Pictures for Pleasure, released in 1985

1985 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.-January–March:*January 1 - The newest music video channel, VH-1, debuts on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV...

, is the first studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 released by singer/guitarist Charlie Sexton

Charlie Sexton

Charles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...

. The album was the first solo effort by the 16-year old musician who had already secured a reputation as a skilled guitarist.

Pictures for Pleasure can best be described as a combination between Sexton's blues rock roots and the more commercially acceptable new wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 genre. The album produced the Billboard Hot 100 #17 hit "Beat's So Lonely".

Track listing

1. "Impressed" (Steve Krikorian
   Tonio K
   Tonio K. is an American singer/songwriter who has released eight albums. His songs have been recorded by Al Green, Aaron Neville, Burt Bacharach, Bonnie Raitt, Chicago, Wynonna Judd and Vanessa Williams...
   
   , Robert Wilson) – 4:19
2. "Beat's So Lonely" (Keith Forsey
   Keith Forsey
   Keith Forsey is an English soundtrack composer, drummer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Forsey's first recordings were as the younger member of the group The Spectrum, better known for the end title theme for Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet, but hit makers across Europe in their own...
   
   , 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
   Nigel Harrison
   Nigel Harrison is an English musician, and best known as the bass player of the rock band Blondie....
   
   , 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
   Holly Knight
   Holly Knight is a songwriter, vocalist and musician of pop and rock music.- Biography :She was born in New York City and started playing classical piano as a young child. She soon became interested in rock music, and left home at about sixteen to pursue her dreams...
   
   ) – 3:27

Personnel

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• Charlie Sexton - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals
• Merchant Bankers - Backing vocals
• Arthur Barrow - Bass, Keyboards, Programming
• Dave Concors - Engineer
• Keith Forsey
  Keith Forsey
  Keith Forsey is an English soundtrack composer, drummer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Forsey's first recordings were as the younger member of the group The Spectrum, better known for the end title theme for Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet, but hit makers across Europe in their own...
  
   - Programming, Producer
• Mick Guzauski - Engineer
• Steve Schiff - Guitar
• Scott Wilk - Keyboards
• Richie Zito
  Richie Zito
  Richie Zito is a session guitarist and record producer from Los Angeles.He has worked with Poison, Neil Sedaka, Yvonne Elliman, Eric Carmen, Art Garfunkel, Leo Sayer, Diana Ross, Marc Tanner, Elton John, the Motels, as well as The Cult, White Lion, Eddie Money, Heart, and Bad English...
  
   - Guitar

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Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1985	The Billboard 200	15

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	"Beat's So Lonely"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	24
1986	"Beat's So Lonely"	The Billboard Hot 100	17