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Status Quo - Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
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Side one
"Black Veils of Melancholy" (Francis Rossi) – 3:17
"When My Mind Is Not Live" (Rossi, Rick Parfitt) – 2:50
"Ice in the Sun" (Marty Wilde, Ronnie Scott) – 2:13
"Elizabeth Dreams" (Wilde, Scott) – 3:29
"Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café" (Kenny Young) – 3:01
"Paradise Flat" (Wilde, Scott) – 3:13
Side two
"Technicolour Dreams" (Anthony King) – 2:54
"Spicks and Specks" (Barry Gibb) – 2:46
"Sheila" (Tommy Roe) – 1:56 (not on US version)
"Sunny Cellophane Skies" (Alan Lancaster) – 2:47
"Green Tambourine" (Paul Leka, Shelley Pinz) – 2:19 (not on US version)
"Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Rossi) – 3:13
1994 Japan Bonus Tracks
"To Be Free" (Roy Lynes) – 2:36 B-side
"Make Me Stay A Little Bit Longer" (Rossi, Parfitt) – 2:54 A-side
"Auntie Nellie" (Lancaster) – 3:20 B-Side
"Face Without Soul" (Rossi, Parfitt) – 3:08
"Mr. Mind Detector" (King) – 4:01
"Antique Angelique" (Lancaster, K. Young) – 3:23
"Little Miss Nothing" (Rossi, Parfitt) – 3:01
"Are You Growing Tired Of My Love" (King) – 3:37
"I (Who Have Nothing)" (Carlo Donida, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:01
"Hurdy Guardy Man" (Lancaster, Pat Barlow) – 3:16
"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" (Mike Esposito, Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala) – 2:18
"I Want It" (Lynes, John Coghlan, Rossi, Lancaster) – 3:02
"Almost But Not Quite There" (Rossi, Barlow) – 2:46
"Wait Just A Minute" (Lynes) – 2:14
"Tune To The Music" (Bob Young, Rossi) 3:10
Status Quo Band Members / Musicians
Francis Rossi - lead guitar, vocals
Rick Parfitt - rhythm guitar, vocals
Alan Lancaster - bass guitar
John Coghlan - drums
Roy Lynes - organ, vocals
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the debut studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in September 1968. It features several covers, including "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers.
Status Quo are an English rock band that formed in 1962. The group originated in The Spectres and was founded by Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster while they were still schoolboys. After a number of lineup changes, which included the introduction of Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969.
They have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band, including "Rockin' All Over the World", "Whatever You Want" and "In the Army Now". Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with "Rockin' All Over the World". In 1991, Status Quo received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
Status Quo appeared on the BBC's Top of the Pops more than any other band and played Wembley Arena more than any other band with 45 gigs in total. They have released over 100 singles and 33 albums, many of which were best-sellers. Since reaching number 5 on the UK albums chart in 1972 with Piledriver, Status Quo have achieved a career total of 25 UK top ten albums, extending all the way up to their most recent release, Backbone, in 2019.
Status Quo Band Members / Musicians
Francis Rossi – lead guitar, vocals (1962–present)
Andy Bown – keyboards, rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals (1976–present)
John "Rhino" Edwards – bass, rhythm guitar, vocals (1985–present)
Leon Cave – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2013–present)
Richie Malone – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2016–present)
Rick Parfitt † – rhythm guitar, vocals (1967–2016)
Alan Lancaster – bass, vocals (1962–1985; reunion – 2013–2014)
John Coghlan – drums, percussion (1963–1981; reunion – 2013–2014)
Pete Kircher – drums, percussion, vocals (1982–1985)
Jeff Rich – drums, percussion (1985–2000)
Matt Letley – drums, percussion, vocals (2000–2013)
Jess Jaworski – keyboards (1962–1965)
Alan Key – drums, percussion (1962–1963)
Roy Lynes – keyboards, vocals (1965–1970)
Status Quo Discography Full
Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo (1968)
Spare Parts (1969)
Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon (1970)
Dog of Two Head (1971)
Piledriver (1972)
Hello! (1973)
Quo (1974)
On the Level (1975)
Blue for You (1976)
Rockin' All Over the World (1977)
If You Can't Stand the Heat... (1978)
Whatever You Want (1979)
Just Supposin' (1980)
Never Too Late (1981)
1+9+8+2 (1982)
Back to Back (1983)
In the Army Now (1986)
Ain't Complaining (1988)
Perfect Remedy (1989)
Rock 'til You Drop (1991)
Thirsty Work (1994)
Don't Stop (1996)
Under The Influence (1999)
Famous in the Last Century (2000)
Heavy Traffic (2002)
Riffs (2003)
The Party Ain't Over Yet (2005)
In Search of the Fourth Chord (2007)
Quid Pro Quo (2011)
Bula Quo! (2013)
Aquostic: Stripped Bare (2014)
Aquostic II: That's a Fact (2016)
Backbone (2019)
