Charlie Sexton – Pictures For Pleasure (M/VG+) – LP, UK 1985

Pictures For Pleasure is an LP by Charlie Sexton from 1985 released on the MCA Records label.

About this album

Pictures For Pleasure is a polished, sharply written debut that introduced Charlie Sexton as a precocious pop-rock talent with real crossover appeal. Released in 1985, the album blends crisp guitars, synthesiser sheen and agile melodies across a set that moves from the punchy rush of “Beat’s So Lonely” to the title track’s more reflective edge. It arrived at the height of mid-80s radio-friendly pop, but Sexton’s songwriting and playing gave it more personality than a standard debut. The record helped establish him as one of the decade’s most distinctive young American artists.