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2020 studio album by Elvis Costello From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hey Clockface is the 31st studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released on 30 October 2020 by Concord Records.[2][3]
Hey Clockface | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
All tracks are written by Elvis Costello, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "Phonographic Memory" | 4:05 |
Total length: | 54:04 |
Helsinki recordings (tracks 2, 6, 9)
Paris recordings (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14)
Le Quintette Saint Germain:
New York recordings (tracks 4 and 12)
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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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 |
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