Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo (studio album)
by Status Quo

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo by Status Quo
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 9,067th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 41 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (116th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (660th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,067th)

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Status Quo bestography

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo is ranked 4th best out of 60 albums by Status Quo on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Status Quo is Quo which is ranked number 4363 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 323.

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 41 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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From 02/16/2023 14:49
Where are the 3 chords? Not yet..
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From 01/23/2022 21:20
Big fault to forget this album: something enthusiastic from the beginning till the end. Great band!
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From 12/04/2020 19:07
Few could have imagined that Quo would one day become one of England's most long-lived rock bands when they released their debut. Nor is the music close to the genre they would be known for. However, the album contains some interesting songs such as Technicolor Dreams and Ice in the Sun. Pictures of Matchstick Men is still the band's only hit in the US. Still, the album is most interesting as a time document.
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