Album · Ian Moss
Matchbook by Ian Moss
Matchbook is an album by Ian Moss, released in 1989. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Tucker's Daughter”, on 1 list with a best position of #99.
Matchbook, released on Mushroom Records in August 1989, was the first solo album from Ian Moss, the Alice Springs guitarist who had been Cold Chisel's mainstay since the start. He didn't stray far from home for the songs: his old bandmate Don Walker wrote six of the ten tracks and co-wrote three more with Moss.
What Moss himself described as R&B with a white-soul edge is exactly what you get, a hint of rock and roll underneath and his big, singing guitar laid over the top. "Tucker's Daughter" led the charge, with "Telephone Booth", "Out of the Fire" and "Mr. Rain" following it out as singles. The album went to number one on the ARIA chart, held a top-10 spot for 14 weeks, with over 200,000 copies shipped, and at the 1990 ARIA Awards it took Album of the Year and Best Male Artist.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Matchbook on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tucker's Daughter | 1 | #99 | – | 2018 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.