Can't Stand the Pain"
  • May
  • Taylor
  • Graham
2:42
5."Rainin' in My Heart"
2:33
6."We'll Play House"
  • May
  • Taylor
2:34
Total length:13:55
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."You'll Never Do It, Baby"
  • Brian Smith
  • Terry Fox
2:29
8."I Had a Dream"Jimmy Witherspoon2:59
9."I Want Your Love"
2:18
10."London Town"Tim Hardin2:28
11."Cry to Me"Bert Russell2:53
12."Gonna Find Me a Substitute"Ike Turner2:59
Total length:15:53

Personnel
The Pretty Things

On the bonus tracks, the lineup was May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax and Skip Alan on drums.

References
  1. "PRETTY THINGS | full Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. Wirth, Jim (30 March 2023). "The Pretty Things Reviewed!". Mojo. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. Watts, Peter (5 May 2023). "The Pretty Things – Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020". Uncut. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. Eder, Bruce. "Get the Picture? Review by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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