Artist: Status Quo
Release: Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From the Status Quo
Released: 1968
Label: 2003 - Castle Music Ltd.
Catalog#: Expanded & Remastered CMEDD 718
Format: FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue
Country: UK
Style: Rock

Disc 1 (Mono LP)

1. The Status Quo - Black Veils Of Melancholy (3:17)
2. The Status Quo - When My Mind Is Not Live (2:50)
3. The Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (2:13)
4. The Status Quo - Elizabeth Dreams (3:29)
5. The Status Quo - Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe (3:01)
6. The Status Quo - Paradise Flat (3:13)
7. The Status Quo - Technicolour Dreams (2:54)
8. The Status Quo - Sheila (1:56)
9. The Status Quo - Spicks And Specks (2:46)
10. The Status Quo - Sunny Cellophane Skies (2:47)
11. The Status Quo - Green Tambourine (2:19)
12. The Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men (3:13)
13. The Status Quo - To Be Free [bonus track] (2:37)
14. The Status Quo - Make Me Stay A Bit Longer [bonus track] (2:55)
15. The Status Quo - Auntie Nellie [bonus track] (3:22)
16. The Status Quo - Interview with Brian Matthew (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (1:07)
17. The Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (BBC Sessions) (3:13)[bonus track] 
18. The Status Quo - Things Get Better (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:11)
19. The Status Quo - Spicks And Specks (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:48)
20. The Status Quo - Judy In Disguise (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:45)
21. The Status Quo - Interview (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (1:18)
22. The Status Quo - Make Me Stay A Bit Longer (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:48)

Disc 2 (Stereo LP Remixed 'Proper')

1. The Status Quo - Black Veils of Melancholy (3:16)
2. The Status Quo - When My Mind Is Not Live (3:02)
3. The Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (2:15)
4. The Status Quo - Elizabeth Dreams (3:49)
5. The Status Quo - Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe (3:02)
6. The Status Quo - Paradise Flat (3:15)
7. The Status Quo - Technicolour Dreams (3:19)
8. The Status Quo - Sheila (1:57)
9. The Status Quo - Spicks and Specks (2:54)
10. The Status Quo - Sunny Cellophane Skies (2:48)
11. The Status Quo - Green Tambourine (2:20)
12. The Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (3:16)
13. The Status Quo - Auntie Nellie [bonus track] (3:33)
14. The Spectres - Gloria (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:47)
15. The Spectres - Interview with Francis Rossi (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (0:49)
16. The Spectres - I (Who Have Nothing) (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (3:03)
17. The Spectres - Neighbour, Neighbour (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:38)
18. The Traffic Jam - I Don't Want You (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:34)
19. The Traffic Jam - Almost But Not Quite There (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:38)
20. The Traffic Jam - Spicks And Specks (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:47)
21. The Status Quo - Gloria (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (2:43)
22. The Status Quo - Interview with Alan Lancaster (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (1:00)
23. The Status Quo - Black Veils of Melancholy (BBC Sessions) [bonus track] (3:14)
24. The Status Quo - Bloodhound (BBC Sessions) [bonus track]) (2:05)

Status Quo's debut album featured none of the band's better-known boogie rock of the mid-'70s. Picturesque... is a psychedelic effort that tries to imitate the sound bands like the Bee Gees or the Beatles were doing at the moment. With this record, Status Quo surprisingly had its first (and last) hit in America, the single "Pictures of Matchstick Men," which peaked at number 12 (it reached number seven on the British charts). Other highlights from the album are the second single, "Ice in the Sun," and the Bee Gees cover "Spicks and Specks." Even if this is not the most representative album from Status Quo, it is a good psychedelic pop exercise that sometimes includes very imaginative guitar phrases ("Ice in the Sun"), and some brilliantly unusual sounds (the epic "Paradise Flat").