Elvis Costello - Punch the Clock (Dig) (Spkg)
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Artist: Elvis CostelloEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Music Label: Hip-O Records
Soundtracks:
- Let Them All Talk
- Every Day I Write The Book
- The Greatest Thing
- The Element Within Her
- Love Went Mad
- Shipbuilding
- TKO (Boxing Day)
- Charm School
- The Invisible Man
- Mouth Almighty
- King Of Thieves
- Pills & Soap
- The World And His Wife
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Free Music Review: Elvis Blows His Horn
Hit: 5 Stars
My first ever exposure to Elvis Costello was through the song "Everyday I Write The Book",an excellent bit of 80's Brit-Soul and to be honest my only musical impression of him.Because that was always a favorite song of mine personally this album,knowing the tune was on it and the 45RPM had the same cover art it was something I was always curious about. So when I finaly got it I was hoping it was consistant.A lot of Elvis Costello fans have mixed feelings about it and are always saying things like it's uneven or just not their cup of tea. Being primarily a lover of R&B,soul and funk of all sorts I was hoping this album would have at least a few things that were likeminded. Even with all this expections I was more then happy with what I heard when I listened to it.For my own ears,maybe not yours this is easily one of my favorite albums he's done. It might be biased because if your an R&B fan,this is one of his recordings that will likely most interest you.As with Boz Scaggs and many others Elvis wasn't going for a retro project such as the 60's soul inflected hodgepodge of something like Get Happy!!.The R&B here isn't implied:it's part of the whole picture.And it's very contemporary to the period.One reason is the addition of the TKO horns,a great way to augment the already talented Attractions and those horns sound great on every track here. This album takes the element of brilliant writing and songcrafting that came into it's own on Trust and yes,many of the songs here are great rockers,and contempory ones too."Let Them All Talk","The Greatest Thing","The Invisable Man","Mouth Almighty","King Of Thieves" and "Love Went Mad" all really augment the classic Attractions pop/rock style and add a tasteful polish and soulful power that.....well certainly goes just right next to what Paul Weller was doing around the same time with his Introducing the Style Council and especially Our Favourite Shop-a blend of politics,soul and jazzy pop styles.Where this goes different is that the variety works more as a musical whole and the nature of the lyrics,as usual have a more poetic,reflective flavor as well as being tangy. Needless to say even in such good company this album has a huge ammount of highlites. One of them is the weary jazz of "Shipbuilding".Chet Baker's fine soloing and the night time flavor of the music in general really leaps right out. The bass playing of Bruce Thomas has become tighter and slappy which really carry forward on "TKO (Boxing Day)" and "Charm School",both punchy funk tunes that are two of my favorite cuts on the general album. The album ends with "Pills And Soap" and another excellent tune in "The World And His Wife",both of which round out this album with the best of it's qualities. Elvis Costello sounds like a fully mature and contemporary artist here and even though keyboards,rhythms and horns are the basis for this music rather then beats and guitars the melody,along with Elvis's ever increasingly excellent singing shines on all 13 of the tunes on this recording. It's one of Elvis & The Attractions most successful turns as a pure contemporary pop album and doesn't sacrifice any of their bite or original flavor in doing so.The heavy R&B,jazz and funk content here actually helps enhance that quality rather then hinders it. And once that comes to your mind you'll find this is a much deserved classic. It's not a whole lot like their earlier sound but Elvis has always had the ability to happily surprise his listeners and in this case he sure did with me.
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At times more ear-rending than the much-maligned Goodbye Cruel World--thank the blaring horns, which augment an uneven bunch of songs--Punch the Clock nonetheless has its great moments. The searing political statements "Shipbuilding" and "Pills and Soap" are obvious high points (as is Chet Baker's solo on the former), while on the poppier side "Everyday I Write the Book" is sweetly distressed, "Let Them All Talk" definitively defiant, and "The World and His Wife" high-level sneering wordplay. --Rickey WrightAlternative Rock Music CDs
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