Pictures for Pleasure

Pictures for Pleasure
Pictures for Pleasure
Studio album by Charlie Sexton
Released	1985
Studio	Conway (Hollywood, California); Oasis (Canoga Park, California);
Genre	Rock; new wave;
Length	40:46
Label	MCA
Producer	Keith Forsey
Charlie Sexton chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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 combines 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".

A poster reproducing the album cover appears on the wall of Ferris Bueller's bedroom in the 1986 John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.^[3] The song "Beat's So Lonely" was featured in the 1987 film Some Kind of Wonderful, which was written and produced by Hughes.

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."^[4]

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
Michael Frondelli - mixing

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	26
US Billboard 200^[6]	15

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Charlie Sexton: Pictures for Pleasure". Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
^ Bart Bull (May 1986). "Go, Charlie, Go". Spin Magazine.
^ Ahsan, Sadaf (21 January 2016). "Toronto's Gladstone Hotel recreates Ferris Bueller's bedroom". National Post. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ "Album Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 9 November 1985. p. 10. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
^ 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.
^ "Charlie Sexton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[amreview-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] Ahsan, Sadaf (21 January 2016). "Toronto's Gladstone Hotel recreates Ferris Bueller's bedroom". National Post. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[4] "Album Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 9 November 1985. p. 10. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via World Radio History.

[aus-5] 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.

[ac_Billboard200_Charlie_Sexton-6] "Charlie Sexton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

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