Hey Clockface

Hey Clockface is the 31st studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello. The album was released on 30 October 2020 by Concord Records.[1][2]

Hey Clockface
Studio album by Elvis Costello
Released	30 October 2020
Recorded	2019–2020
Genre	Rock
Length	49:52
Label	Concord
Producer	Elvis Costello, Sebastian Krys, Michael Leonhart
Elvis Costello chronology
Look Now (2018) Hey Clockface (2020)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Independent	[5]
musicOMH	[6]
Pitchfork	7.5/10[7]
The Observer	[8]
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 80, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 9 reviews.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Elvis Costello, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Revolution #49"		2:41
2.	"No Flag"		3:56
3.	"They're Not Laughing at Me Now"		4:26
4.	"Newspaper Pane"	Costello, Michael Leonhart, Bill Frisell	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?"	Costello, Fats Waller, Andy Razaf	2:56
8.	"The Whirlwind"		3:17
9.	"Hetty O'Hara Confidential"		4:14
10.	"The Last Confession of Vivian Whip"	Costello, Steve Nieve, Muriel Téodori	2:59
11.	"What Is It That I Need That I Don't Already Have?"		3:46
12.	"Radio Is Everything"	Costello, Leonhart, Frisell, Nels Cline	4:25
13.	"I Can't Say Her Name"		2:57
14.	"Byline"		2:40
Total length:			49:52

Japanese edition (bonus track)[10]

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Phonographic Memory"	4:05
Total length:		54:04

Charts

Chart performance for Hey Clockface

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	166
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	91
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14]	15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	88
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	39

References

1. "Elvis Costello Announces New Album Hey Clockface, Shares New Song: Listen". Pitchfork. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
2. "Hey Clockface by Elvis Costello". Apple Music. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
3. "Hey Clockface by Elvis Costello Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
4. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Hey Clockface - Elvis Costello". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
5. "Album reviews: Bring Me the Horizon, Elvis Costello and Eels". The Independent. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
6. "Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface". musicOMH. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
7. "Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface". Pitchfork. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
8. "Elvis Costello: Hey Clockface review – worthy of your time". The Guardian. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
9. "Elvis Costello, Hey Clockface, review: a hot, defiant mess to rouse us out of lockdown". The Telegraph. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
10. "ヘイ・クロックフェイス　[SHM-CD][CD]" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
11. "Ultratop.be – Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
12. "Ultratop.be – Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
15. "Swisscharts.com – Elvis Costello – Hey Clockface". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
16. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2020.