Time Clocks

Time Clocks is the fifteenth solo studio album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa, released through J&R Adventures in North America and Provogue Records in Europe on October 29, 2021.^[4] "Notches", "The Heart That Never Waits" and the title track were released as singles prior to the album.^[4][5]

Time Clocks
Studio album by Joe Bonamassa
Released	October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29)
Studio	Germano (New York) The Hit Factory (New York) The Cave (Sydney)[1]
Genre	Blues rock
Length	56:46
Label	J&R Adventures Provogue
Producer	Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
Royal Tea (2020) Time Clocks (2021) Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
American Songwriter	[2]
Classic Rock	[3]

Track listing

Time Clocks track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pilgrimage"	Joe Bonamassa Kevin Shirley Bobby Summerfield	0:55
2.	"Notches"	Bonamassa Charlie Starr Shirley	7:03
3.	"The Heart That Never Waits"	Bonamassa James House	5:51
4.	"Time Clocks"	Bonamassa Shirley	7:07
5.	"Questions and Answers"	Bonamassa House Shirley	4:09
6.	"Mind's Eye"	Bonamassa House	6:17
7.	"Curtain Call"	Bonamassa House Shirley	7:31
8.	"The Loyal Kind"	Bonamassa Bernie Marsden	6:48
9.	"Hanging on a Loser"	Bonamassa Tom Hambridge	4:17
10.	"Known Unknowns"	Bonamassa Alyssa Bonagura	6:48
Total length:			56:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[1]

• Joe Bonamassa – guitar (all tracks), vocals (tracks 2–10)
• Kevin Shirley – production, additional engineering (all tracks); piano, additional percussion (1); percussion (4, 9, 10)
• Steve Mackey – bass
• Bobby Summerfield – keyboards, percussion (1); "ear candy", additional percussion (2); whistle (8)
• Bunna Lawrie – digeridoo (1, 2)
• Anton Fig – drums (2–10), percussion (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10), bongos (9)
• Lachy Doley – piano (2–10), organ (3–10)
• Juanita Tippins – background vocals (2–10)
• Prinnie Stevens – background vocals (2–10)
• Mahalia Barnes – backing vocals (2, 3, 6–8)
• Rob McNelley – guitar (5)
• The Bovaland Orchestra – orchestra (5, 7)
• Jeff Bova – orchestration (5, 7)
• Greg Morrow – percussion (6)
• Bob Clearmountain – mixing
• Roy Weisman – executive production
• Jason Staniulis – engineering
• Nick Jones – engineering assistance
• Andrew Yanchyshyn – engineering assistance
• Pat Thrall – additional post-production
• Brandon Duncan – mixing assistance
• Adam Ayan – mastering
• Hugh Syme – art direction, design, illustrations

Charts

Chart performance for Time Clocks

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]	6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9]	5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10]	24
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	54
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13]	32
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[14]	13
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15]	8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16]	56
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]	4
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	13
US Billboard 200[19]	136
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[20]	15
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[21]	22