Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo

1968 album by Status Quo
MusicAlbum album Q664676
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Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo

Summary

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (238 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo's genre is psychedelic rock[4].
  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo was followed by Spare Parts[5].
  • Among the performers on Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo was Status Quo[6].
  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo's record label is recorded as Pye Records[7].
  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo was distributed by music streaming[10].
  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo was released on September 27, 1968[11].
  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2040'}[12].
  • Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[13].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[14]

  • First release date: 1968-09[15]

  • Genre(s): boogie rock, classic rock, hard rock, pop, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock[16]

  • Community tags: boogie rock, classic rock, hard rock, pop, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9ff08e45-a5f0-3299-8fb1-0b632dc14aaf[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo was Status Quo[6].

Publication

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo was released on September 27, 1968[11]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is psychedelic rock[4]. It was distributed by music streaming[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo was followed by Spare Parts[5].

Why It Matters

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (238 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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