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- Summary: The latest full-length solo release for the British singer-songwriter was produced with Sebastian Krys and recorded in Helsinki, New York and Paris.
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- Record Label: Concord
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 13 out of 17
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Mixed: 4 out of 17
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Nov 3, 2020From start to finish, the album does a great job of capturing the nostalgia and wisdom of age without losing sight of the youthful tenacity and outspokenness that’s always made him unique. Backed and guided by some other truly talented folks, Costello’s latest is another pleasingly characteristic and weighty addition to his already illustrious legacy.
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UncutOct 29, 2020It holds together remarkably well, and has an atmosphere at least as distinctive and beguiling as that of, say, Punch The Clock or The Juliet Letters. It isn't typical Elvis Costello album, but then they never are. [Dec 2020, p.24]
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Oct 30, 2020It shows Costello's mastery of mood and storytelling, the kind of skill he's acquired over the course of a long career, but the key to Hey Clockface is that these techniques are applied to a record that's as restless as anything Costello made in his younger days.
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Nov 4, 2020The dueling approaches of the two recording sessions enrich each other, providing Hey Clockface with its yin and yang. Alone, either style might have seemed like predictable genre play for Costello at this stage in its career, but together, they make for an album that’s energetic and consistently surprising.
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Rolling StoneNov 6, 2020It's sprawling, unpredictable, and always engaging. [Nov 2020, p.70]
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Oct 30, 2020It emits a level of depth that leaves you sometimes not really able to pinpoint what’s what, and other times feeling yourself being drawn in.
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Oct 29, 2020Its 14 overloaded songs jostle awkwardly together in a cornucopia of conflicting impulses, shifting from beatboxing punk to beatnik poetry, ambient moodiness to sophisticated showtunes, peppered with snappy couplets and gilded with gorgeous melodies.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Oct 28, 2021Mr. Costello has never disappointed me. He is constantly moving and taking chances. He is such an incredibly prolific writer. Love this album!
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