The Pretty Things (album)

The Pretty Things
Studio album by The Pretty Things
Released	March 1965
Genre	Garage rock, R&B
Length	35:29
Label	Fontana (original UK & USA release) Philips (Australia) Wing (1967 UK reissue) SPV (1990 & 1997 German CD reissues) Snapper Music (1998 & 2003 UK CD reissues) Norton (2000 US vinyl reissue) Repertoire (2002 German CD reissue) Sundazed (2007 & 2010 US vinyl reissues) Victor Entertainment (2007 Japanese CD reissue)
Producer	Bobby Graham
The Pretty Things chronology
The Pretty Things (1965) Get the Picture? (1965)

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The Pretty Things is the self-titled 1965 release by The Pretty Things, which features mostly R&B and rock and roll cover versions. A re-issue released in 2000 on CD featured every track from both the American and British versions of the album.

The liner notes were written by Jimmy Duncan and Bryan Morrison.

Personnel

• Phil May, lead vocals
• Dick Taylor, lead guitar
• Brian Pendleton, rhythm guitar
• John Stax, bass guitar
• Vivian Prince, drums
• Bobby Graham, drums

Track listing

UK track listing

Side one

1. "Road Runner" (Ellas McDaniel) - 3:14
2. "Judgement Day" (Bryan Morrison) - 2:49
3. "13 Chester Street" (Phil May, Dick Taylor, Brian Pendleton, John Stax, Vivian Prince) - 2:22
4. "Big City" (Jimmy Duncan, Alan Klein) - 2:02
5. "Unknown Blues" (May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax, Prince) - 3:49
6. "Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut" (McDaniel) - 3:03

Side two

1. "Honey, I Need" (Dick Taylor, John Warburton, Peter Smith, Ian Stirling) - 2:00
2. "Oh, Baby Doll" (Chuck Berry) - 3:01
3. "She's Fine, She's Mine" (McDaniel) - 4:24
4. "Don't Lie to Me" (Tampa Red) - 3:53
5. "The Moon Is Rising" (Jimmy Reed) - 2:33
6. "Pretty Thing" (Willie Dixon) - 1:39

US track listing

Side one

1. "Honey, I Need" (Taylor, Warburton, Smith) – 1:58
2. "Rosalyn" (Duncan, Bill Farley) – 2:20
3. "13 Chester Street" (May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax, Prince) - 2:20
4. "I Can Never Say" (May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax, Prince) - 3:00
5. "Unknown Blues" (May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax, Prince) - 2:35
6. "The Moon Is Rising" (Reed) - 2:30

Side two

1. "Don't Bring Me Down" (Johnnie Dee) - 2:09
2. "Road Runner"(McDaniel) - 3:13
3. "We'll Be Together" (May, Taylor, Stax) - 2:09
4. "Judgement Day" (May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax, Prince) - 2:45
5. "Big City" (Duncan, Klein) - 2:30
6. "Pretty Thing" (Dixon) - 1:39

2000 CD remastered track listing

1. "Road Runner" (McDaniel) - 3:14
2. "Judgement Day" (Morrison) - 2:49
3. "13 Chester Street" (May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax, Prince) - 2:22
4. "Big City" (Duncan, Klein) - 2:02
5. "Unknown Blues" (May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax, Prince) - 3:49
6. "Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut" (McDaniel) - 3:03
7. "Honey, I Need" (Taylor, Warburton, Smith) - 2:00
8. "Oh, Baby Doll" (Berry) - 3:01
9. "She's Fine, She's Mine" (McDaniel) - 4:24
10. "Don't Lie to Me" (Berry) - 3:53
11. "The Moon Is Rising" (Reed) - 2:33
12. "Pretty Thing" (Dixon) - 1:39
13. "Rosalyn" (Duncan, Farley) – 2:20
14. "Big Boss Man" (Luther Dixon, Al Smith) - 2:39
15. "Don't Bring Me Down" (Dee) - 2:09
16. "We'll Be Together" (May, Taylor, Stax) - 2:09
17. "I Can Never Say" (May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax, Prince) - 2:37
18. "Get Yourself Home" (May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax, Prince) - 2:14

2011 release

The album was released as part of a two CD package with the follow-up album Get the Picture? as the pretty things get the picture? Both CDs include bonus cuts.^[2]

Charts

The Pretty Things reached number six and spent 10 weeks on the UK Albums Chart in 1965.^[3]

References