Photograph Smile

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Photograph Smile
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Studio album by
Released18 May 1998
Recorded1996–1998
Genre Baroque pop [1]
Length64:29
73:10 (bonus tracks)
Label Varèse Sarabande (US)
Fuel 2000 Records (US)
Producer Julian Lennon, Bob Rose
Julian Lennon chronology
Help Yourself
(1991)
Photograph Smile
(1998)
Behind the Music – The Julian Lennon Collection
(2001)
Singles from Photograph Smile
  1. "Day After Day"
    Released: 11 May 1998
  2. "I Don't Wanna Know"
    Released: 24 August 1998 (UK); 11 May 1999 (US)
  3. "Photograph Smile"
    Released: 1998 (promo only)

Photograph Smile is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Julian Lennon, released in 1998, after a seven-year hiatus following his previous album, Help Yourself . A promotional sampler was released in 1999 in the US containing the tracks: "I Don't Wanna Know", "Day After Day" and "And She Cries". [2]

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg (A-) [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The New York Times (Positive) [6]
North County Times A [7]
People (Positive) [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Wall of Sound 65/100 [10]

The music video of "I Don't Wanna Know" features a parody band of The Beatles called The Butlers. The beginning of the music video has The Butlers (Ken, a parody of John Lennon; Bongo, a parody of Ringo Starr; Daisy, a parody of George Harrison; and Hector, a parody of Paul McCartney) in a concert with many screaming fans. The concert takes place on a stage similar to the arrow stage from The Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. There is also a box seat with the Queen in it from the Royal Variety Performance. The first and third segments of the video are filmed in black and white.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Day After Day"Julian Lennon, Mark Spiro 4:19
2."Cold"Lennon, Spiro4:41
3."I Should Have Known"Lennon4:16
4."How Many Times"Lennon5:51
5."I Don't Wanna Know"Lennon, Spiro4:04
6."Crucified"Lennon, Gregory Darling5:11
7."Walls"Lennon, Darling4:47
8."Believe"Lennon4:52
9."Good to Be Lonely"Lennon, Spiro4:25
10."Kiss Beyond the Catcher"Lennon, Darling4:00
11."And She Cries"Lennon, Spiro3:49
12."Photograph Smile"Lennon, Darling4:35
13."Faithful"Lennon3:41
14."Way to Your Heart"Lennon, Jeff Dalbello5:40
Total length:64:29
Bonus tracks (Japanese edition)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Don't Let Me Down"Lennon, Darling [11] 4:41
16."I Need You" Gerry Beckley 4:00

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart performance for Photograph Smile
Chart (1998)Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart [12] 28
Austrian Albums Chart [13] 40
German Media Control Albums Chart [14] 90
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart [15] 70

Release history

Release history and formats for Photograph Smile
CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
Japan Avex Trax CDAVCZ-95109 / 4988064951093
United Kingdom18 May 1998Music From Another Room, Pinnacle CDMFAR44CD
United States23 February 1999 Fuel 2000 CDFLD-1028 / 0 30206 10282 6

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