Punch The Clock Elvis Costello & The Attractions SKU: 4733115 Barcode: 602547331151 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Back To Black Released Date: 26th October 2015 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Includes Download Code Punch The Clock quantity Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Remastered from the Original Master Tapes! Punch the Clock is Elvis Costello & the Attractions’ most British record, a return to mainstream pop craft loaded with clever barbs and insightful social commentary that nearly landed the headliner in serious trouble with government representatives. Produced by the English hit-making team of Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, the jumpy and horn-accompanied 1983 effort includes Costello’s first-ever American Top 40 hit (“Everyday I Write the Book”) and a smooth sheen that reinforces the material’s commercial intent and catchy appeal. Fresh from making a country tribute album and a large-scale set flush with complex arrangements, Costello and Co. return to straight-ahead pop given a decidedly British accent and soulful backing vocals. Conscious of the Merseybeat sound and success of Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Costello tints songs with new-wave characteristics, splashy horns, and spontaneous vocal-response support courtesy of female duo Afrodiziak, one member of which later attained fame with Soul II Soul. Steve Nieve’s bounding piano lines dance throughout the arrangements, adding witty pizzazz and delicate allure to already-tuneful fare like “The Element Within Her” and “Mouth Almighty.” The more direct, hook-ready approach also manifests on numbers such as “Let Them All Talk” and “Charm School,” tunes that also illustrate the contrasts in romantic theme. While remaining deeply cynical, as was his longtime hallmark, Costello unfurls two compositions on which love and marriage are viewed in a positive light. Yet he spares no one, nothing, and minces no words with “Shipbuilding” and “Pills and Soap,” fare that remains revered in his native country as well as abroad. For “Shipbuilding,” a brilliantly disguised 88s-clinking protest against war influenced by the Falkan Conflict, Costello enlists jazz legend Chet Baker to deliver a masterfully poignant, bluesy trumpet solo that echoes throughout the coda. On the hip-hop-inspired “Pills and Soap,” a thinly veiled metaphor addressing Britain’s abusive sociopolitical state and royal officials, the bespectacled bandleader invents a thoroughly unique quasi-rap draped over a drum-machine beat and Nieve’s bold piano chords. Bracing. Artist Elvis Costello & The Attractions Genre Rock And Pop Label Back To Black Buying Options 180g 1LP Includes Download Code Format 180g , 1LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1. Let Them All Talk 2. Everyday I Write the Book 3. The Greatest Thing 4. The Element Within Her 5. Love Went Mad 6. Shipbuilding 7. TKO (Boxing Day) 8. Charm School 9. The Invisible Man 10. Mouth Almighty 11. King of Thieves 12. Pills and Soap 13. 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