Pictures for Pleasure

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
Studio album by
Charlie Sexton
Released1985
GenreRock, new wave
Length40:46
LabelMCA
ProducerKeith Forsey
Charlie Sexton chronology
Pictures for Pleasure
(1985)		 Charlie Sexton
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.

Reception

Cash Box magazine said "With a rich and roaring vocal typical of Forsey's production, as well as some stinging guitar leads, Charlie Sexton is definitely a musician/performer to be reckoned with. Though still in his teens, the sound is fully mature and Sexton is primed for teen star status."[3]

Track listing
  1. "Impressed" (Steve Krikorian, Robert Wilson) – 4:19
  2. "Beat's So Lonely" (Keith Forsey, Sexton) – 5:10
  3. "Restless" (Sexton, Andrew Williams)– 4:57
  4. "Hold Me" (Little Jack Little, David Oppenheim, Ira Schuster) – 4:27
  5. "Pictures for Pleasure" (Nigel Harrison, Sexton) – 4:56
  6. "Tell Me" (Sexton) – 4:11
  7. "Attractions" (Sexton) – 4:27
  8. "You Don't Belong Here" (Steve Krikorian) – 4:52
  9. "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
  • Michael Frondelli - mixing

Charts
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 26
US Billboard 200[5] 15

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Charlie Sexton: Pictures for Pleasure". Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  2. Bart Bull (May 1986). "Go, Charlie, Go". Spin Magazine.
  3. "Album Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 9 November 1985. p. 10. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  4. 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.
  5. "Charlie Sexton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
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