Pictures for Pleasure | ||||
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Released | 1985 | |||
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Length | 40:46 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Keith Forsey | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
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.
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]
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 26 |
US Billboard 200[5] | 15 |