Photograph Smile | ||||
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Released | 18 May 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1996–1998 | |||
Genre | Baroque pop [1] | |||
Length | 64:29 73:10 (bonus tracks) | |||
Label | Varèse Sarabande (US) Fuel 2000 Records (US) | |||
Producer | Julian Lennon, Bob Rose | |||
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Singles from Photograph Smile | ||||
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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]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | (A-) [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [5] |
The New York Times | (Positive) [6] |
North County Times | A [7] |
People | (Positive) [8] |
Rolling Stone | [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 music video features The Butlers (Ken, a parody of John Lennon; Hector, based on Paul McCartney; Daisy, based on George Harrison; and Bingo, based on Ringo Starr) 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 and Prince, played by Julian Lennon. The first and third segments of the video are filmed in black and white.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Day After Day" | Julian Lennon, Mark Spiro | 4:19 |
2. | "Cold" | Lennon, Spiro | 4:41 |
3. | "I Should Have Known" | Lennon | 4:16 |
4. | "How Many Times" | Lennon | 5:51 |
5. | "I Don't Wanna Know" | Lennon, Spiro | 4:04 |
6. | "Crucified" | Lennon, Gregory Darling | 5:11 |
7. | "Walls" | Lennon, Darling | 4:47 |
8. | "Believe" | Lennon | 4:52 |
9. | "Good to Be Lonely" | Lennon, Spiro | 4:25 |
10. | "Kiss Beyond the Catcher" | Lennon, Darling | 4:00 |
11. | "And She Cries" | Lennon, Spiro | 3:49 |
12. | "Photograph Smile" | Lennon, Darling | 4:35 |
13. | "Faithful" | Lennon | 3:41 |
14. | "Way to Your Heart" | Lennon, Lisa Dalbello | 5:40 |
Total length: | 64:29 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Don't Let Me Down" | Lennon, Darling [11] | 4:41 |
16. | "I Need You" | Gerry Beckley | 4:00 |
Studios
Chart (1998) | Position |
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Australian ARIA Albums Chart [12] | 28 |
Austrian Albums Chart [13] | 40 |
German Media Control Albums Chart [14] | 90 |
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart [15] | 70 |
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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Japan | Avex Trax | CD | AVCZ-95109 / 4988064951093 | |
United Kingdom | 18 May 1998 | Music From Another Room, Pinnacle | CD | MFAR44CD |
United States | 23 February 1999 | Fuel 2000 | CD | FLD-1028 / 0 30206 10282 6 |
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