Punch the Clock

The Attractions, Elvis Costello | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 7, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B0000009UY
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,848 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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. The World and His Wife

14. Heathen Town [*]

15. The Flirting Kind [*]

16. Walking on Thin Ice [*]

17. Town Where Time Stood Still [*]

18. Shatterproof [*]

19. The World and His Wife [Live][*]

20. Everyday I Write the Book [Live][*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An underrated Costello album, May 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Punch the Clock (Audio CD)

I think "Punch The Clock" is the most underrated Costello albums. Yes, it's probably one of his most commercial sounding release, but, so what ? "Shipbuilding" is just an amazing song. The sound is fresh and young. It has been my summer album for about 5 years now.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Pop!, February 5, 2002

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Dodd V. Attisani (Sea Cliff, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Punch the Clock (Audio CD)

Elvis releases too many albums, and as a result, half of his albums are mediocre. For my money, this is one of his top 3. (The only one I might rate higher is Imperial Bedroom.) Punch The Clock is pop at its best: catchy melodies/lyrics, good grooves, upbeat tempos, and well constructed song forms. It's a fun album with substance--what all pop music should aspire to be.

4.0 out of 5 stars Underrated, March 14, 2006

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James, WA - See all my reviews

This review is from: Punch the Clock (Audio CD)

This is one of my favourite Elvis Costello albums, full of clever two and a half minute pop songs that EC has sadly found impossible to put in less than six minutes since !

Yes, it is overproduced, but I challenge anyone not to be uplifted by the opening track, "Let them all Talk", which to me is EC's most underrated pop song ever

There are plenty of EC albums for misery, but for pop pleasure, this is his best.