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
Pictures for Pleasure (1985) Charlie Sexton (1989)

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

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)[5]	26
US Billboard 200[6]	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. 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.
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.
6. "Charlie Sexton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2022.