Hey Clockface
Hey Clockface | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by Elvis Costello | ||||
Released | 30 October 2020 | |||
Recorded | 2019–February 2020 | |||
Studio | Suomenlinnan Studio, Helsinki; Les Studios Saint Germain, Paris; Leonia Sound, New Jersey | |||
Genre |
| |||
Length | 49:52 | |||
Label | Concord | |||
Producer |
| |||
Elvis Costello chronology | ||||
|
Hey Clockface is the 31st studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released on 30 October 2020 by Concord Records.[2][3]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 78/100[4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Independent | [6] |
musicOMH | [7] |
The Observer | [8] |
Pitchfork | 7.5/10[1] |
The Telegraph | [9] |
Hey Clockface received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 78, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 9 reviews.[4]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave Hey Clockface a positive 4-star review, stating that the record shows "Costello's mastery of mood and storytelling".[5] Writing for Pitchfork, Daniel Felsenthal noted that Hey Clockface merges the "potentially divergent sensibilities" of "driving, ageless rock" and "conventions of the American songbook" into "an adventurous set of songs about time's ceaseless march....Alone, either style might have seemed like predictable genre play for Costello at this stage in his career, but together, they make for an album that's energetic and consistently surprising."[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Elvis Costello, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Revolution #49" | 2:41 | |
2. | "No Flag" | 3:56 | |
3. | "They're Not Laughing at Me Now" | 4:26 | |
4. | "Newspaper Pane" |
| 4:10 |
5. | "I Do (Zula's Song)" | 3:49 | |
6. | "We Are All Cowards Now" | 3:36 | |
7. | "Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?" |
| 2:56 |
8. | "The Whirlwind" | 3:17 | |
9. | "Hetty O'Hara Confidential" | 4:14 | |
10. | "The Last Confession of Vivian Whip" |
| 2:59 |
11. | "What Is It That I Need That I Don't Already Have?" | 3:46 | |
12. | "Radio Is Everything" |
| 4:25 |
13. | "I Can't Say Her Name" | 2:57 | |
14. | "Byline" | 2:40 | |
Total length: | 49:52 |
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
15. | "Phonographic Memory" | 4:05 |
Total length: | 54:04 |
Personnel
Helsinki recordings (tracks 2, 6, 9)
- Elvis Costello – all voices and instruments
Paris recordings (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14)
- Elvis Costello – voice, guitar, snare drum, bass, piano
Le Quintette Saint Germain:
- Steve Nieve – grand piano, upright piano, organ, mellotron, melodica
- Mickaël Gasche – trumpet, flugelhorn, serpent
- Renaud-Gabriel Pion – contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet, B♭ clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass flute, cor Anglais
- Pierre-François "Titi" Dufour – cello, foot stomps
- AJUQ – drums, percussion, harmonies
New York recordings (tracks 4 and 12)
- Elvis Costello – voice via electrical wire
- Michael Leonhart – trumpet, drums, guitar, synthesizer, bass, organ, trombone, piano, surdu
- Bill Frisell – guitar, loops
- Nels Cline – guitar
- Nick Movshon – drums
- Emily Hope-Price – cello
- Chris Bullock – alto flute
- Danton Boller – acoustic bass fill
Charts
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
---|---|
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] | 21 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] | 166 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] | 91 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] | 15 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 88 |
UK Albums (OCC)[17] | 39 |
References
- ^ a b "Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface". Pitchfork. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Elvis Costello Announces New Album Hey Clockface, Shares New Song: Listen". Pitchfork. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Hey Clockface by Elvis Costello". Apple Music. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Hey Clockface by Elvis Costello Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Hey Clockface - Elvis Costello". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Album reviews: Bring Me the Horizon, Elvis Costello and Eels". The Independent. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface". musicOMH. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Elvis Costello: Hey Clockface review – worthy of your time". The Observer. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Elvis Costello, Hey Clockface, review: a hot, defiant mess to rouse us out of lockdown". The Telegraph. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Felsenthal, Daniel (4 November 2020). "Hey Clockface Elvis Costello". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "ヘイ・クロックフェイス [SHM-CD][CD]" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
External links
- Hey Clockface at Discogs (list of releases)
- v
- t
- e
- The Imposters: Steve Nieve
- Pete Thomas
- Davey Faragher
- The Attractions: Steve Nieve
- Pete Thomas
- Bruce Thomas
- My Aim Is True
- This Year's Model
- Armed Forces
- Get Happy!!
- Trust
- Almost Blue
- Imperial Bedroom
- Punch the Clock
- Goodbye Cruel World
- King of America
- Blood & Chocolate
- Spike
- Mighty Like a Rose
- The Juliet Letters
- Brutal Youth
- Kojak Variety
- All This Useless Beauty
- Painted from Memory
- When I Was Cruel
- North
- Il Sogno
- The Delivery Man
- The River in Reverse
- Momofuku
- Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
- National Ransom
- Wise Up Ghost
- Look Now
- Hey Clockface
- The Boy Named If
- Live at the El Mocambo
- Deep Dead Blue
- Costello & Nieve
- My Flame Burns Blue
- Live at Hollywood High
- Taking Liberties
- Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers
- The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions
- The Man
- Out of Our Idiot
- Girls Girls Girls
- 2½ Years
- The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1977–86
- Extreme Honey
- Costello Album (bootleg)
- The Very Best of Elvis Costello
- Cruel Smile
- The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
- The Songs of Bacharach & Costello
- "Less Than Zero"
- "Alison"
- "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"
- "Watching the Detectives"
- "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea"
- "Pump It Up"
- "This Year's Girl"
- "Radio Radio"
- "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"
- "Oliver's Army"
- "Accidents Will Happen"
- "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down"
- "High Fidelity"
- "New Amsterdam"
- "Clubland"
- "From a Whisper to a Scream"
- "Watch Your Step"
- "A Good Year for the Roses"
- "Sweet Dreams"
- "You Little Fool"
- "Man Out of Time"
- "Everyday I Write the Book"
- "The Only Flame in Town"
- "Green Shirt"
- "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
- "I Want You"
- "Blue Chair"
- "Veronica"
- "The Other Side of Summer"
- "Sulky Girl"
- "13 Steps Lead Down"
- "London's Brilliant Parade"
- "The Other End of the Telescope"
- "You Bowed Down"
- "She"
- "45"
- "Brilliant Mistake"
- "Complicated Shadows"
- "Welcome to the Working Week"
- "Lipstick Vogue"
- "Senior Service"
- "Stranger in the House"
- "Girls Talk"
- "Riot Act"
- "New Lace Sleeves"
- "Beyond Belief"
- "Almost Blue"
- "Shipbuilding"
- "Indoor Fireworks"
- "Jack of All Parades"
- "Suit of Lights"
- "I Hope You're Happy Now"
- "Next Time Round"
- Terror & Magnificence
- The Sweetest Punch
- For the Stars
- Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes
- The Resurrection of Rust
- G.B.H.
- Jake's Progress