Picture This (Wet Wet Wet album)
Picture This is the fourth studio album released by Scottish pop rock quartet Wet Wet Wet. Released on 10 April 1995, the album was the band's first studio release since the release of their long-running Number #1 single, "Love Is All Around". As well as featuring the aforementioned track, the album spawned five further singles: "Julia Says", "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now", "Somewhere Somehow", "She's All on My Mind" and "Morning". The album peaked at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming one of the band's bestselling releases to date.
Picture This | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 10 April 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
Genre | Pop, pop rock | |||
Length | 45:05 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Wet Wet Wet | |||
Wet Wet Wet chronology | ||||
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Singles from Picture This | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
In 2015, to mark twenty years of the album's release, a souvenir edition, The Big Picture, was made available, in the form of a double disc deluxe edition and a box set containing three discs and a DVD, entitled All Around and in the Crowd, containing a concert filmed at Wembley Arena on 30 July 1995, plus six promotional videos and five performances from Top of the Pops between 1994 and 1996.[2] The band also embarked on a 2016 tour in honour of the album, playing seven of the twelve tracks featured on the record.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Clark/Cunningham/Mitchell/Pellow, except She Might Never Know by Chris Difford and Love Is All Around by Reg Presley.[4].
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Julia Says" | 4:09 |
2. | "After the Love Goes" | 3:50 |
3. | "Somewhere Somehow" | 3:51 |
4. | "Gypsy Girl" | 2:11 |
5. | "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now" | 2:55 |
6. | "She Might Never Know" | 4:44 |
7. | "Someone Like You" | 3:48 |
8. | "Love is My Shepherd" | 3:23 |
9. | "She's All on My Mind" | 3:55 |
10. | "Morning" | 4:08 |
11. | "Home Tonight" | 4:07 |
12. | "Love Is All Around" | 4:04 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Roll 'Um Easy" (Live) | 3:14 |
2. | "Celebration" (Live) | 3:49 |
3. | "Gypsy Girl" (Live) | 2:56 |
4. | "All You Need Is Love" (Live) | 5:36 |
5. | "She Might Never Know" (Live) | 4:00 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I Can Give You Everything" (7" Arthur Baker House Remix) | 4:24 |
2. | "Morning" (Youth 1995 Remix) | 3:58 |
3. | "Dixie" | 3:19 |
4. | "Ain’t No Stoppin’ / Le Freak" (Live From Wembley Arena, 11 December 1993) | 5:39 |
5. | "Is This Love" (Live From Wembley Arena, 11 December 1993) | 5:19 |
6. | "Roll ‘Um Easy" (Live From The London Arena, June 1995) | 3:08 |
7. | "Celebration" (Live From Wembley Arena, June 1995) | 3:49 |
8. | "Somewhere Somehow" (Live From Glasgow SECC, July 1995) | 4:17 |
9. | "She Might Never Know" (Live From Sheffield Arena, June 1995) | 3:56 |
10. | "All You Need Is Love" (Live From Glasgow SECC, July 1995) | 5:36 |
11. | "She’s All on My Mind" (Live From Newcastle Arena, December 1995) | 5:43 |
12. | "Julia Says" (Live From Jakarta Plenary Hall, 4 October 1995) | 4:08 |
13. | "Goodnight Girl" (Live From Melbourne The Carousel, 25 September 1994) | 4:25 |
14. | "Home Tonight" (Demo Version) | 3:07 |
15. | "Gypsy Girl" (Demo Version) | 2:16 |
16. | "After the Love Goes" (Demo Version) | 4:30 |
17. | "Morning" (Demo Version 1) | 3:31 |
18. | "Morning" (Demo Version 2) | 4:08 |
Charts
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certification | ||||||||
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UK [5] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [7] |
GER [8] |
NL [9] |
NZ [10] |
NOR [11] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [13] | |||
1995 | Picture This
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1 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 8 | |
References
- AllMusic review
- "Wet Wet Wet: Picture This - The Big Picture". Discogs. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- "Wet Wet Wet Tour Statistics: Picture This - The Big Picture". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- CD Liner Notes: Picture This, 1995 Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
- "UK Charts > Wet Wet Wet". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- Australian chart peaks:
- "Sweet Little Mystery" and "Popped In Souled Out" (Kent Music Report) peaks: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 335. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Discography Wet Wet Wet". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2016. N.B. "Sweet Little Mystery" peaked at #33 on the Kent Music Report chart two weeks before the ARIA-produced chart commenced.
- Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "Shed a Tear" (ARIA Chart) peak: "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 12 Feb 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- "Austrian Charts > Wet Wet Wet". austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Chartverfolgung / Wet Wet Wet / Longplay". musicline.de PhonoNet. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Dutch Charts > Wet Wet Wet". dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "New Zealand Music Charts > Wet Wet Wet". charts.nz Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Norwegian Charts > Wet Wet Wet". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Swedish Charts > Wet Wet Wet". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Swiss Charts > Wet Wet Wet". swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 March 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)