Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
Album by
Status Quo
‧ 1968
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the debut studio album by the British rock band Status Quo, released in September 1968.
The album's lead single was originally intended to be "Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café", with the original song by singer/lead guitarist Francis Rossi, "Pictures of Matchstick Men", as the B-side, but these songs were eventually swapped. It reached No. 7 in the UK, and remains the band's only major hit single in the US, where it reached No. 12. It also reached No. 8 in Canada. A second single, Rossi's "Black Veils of Melancholy" (with organist Roy Lynes' non-album track "To Be Free" as the B-side), flopped and has even been called "a carbon copy of "Pictures of Matchstick Men"".
The album's lead single was originally intended to be "Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café", with the original song by singer/lead guitarist Francis Rossi, "Pictures of Matchstick Men", as the B-side, but these songs were eventually swapped. It reached No. 7 in the UK, and remains the band's only major hit single in the US, where it reached No. 12. It also reached No. 8 in Canada. A second single, Rossi's "Black Veils of Melancholy" (with organist Roy Lynes' non-album track "To Be Free" as the B-side), flopped and has even been called "a carbon copy of "Pictures of Matchstick Men"".
Songs (46)
1.
Black Veils Of Melancholy
03:17
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2.
When My Mind Is Not Live
02:51
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3.
Ice In The Sun
02:13
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4.
Elizabeth Dreams
03:29
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5.
Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe
03:02
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6.
Paradise Flat
03:13
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7.
Technicolour Dreams
02:54
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8.
Sheila
01:57
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9.
Spicks And Specks
02:47
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10.
Sunny Cellophane Skies
02:47
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11.
Green Tambourine
02:19
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12.
Pictures Of Matchstick Men
03:14
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13.
To Be Free [Bonus Track]
02:38
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14.
Make Me Stay A Bit Longer [Bonus Track]
02:56
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15.
Auntie Nellie [Bonus Track]
03:22
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16.
Interview With Brian Matthew (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
01:08
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17.
Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
03:13
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18.
Things Get Better (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:11
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19.
Spicks And Specks (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:48
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20.
Judy In Disguise (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:45
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21.
Interview (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
01:19
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22.
Make Me Stay A Bit Longer (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:48
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23.
Black Veils Of Melancholy
03:17
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24.
When My Mind Is Not Live
03:03
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25.
Ice In The Sun
02:15
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26.
Elizabeth Dreams
03:49
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27.
Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe
03:02
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28.
Paradise Flat
03:16
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29.
Technicolour Dreams
03:19
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30.
Sheila
01:58
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31.
Spicks And Specks
02:54
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32.
Sunny Cellophane Skies
02:49
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33.
Green Tambourine
02:21
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34.
Pictures Of Matchstick Men
03:17
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35.
Auntie Nellie [Bonus Track]
03:34
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36.
Gloria (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:47
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37.
Interview With Francis Rossi (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
00:49
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38.
I (Who Have Nothing) (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
03:03
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39.
Neighbour, Neighbour (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:39
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40.
I Don't Want You (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:34
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41.
Almost But Not Quite There (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:39
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42.
Spicks And Specks (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:47
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43.
Gloria (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
02:44
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44.
Interview With Alan Lancaster (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
01:01
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45.
Black Veils Of Melancholy (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track]
03:14
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46.
Bloodhound (Bbc Sessions) [Bonus Track])
02:05
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