Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo

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Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo cover
Studio album by Status Quo
Released August 1968
Genre Psychedelic rock
Label Pye
Producer(s) John Schroeder
Professional reviews
Status Quo chronology
- Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo (1968) Spare Parts (1969)


Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is a 1968 album by the British rock group Status Quo. In 1998, Castle Records re-released the album with additional tracks. The album covers a number of songs, including "Green Tambourine" by the Lemon Pipers and others by Tommy Roe and the Bee Gees. The lead single, "Pictures of Matchstick Men," remains the band's only major hit in the United States.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Black Veils of Melancholy" – 3:16 (Rossi)
  2. "When My Mind Is Not Live" – 2:49 (Rossi/Parfitt)
  3. "Ice in the Sun" – 2:14 (Wilde/Scott)
  4. "Elizabeth Dreams" – 3:28 (Wilde/Scott)
  5. "Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café" – 3:02 (Young)
  6. "Paradise Flat" – 3:13 (Wilde/Scott)
  7. "Technicolour Dreams" – 2:52 (King)
  8. "Spicks and Specks" – 2:45 (Gibb)
  9. "Sheila" – 1:56 (Roe)
  10. "Sunny Cellophane Skies" – 2:46 (Lancaster)
  11. "Green Tambourine" – 2:18 (Leka/Pinz)
  12. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" – 3:16 (Rossi)

[edit] 1998 reissue bonus tracks

  1. "To Be Free" – 2:37 (Lynes)
  2. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" – 3:15 (Rossi)
  3. "Paradise Flat" – 3:17 (Wilde/Scott)

[edit] Personnel

Status Quo
Francis Rossi | Rick Parfitt | Andy Bown | John 'Rhino' Edwards | Matt Letley
Former Members: John Coghlan | Alan Lancaster | Pete Kircher | Jeff Rich | Roy Lynes
Discography
Albums: Picturesque Matchstickable Messages | Spare Parts | Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon | Dog Of Two Head | Piledriver | Hello! | Quo | Under the Influence | Famous In The Last Century | Heavy Traffic | XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits | The Party Ain't Over Yet | More...
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