Get the Picture? (The Pretty Things album) explained

Get the Picture?
Type:studio
Artist:Pretty Things
Cover:Get the picture cover.jpg
Released:December 1965
Recorded:1965
Studio:Philips Studios, London
Genre:Garage rock, rhythm and blues
Length:29:50
Label:Fontana
Prev Title:Rainin' in My Heart
Prev Year:1965
Next Title:Emotions
Next Year:1967

Get the Picture? is the second album by the English rock band Pretty Things, released in 1965.

Recording

Get the Picture? was recorded quickly as a follow-up to Pretty Things' self-titled debut album. Jimmy Page cowrote the album's opening song "You Don’t Believe Me".[1]

Release

A CD reissue, which was remastered from the original session tapes, expanded the album to 18 tracks, with the addition of songs recorded in the same sessions for singles or extended plays.[2] In 2023, all 13 of the band's studio albums were included in the box set The Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020.[1]

Reception

AllMusic wrote that Get the Picture? was "a record that's just a few notches short of Rolling Stones level in the charisma department" and that "Pretty Things approach Rolling Stones' territory, and even in their off moments, they're flying at the same level as the Kinks' album tracks."[2] Uncut, in a review of the band's studio albums box set, said that the album "showed they were eager to grow".[3]

Personnel

The Pretty Things

On the bonus tracks, the lineup was May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax and Skip Alan on drums.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Pretty Things Reviewed! . Wirth . Jim . 30 March 2023 . Mojo . 2023-06-11.
  2. Web site: Get the Picture? Review by Bruce Eder . Eder . Bruce . . 2023-06-11.
  3. Web site: The Pretty Things – Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020 . Watts . Peter . 5 May 2023. Uncut . 2023-06-11.