- rock
- 45 min
- 10 tracks
- Mushroom Records
Matchbook is the debut solo studio album by Australian singer-guitarist, Ian Moss, a member of pub rockers, Cold Chisel. Six of its ten tracks were written by fellow Cold Chisel bandmate, Don Walker, and three were co-written by Moss and Walker. The album was released in August 1989 and peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart; it remained in the Top 10 for 14 weeks and shipped more than 200,000 copies. It also reached the Top 20 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and cool.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- 1Tucker's Daughter4:35
- 2Telephone Booth3:04
- 3Out of the Fire4:58
- 4Mr Rain4:20
- 5Matchbook4:33
- 6Such a Beautiful Thing3:59
- 7I've Got You5:15
- 8Pretty Face5:25
- 9Tangletown4:17
- 10I'll Remember You4:26
10 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ian Moss
- Label
- Mushroom Records
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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