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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").
© Robert Aniento /TiVo
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John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist - Rick Parfitt, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ronnie Scott, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Marty Wilde, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ronnie Scott, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Marty Wilde, Composer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
KENNY YOUNG, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ronnie Scott, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Marty Wilde, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist - Anthony King, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tommy Roe, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Barry Gibb, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Alan Lancaster, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Shelley Pinz, Composer - Paul Leka, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer, Writer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist - Roy Lynes, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Alan Lancaster, Composer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist - Non-Musical Work, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Francis Rossi, Composer, Writer - Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Wayne Jackson, Composer - Steve Cropper, Composer - Eddie Floyd, Composer - Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Barry Gibb, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC. Licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist - Andrew Bernard, Composer - John Fred Gourier, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
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John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist - Rick Parfitt, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ronnie Scott, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Marty Wilde, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ronnie Scott, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Marty Wilde, Composer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
KENNY YOUNG, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ronnie Scott, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Marty Wilde, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist - Anthony King, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tommy Roe, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Barry Gibb, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Alan Lancaster, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Shelley Pinz, Composer - Paul Leka, Composer - John Schroeder, Producer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Francis Rossi, Composer, Writer - Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
John Schroeder, Producer - Alan Lancaster, Composer - Status Quo, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
VAN MORRISON, Composer - The Spectres, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1966 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Francis Rossi, Vocals, Writer - The Spectres, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1966 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Jerry Leiber, Composer - Mike Stoller, Composer - Carlo Donida, Composer - Giulio Rapetti, Composer - The Spectres, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1966 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Huey Meaux, Composer - The Spectres, Performance, MainArtist - Alton Valier, Writer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1966 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Brian Potter, Composer - Traffic Jam, Performance, MainArtist - Peter Dello, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1966 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Francis Rossi, Composer - Traffic Jam, Performance, MainArtist - Patrick Barlow, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Traffic Jam, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1967 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
VAN MORRISON, Composer - Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist - Non-Musical Work, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Francis Rossi, Composer - Status Quo, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Status Quo, Performance, MainArtist - Larry Bright, Composer
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1968 BBC licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
Album review
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").
© Robert Aniento /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 46 track(s)
- Total length: 02:03:31
- Main artists: Status Quo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Castle Communications
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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