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==Tracks== | ==Tracks== | ||
01. | 01. [[Let Them All Talk]] [3:06]<br> | ||
02. | 02. [[Everyday I Write The Book]] [3:52]<br> | ||
03. | 03. [[The Greatest Thing]] [3:02]<br> | ||
04. | 04. [[The Element Within Her]] [2:51]<br> | ||
05. | 05. [[Love Went Mad]] [3:11]<br> | ||
06. | 06. [[Shipbuilding]] [4:50]<br> | ||
07. | 07. [[TKO (Boxing Day)]] [3:28]<br> | ||
08. | 08. [[Charm School]] [3:52]<br> | ||
09. | 09. [[The Invisible Man]] [3:04]<br> | ||
10. | 10. [[Mouth Almighty]] [3:02]<br> | ||
11. | 11. [[King Of Thieves]] [3:44]<br> | ||
12. | 12. [[Pills And Soap]] [3:42]<br> | ||
13. | 13. [[The World And His Wife]] [3:24]<br> | ||
[45:32]<br> | [45:32]<br> | ||
==Credits== | ==Credits== | ||
* Produced by: | * Produced by: [[Clive Langer]] & [[Alan Winstanley]] | ||
* Musicians: | * Musicians: | ||
: | :[[Elvis Costello]] - [[Singers|vocals]], [[Guitarists|Epiphone, Gretsch & Fender guitars]], [[Keyboardists|'one-finger' Synclavier, Casiotone]] | ||
: | :[[The Attractions]]: | ||
:: | ::[[Steve Nieve]] - [[Keyboardists|Bosendorfer piano, Emulator, Fairlight CMI, Vox organ, Hammond organ, Synclavier]] | ||
:: | ::[[Bruce Thomas]] - [[Bassists|electric Wal bass guitar]] | ||
:: | ::[[Pete Thomas]] - [[Drummers|Gretsch drums, Sabian cymbals]] | ||
: | :[[The TKO Horns]]: | ||
:: | ::[[Jim Paterson]] - [[Trombonists|trombone]] | ||
:: | ::[[Jeff Blythe]] - [[Saxophonists|alto sax, baritone sax]], [[Clarinet players|clarinet]] | ||
:: | ::[[Paul Speare]] - [[Saxophonists|tenor sax]], [[Flute players|flute]] | ||
:: | ::[[Dave Plews]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]] | ||
: | :[[Afrodiziak]]: | ||
:: | ::[[Caron Wheeler]] - [[Singers|backing vocals]] | ||
:: | ::[[Claudia Fontaine]] - [[Singers|backing vocals]] | ||
: | :[[Stuart Robson]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]] & [[Flugelhorn players|flugelhorn]] on "[[The World And His Wife]]" | ||
: | :[[Chet Baker]] - [[Trumpet players|trumpet]] solo on "[[Shipbuilding]]" | ||
: | :[[Morris Pert]] - [[Percussionists|percussion]] | ||
: | :[[David Bedford]] - string arrangements | ||
==Original discography pages== | ==Original discography pages== | ||
* | * [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc.htm Home Page discography page] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_a01.htm A01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_a02.htm A02] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_a03.htm A03] | | ||
* [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s01.htm Singles: S01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s02.htm S02] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s03.htm S03] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s04.htm S04] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s05.htm S05] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s06.htm S06] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s07.htm S07] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s08.htm S08] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s09.htm S09] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s10.htm S10] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s11.htm S11] | | * [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s01.htm Singles: S01] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s02.htm S02] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s03.htm S03] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s04.htm S04] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s05.htm S05] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s06.htm S06] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s07.htm S07] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s08.htm S08] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s09.htm S09] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s10.htm S10] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/ptc/ptc_info_s11.htm S11] | | ||
==Reviews== | ==Reviews== | ||
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==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
* | * [[Lyrics: Punch The Clock|Lyrics]] | [[Liner Notes: Punch The Clock|Liner Notes]] | [[Album Images: Punch The Clock|Album Images]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/ptc.html Elvis Costello | *[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/ptc.html Elvis Costello Reissues] | ||
Revision as of 13:55, 30 April 2009
Excerpt from liner notes:
"Punch The Clock" was our chance to get reacquainted with the wonderful world of pop music and still maintain a sense of humour. After Nashville and the labyrinth of "Imperial Bedroom" I was ready to find a different production approach.
Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley certainly knew where the charts were but they also made great records. They had produced hits for The Teardrop Explodes, Dexy's Midnight Runners and Madness. In fact I first met Clive as a fellow producer for Two-Tone Records. By the time I had finished The Specials' debut album Clive and Alan had moved with Madness to Stiff Records where the cut some of the best pop singles since the finest days of The Kinks.
Despite making the most "English" music on the planet "Clanger and Winstanley" even managed to get Madness to No. 1 in America with "Our House". By 1983 they were pretty irresistible and unstoppable. (Clive was also an excellent songwriter. "Clive Langer and the Boxes" opened for us on the "Get Happy" tour of seaside towns and out of the way places. I produced a version of Amen Corner's "If Paradise Is Half As Nice" for his "Splash" album on F-Beat. Alan, the quiet and patient one of the team, also had some pretty mean credits to his name including engineering The Buzzcocks' best records.)
They favoured the "building-block" method of recording: retaining very little from the original "live" take (often only the drums) and tailoring each instrumental overdub to best serve the arrangement. This system naturally precluded the spontaneity of our past "happy accidents" but could yield startling results when the last piece was in place.
Tracks
01. Let Them All Talk [3:06]
02. Everyday I Write The Book [3:52]
03. The Greatest Thing [3:02]
04. The Element Within Her [2:51]
05. Love Went Mad [3:11]
06. Shipbuilding [4:50]
07. TKO (Boxing Day) [3:28]
08. Charm School [3:52]
09. The Invisible Man [3:04]
10. Mouth Almighty [3:02]
11. King Of Thieves [3:44]
12. Pills And Soap [3:42]
13. The World And His Wife [3:24]
[45:32]
Credits
- Produced by: Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
- Musicians:
- Elvis Costello - vocals, Epiphone, Gretsch & Fender guitars, 'one-finger' Synclavier, Casiotone
- The Attractions:
- The TKO Horns:
- Afrodiziak:
- Stuart Robson - trumpet & flugelhorn on "The World And His Wife"
- Chet Baker - trumpet solo on "Shipbuilding"
- Morris Pert - percussion
- David Bedford - string arrangements
Original discography pages
- Home Page discography page | A01 | A02 | A03 |
- Singles: S01 | S02 | S03 | S04 | S05 | S06 | S07 | S08 | S09 | S10 | S11 |
