Photograph Smile

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Photograph Smile
Photograph Smile .jpg
Studio album by
Julian Lennon
Released18 May 1998
Recorded1996–1998
Studio
  • AIR (London, UK)
  • Rockfield (Wales, UK)
  • Windmill Lane (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Forum Studios (Rome, Italy)
  • Studio Mulinetti (Genova, Italy)
Genre Baroque pop [1]
Length64:29
73:10 (bonus tracks)
Label Varèse Sarabande (US)
Fuel 2000 (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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The New York Times (Positive) [5]
North County Times A [6]
People (Positive) [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Wall of Sound 65/100 [9]

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". [10]

Contents

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.

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, Lisa 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

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

References

  1. ↑ Condran, Ed (24 August 1999). "Julian Lennon slows pace as he pursues his own sound". The Desert Sun: 25. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Photograph Smile – Julian Lennon at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Mirkin, Steven (19 February 1999). "Music Review: Julian Lennon: Photograph Smile". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Gardner, Elysa (5 March 1999). "Record Rack: Julian Lennon: Photograph Smile". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Strauss, Neil (24 December 1998). "THE POP LIFE; Seeking Models Who Can Sing". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Colling, John (19 August 1999). "Music". North County Times. Archived from the original on 28 November 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Picks and Pans Review: Photograph Smile". People . 22 February 1999. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Wild, David (18 March 1999). "Rolling Stone review: Julian Lennon: Photograph Smile". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  9. ↑ Remstein, Bob. "Review: Photograph Smile". Wall of Sound . Archived from the original on 14 April 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  10. ↑ Burianek, CJ. "The Julian Lennon 1990's Singles Discography". Heyjules.com. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  11. ↑ 作品データベース検索サービス [searchable copyright database]. Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2013. Note: Co-writer's credits are omitted from the sleeve-notes for the album.
  12. ↑ "australian-charts.com Julian Lennon – Photograph Smile" (ASP). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "Julian Lennon – Photograph Smile – austriancharts.at" (ASP). Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "Album Search: Julian Lennon – Photograph Smile" (in German). Media Control. Archived from the original (ASP) on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "フォトグラフ・スマイル／ジュリアン・レノン-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks of Photograph Smile by Julian Lennon]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
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