Matchbook (Ian Moss album)

Matchbook
Studio album by
Ian Moss
Released1 August 1989
RecordedSeptember 1988 – January 1989
StudioRhinoceros Studios, Sydney and Oceanways Studios, Los Angeles
GenreRock, pop rock, blues rock
Length44:53
LabelMushroom
ProducerChris Lord-Alge, Ian Moss
Ian Moss chronology
Matchbook
(1989) 		Worlds Away
(1991)
Singles from Matchbook
  1. "Tucker's Daughter"
    Released: November 1988
  2. "Telephone Booth"
    Released: 19 June 1989[1]
  3. "Out of the Fire"
    Released: September 1989
  4. "Mr. Rain"
    Released: December 1989

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.[2][3][4] It also reached the Top 20 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.[5]

Moss described the album's sound to Beryl Cook of The Canberra Times, "it's definitely fairly R&B with a white soul edge to it, with a hint of rock and roll and plenty of big guitar over the top."[6]

Matchbook provided four singles, "Tucker's Daughter" (November 1988, which reached No. 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart), "Telephone Booth" (June 1989, No. 7), "Out of the Fire" (September, No. 29) and "Mr. Rain" (December).[2][3] "Tucker's Daughter" also peaked at No. 6 in New Zealand, where "Telephone Booth" got to No. 29.[5]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990 the album was nominated for and won three categories: Album of the Year, Best Male Artist and Breakthrough Artist – Album for Moss.[7] At the same ceremony, for "Tucker's Daughter", Moss won Breakthrough Artist – Single and Song of the Year (shared with Walker), as well as nominated for Single of the Year.[7]

A limited edition white vinyl version of Matchbook was released on 1 June 2018.[8]

A 30th Anniversary edition was released in August 2019.[9]

  1. ^ "Australian Music Report No 777 – 19 June 1989 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Australian Music Report). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference McFarlane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Hung, Steffen. "Discography Ian Moss". Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Ian Moss". Cold Chisel. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b Hung, Steffen. "Discography Ian Moss". New Zealand Charts Portal (Hung Medien). Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  6. ^ Cook, Beryl (3 August 1989). "Showtime Good Times: Ian Moss from a 'Telephone Booth'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 657. p. 23. Retrieved 7 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ a b "Winners by Year 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Matchbook (Limited Edition White Vinyl) (Reissue)". JBHiFi. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Matchbook (30th Anniversary Edition Reissue)". JBHiFi. Retrieved 25 July 2019.