Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo

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Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	September 1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	34:00
Label	Pye
Producer	John Schroeder
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
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 (Anthony 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

• John Coghlan - drums
• Alan Lancaster - bass, guitar, vocals
• Roy Lynes - organ, vocals
• Rick Parfitt - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Francis Rossi - guitar, vocals

v • d • e Status Quo Francis Rossi • Rick Parfitt • Andy Bown • John 'Rhino' Edwards • Matt Letley John Coghlan • Alan Lancaster • Pete Kircher • Jeff Rich • Roy Lynes Albums (UK) Picturesque Matchstickable Messages • Spare Parts • Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon • Dog of Two Head • Piledriver • Hello! • Quo • On the Level • Blue for You • Live • Rockin' All Over the World • If You Can't Stand the Heat • Whatever You Want • Just Supposin' • Never Too Late • 1+9+8+2 • Live at the N.E.C. • Back to Back • In the Army Now • Ain't Complaining • Perfect Remedy • Rock 'Til You Drop • Live Alive Quo • Thirsty Work • Don't Stop • Under the Influence • Famous in the Last Century • Heavy Traffic • Riffs • The Party Ain't Over Yet • In Search of the Fourth Chord • More... Hit Singles (UK) "Pictures of Matchstick Men" • "Down the Dustpipe" • "Rockin' All Over the World" • "Whatever You Want" • "In the Army Now" • "The Beginning of the End" See also Status Quo discography