Album
Hey Clockface
2020 · Rock
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
Hey Clockface is a Rock album by Elvis Costello, originally released in 2020. On Gatefold: 16 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
About
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 <i>Hey Clockface</i>, 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 <i>Hey Clockface</i> 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.
via Apple Music
The Clerk says
The Clerk knows this whole record — the pressing quirks, the credits, the take.
Tracklist
- 1Revolution #492:41
- 2No Flag3:56
- 3They’re Not Laughing At Me Now4:26
- 4Newspaper Pane4:10
- 5I Do (Zula’s Song)3:49
- 6We Are All Cowards Now3:36
- 7Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me?2:56
- 8The Whirlwind3:17
- 9Hetty O'Hara Confidential4:14
- 10The Last Confession Of Vivian Whip2:59
- 11What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?3:46
- 12Radio Is Everything4:25
- 13I Can’t Say Her Name2:57
- 14Byline2:40
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- warm
- bittersweet
- theatrical
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- AjuqHARMONY VOCALS DRUMS DRUMS, CHORUS
- Chris BullockALTO FLUTE
- Danton BollerACOUSTIC BASS
- Mickaël GascheSERPENT, FLUGELHORN, TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Pierre-François DufourCELLO CELLO, BODY PERCUSSION CELLO, OTHER
- Renaud PionALTO CLARINET , CONTRABASS CLARINET ALTO CLARINET, CONTRABASS CLARINET BASS CLARINET
- Steve NieveELECTRIC ORGAN ELECTRIC ORGAN , ELECTRIC PIANO , GRAND PIANO ELECTRIC ORGAN , MELODICA
- Bill FrisellELECTRIC GUITAR , LOOPS GUITAR , LOOPS GUITAR, LOOPS
- Elvis CostelloARRANGED BY BASS SPEECH, GUITAR
- Emily Hope PriceCELLO
- Le Quintette Saint GermainFEATURING
- Michael LeonhartARRANGED BY BASS DRUMS, BARITONE GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR , SYNTH , ELECTRIC BASS , ELECTRIC ORGAN , TRUMPET, BASS TRUMPET, TROMBONE, UPRIGHT PIANO
- Michael LionhartTRUMPET, UPRIGHT PIANO, ORGAN , SURDO
- Nels ClineLAP STEEL GUITAR LAP STEEL GUITAR , LOOPS
- Nick MonshonDRUMS
- Nick MovshonDRUMS
- The Helsinki Sound
5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 16 pressings tracked on Gatefold
Start your shelf.
Track your pressings of Hey Clockface, get the Clerk's take, and see what the record is worth — free.
Start your shelf →Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.