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Instrumentation and Arrangement by Marshall Turner
Bass guitar by Josh P
Engineering and Vocals by myself
"Pictures of You" is a song by English rock band the Cure. It was released on 19 March 1990 by Fiction Records as the fourth and final single from the band's eighth studio album, Disintegration (1989).
According to interviews, the inspiration of the song came when a fire broke loose in Robert Smith's home. After that day, Smith was going through the remains and came across his wallet which had pictures of his wife, Mary. The cover of the single is one of the pictures. The same picture was used as the cover of the "Charlotte Sometimes" single, but that image was heavily warped and distorted.
In 2011, the song was voted number 283 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list
Instrumentation and Arrangement by Marshall Turner
Bass guitar by Josh P
Engineering and Vocals by myself
"Pictures of You" is a song by English rock band the Cure. It was released on 19 March 1990 by Fiction Records as the fourth and final single from the band's eighth studio album, Disintegration (1989).
According to interviews, the inspiration of the song came when a fire broke loose in Robert Smith's home. After that day, Smith was going through the remains and came across his wallet which had pictures of his wife, Mary. The cover of the single is one of the pictures. The same picture was used as the cover of the "Charlotte Sometimes" single, but that image was heavily warped and distorted.
In 2011, the song was voted number 283 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list
