Name: Hey Clockface by Elvis Costello
Brand: Elvis Costello
SKU: 888072202825
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (98 reviews)

ALBUM

Whether he's writing rock music, soul, country, classical, or any of his other myriad stylistic departures, Elvis Costello’s albums have always felt rigorous and focused. On Hey Clockface, his 31st album, he focuses on the loss of focus; these knotty songs express the unexpurgated thoughts of a man living through a pandemic of faith. Unsteadiness suffuses the lyrics and the music, which veers from rattling guitar rock to spoken-word pieces to a giddy offshoot of ragtime jazz. “At least the Emperor Nero had an ear for music,” Costello sings witheringly on “We Are All Cowards Now,” which compares our political leaders unfavorably to the man who fiddled while Rome burned. No songwriter has ever had a more enduring gift for jaundiced critiques of how power and lust twist our lives, and Hey Clockface lingers over virtuosic internal rhymes and disturbing images of modern vanity (“Freedom to be reckless/Freedom to plunder,” he sings on “Newspaper Pane”) without offering the satisfaction of catharsis. Like all clear-eyed realists, Costello isn’t here to offer false hope or restorative tonics.

1. Revolution #49

by Elvis Costello

Cello: Pierre-françois Dufour; Performer
Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Cor Anglais: Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Drums: Ajuq; Performer
Horn: Mickaël Gasche; Performer
Melodica: Steve Nieve; Performer
Organ: Steve Nieve; Performer
Performer: Steve Nieve
Mickaël Gasche
Pierre-françois Dufour
Ajuq
Elvis Costello
Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Recording: Francois Delabrière; Production
Recording Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Francois Delabrière; Production

2. No Flag

by Elvis Costello

Bass Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Drums: Elvis Costello; Performer
Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Organ: Elvis Costello; Performer
Performer: Elvis Costello; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Producer: Elvis Costello; Production
Recording: Eetu Seppälä; Production
Recording Producer: Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Eetu Seppälä; Production

3. They’re Not Laughing At Me Now

by Elvis Costello

Bass Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Cello: Pierre-françois Dufour; Performer
Drums: Elvis Costello; Performer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Electric Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Flugelhorn: Mickaël Gasche; Performer
Foot Stamping: Pierre-françois Dufour; Other
Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Keyboard: Steve Nieve; Performer
Organ: Steve Nieve; Performer
Percussion: Ajuq; Performer
Piano: Elvis Costello
Steve Nieve; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Performer: Pierre-françois Dufour
Steve Nieve
Mickaël Gasche
Renaud Gabriel Pion
Ajuq
Elvis Costello; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Recording: Francois Delabrière; Production
Recording Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Francois Delabrière; Production
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Producer: Elvis Costello
Sebastian Krys; Production

4. Newspaper Pane

by Elvis Costello

Baritone Guitar: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Bass Guitar: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello
Michael Leonhart
Bill Frisell; Composer
Drums: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Electric Guitar: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Guitar: Bill Frisell; Performer
Organ: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Composer: Michael Leonhart
Bill Frisell
Elvis Costello; Composer
Performer: Michael Leonhart
Elvis Costello
Bill Frisell; Performer
Piano: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Synthesizer: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Trombone: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Trumpet: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Recording: Michael Leonhart; Production
Recording Producer: Michael Leonhart; Production
Studio Personnel: Michael Leonhart; Production
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Producer: Michael Leonhart; Production

5. I Do (Zula’s Song)

by Elvis Costello

Cello: Pierre-françois Dufour; Performer
Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Drums: Ajuq; Performer
Performer: Elvis Costello
Mickaël Gasche
Pierre-françois Dufour
Ajuq
Steve Nieve; Performer
Piano: Steve Nieve; Performer
Trumpet: Mickaël Gasche; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Producer: Elvis Costello
Sebastian Krys; Production
Recording: Francois Delabrière; Production
Recording Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Francois Delabrière; Production

6. We Are All Cowards Now

by Elvis Costello

Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Electric Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Performer: Elvis Costello; Performer
Piano: Elvis Costello; Performer
Synthesizer: Elvis Costello; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Voices: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Producer: Elvis Costello; Production
Recording: Eetu Seppälä; Production
Recording Producer: Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Eetu Seppälä; Production

7. Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?

by Elvis Costello

Clarinet: Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Drums: Ajuq; Performer
Performer: Mickaël Gasche
Elvis Costello
Steve Nieve
Renaud Gabriel Pion
Ajuq; Performer
Piano: Steve Nieve; Performer
Trumpet: Mickaël Gasche; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello
Andy Razaf
Thomas "fats" Waller
Fats Waller; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello
Andy Razaf
Thomas "fats" Waller; Composer
Producer: Elvis Costello
Sebastian Krys; Production
Recording: Francois Delabrière; Production
Recording Producer: Elvis Costello
Sebastian Krys; Production
Studio Personnel: Francois Delabrière; Production

8. The Whirlwind

by Elvis Costello

Bass Clarinet: Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Cello: Pierre-françois Dufour
Ajuq; Performer
Flugelhorn: Mickaël Gasche; Performer
Performer: Renaud Gabriel Pion
Ajuq
Pierre-françois Dufour
Mickaël Gasche
Elvis Costello
Steve Nieve; Performer
Piano: Steve Nieve; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Producer: Elvis Costello
Sebastian Krys; Production
Recording: Francois Delabrière; Production
Recording Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Francois Delabrière; Production

9. Hetty O'Hara Confidential

by Elvis Costello

Drum Programming: Elvis Costello; Performer
Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Organ: Elvis Costello; Performer
Performer: Elvis Costello; Performer
Synthesizer: Elvis Costello; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Producer: Elvis Costello; Production
Recording: Eetu Seppälä; Production
Recording Producer: Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Eetu Seppälä; Production

10. The Last Confession Of Vivian Whip

by Elvis Costello

Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Bass Clarinet: Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Cello: Pierre-françois Dufour; Performer
Cor Anglais: Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Performer: Steve Nieve
Renaud Gabriel Pion
Mickaël Gasche
Pierre-françois Dufour
Elvis Costello; Performer
Piano: Steve Nieve; Performer
Trumpet: Mickaël Gasche; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Steve Nieve
Muriel Teodori; Composer
Author: Elvis Costello; Production
Producer: Elvis Costello
Sebastian Krys; Production
Recording: Francois Delabrière; Production
Recording Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Francois Delabrière; Production

11. What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?

by Elvis Costello

Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Cello: Pierre-françois Dufour; Performer
Flugelhorn: Mickaël Gasche; Performer
Flute: Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Organ: Steve Nieve; Performer
Performer: Elvis Costello
Mickaël Gasche
Pierre-françois Dufour
Renaud Gabriel Pion
Steve Nieve; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Recording: Francois Delabrière; Production
Recording Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Francois Delabrière; Production

12. Radio Is Everything

by Elvis Costello

Composer: Bill Frisell
Elvis Costello
Nels Cline
Michael Leonhart; Composer
Alto Flute: Chris Bullock; Performer
Bass Guitar: Danton Boller; Performer
Cello: Emily Hope Price; Performer
Drums: Nick Movshon; Performer
Guitar: Bill Frisell; Performer
Lyricist: Michael Leonhart
Nels Cline
Elvis Costello
Bill Frisell; Composer
Organ: Bill Frisell; Performer
Performer: Danton Boller
Elvis Costello
Bill Frisell
Michael Leonhart
Nels Cline
Emily Hope Price
Nick Movshon
Chris Bullock; Performer
Piano: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Steel Guitar: Nels Cline; Performer
Trumpet: Michael Leonhart; Performer
Recording: Michael Leonhart; Production
Recording Producer: Michael Leonhart; Production
Studio Personnel: Michael Leonhart; Production
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Producer: Michael Leonhart; Production

13. I Can’t Say Her Name

by Elvis Costello

Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Cello: Pierre-françois Dufour; Performer
Clarinet: Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Drums: Ajuq; Performer
Guitar: Elvis Costello; Performer
Organ: Steve Nieve; Performer
Performer: Mickaël Gasche
Elvis Costello
Steve Nieve
Renaud Gabriel Pion
Ajuq
Pierre-françois Dufour; Performer
Piano: Steve Nieve; Performer
Trumpet: Mickaël Gasche; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Recording: Francois Delabrière; Production
Recording Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Francois Delabrière; Production

14. Byline

by Elvis Costello

Primary Artist: Elvis Costello; Main Performer
Bass Clarinet: Renaud Gabriel Pion; Performer
Cello: Pierre-françois Dufour; Performer
Drums: Ajuq; Performer
Flugelhorn: Mickaël Gasche; Performer
Performer: Renaud Gabriel Pion
Ajuq
Pierre-françois Dufour
Elvis Costello
Mickaël Gasche
Steve Nieve; Performer
Piano: Steve Nieve; Performer
Vocals: Elvis Costello; Performer
Composer: Elvis Costello; Composer
Lyricist: Elvis Costello; Composer
Producer: Elvis Costello
Sebastian Krys; Production
Recording: Francois Delabrière; Production
Recording Producer: Sebastian Krys
Elvis Costello; Production
Studio Personnel: Francois Delabrière; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

14 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

49 minutes and 58 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 3000x3000 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

All tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Rock, Pub Rock

Label

Concord Records

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Oct 29, 2020

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

888072202825

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Notification

Hey Clockface

1. Revolution #49

2. No Flag

3. They’re Not Laughing At Me Now

4. Newspaper Pane

5. I Do (Zula’s Song)

6. We Are All Cowards Now

7. Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?

8. The Whirlwind

9. Hetty O'Hara Confidential

10. The Last Confession Of Vivian Whip

11. What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?

12. Radio Is Everything

13. I Can’t Say Her Name

14. Byline

Technical Specifications

Hey Clockface

Product information

Release options

1. Revolution #49

2. No Flag

3. They’re Not Laughing At Me Now

4. Newspaper Pane

5. I Do (Zula’s Song)

6. We Are All Cowards Now

7. Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?

8. The Whirlwind

9. Hetty O'Hara Confidential

10. The Last Confession Of Vivian Whip

11. What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?

12. Radio Is Everything

13. I Can’t Say Her Name

14. Byline

Technical Specifications