Pictures for Pleasure is the first studio album released by singer/guitarist Charlie Sexton in 1985.

The album was the first solo effort by the then 16-year-old musician who had already secured a reputation as a skilled guitarist.

[2] Pictures for Pleasure combines Sexton's blues rock roots and the more commercially acceptable new wave genre.

[3] The song "Beat's So Lonely" was featured in the 1987 film Some Kind of Wonderful, which was written and produced by Hughes.

Cash Box magazine said "With a rich and roaring vocal typical of Forsey's production, as well as some stinging guitar leads, Charlie Sexton is definitely a musician/performer to be reckoned with.