Get the Picture? (The Pretty Things album)

Get the Picture?
Get the Picture?
Studio album by Pretty Things
Released	December 1965
Recorded	1965
Studio	Philips (London)
Genre	Garage rock; rhythm and blues;
Length	29:50
Label	Fontana
Producer	Bobby Graham; Glyn Johns;
Pretty Things chronology

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.^[1] 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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

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]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Don't Believe Me"	Phil May Bobby Graham Jimmy Page Willie Morrell	2:24
2.	"Buzz the Jerk"	May Dick Taylor	1:55
3.	"Get the Picture?"	May Taylor	1:56
4.	"Can't Stand the Pain"	May Taylor Graham	2:42
5.	"Rainin' in My Heart"	James Moore Jerry West	2:33
6.	"We'll Play House"	May Taylor	2:34
Total length:			13:55

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"You'll Never Do It, Baby"	Brian Smith Terry Fox	2:29
8.	"I Had a Dream"	Jimmy Witherspoon	2:59
9.	"I Want Your Love"	Johnnie Dee Johnny Tarr	2:18
10.	"London Town"	Tim Hardin	2:28
11.	"Cry to Me"	Bert Russell	2:53
12.	"Gonna Find Me a Substitute"	Ike Turner	2:59
Total length:			15:53

Personnel

The Pretty Things

Phil May – vocals
Dick Taylor – lead guitar
Brian Pendleton – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
John Stax – bass, backing vocals
Viv Prince – drums (on a handful of tracks)
Bobby Graham – drums (on a handful of tracks)
Twink – drums (on two tracks)

On the bonus tracks, the lineup was May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax and Skip Alan on drums.^{[citation needed]}

References

1 2 3 Wirth, Jim (30 March 2023). "The Pretty Things Reviewed!". Mojo. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
1 2 3 Eder, Bruce. "Get the Picture? Review by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
↑ Watts, Peter (5 May 2023). "The Pretty Things – Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020". Uncut. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[Wirth-1] 1 2 3 Wirth, Jim (30 March 2023). "The Pretty Things Reviewed!". Mojo. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[Eder-2] 1 2 3 Eder, Bruce. "Get the Picture? Review by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

[Watts-3] Watts, Peter (5 May 2023). "The Pretty Things – Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020". Uncut. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

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