Photograph Smile

Photograph Smile is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Julian Lennon.

Photograph Smile
Studio album by
Released18 May 1998
Recorded1996–98
GenreRock
Length64:29
73:10 (bonus tracks)
LabelVarèse Sarabande (US)
Fuel 2000 Records (US)
ProducerJulian 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)

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment Weekly (A-)[2]
Los Angeles Times [3]
The New York Times(Positive) [4]
People(Positive)[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

It was released in May 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".[7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Day After Day"Julian Lennon, Mark Spiro4:19
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 [8]4:41
16."I Need You"Gerry Beckley4:00

Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Japan Avex Trax CD AVCZ-95109 / 4988064951093
United Kingdom 1998-05-04 Music From Another Room, Pinnacle CD MFAR44CD
United States 1999-02-23 Fuel 2000 CD FLD-1028 / 0 30206 10282 6

Chart positions

Chart (1998) Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[9] 28
Austrian Albums Chart[10] 40
German Media Control Albums Chart[11] 90
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[12] 70
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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Photograph Smile - Julian Lennon : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. Mirkin, Steven (19 February 1999). "Music Review: Julian Lennon: Photograph Smile". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  3. Gardner, Elysa (5 March 1999). "Record Rack: Julian Lennon: Photograph Smile". latimes.com. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. Strauss, Neil (24 December 1998). "THE POP LIFE; Seeking Models Who Can Sing". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  5. "Picks and Pans Review: Photograph Smile". people.com. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  6. Wild, David (18 March 1999). "Rolling Stone review: Julian Lennon: Photograph Smile". Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  7. Burianek, CJ. "The Julian Lennon 1990's Singles Discography". Heyjules.com. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  8. 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.
  9. "australian-charts.com Julian Lennon - Photograph Smile" (ASP). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  10. "Julian Lennon - Photograph Smile – austriancharts.at" (ASP). Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  11. "Album Search: Julian Lennon - Photograph Smile" (ASP) (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  12. "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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