Punch The Clock

Punch The Clock
studio album by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Released	August 5, 1983 1995 (UK & US reissue) 2003 (UK & US 2CD reissue)
Recorded	January-April 1983, AIR Studios, London
Producer	Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
Label	F-Beat (UK 1983) Columbia (US 1983) Demon (UK 1995) Rykodisc (US 1995) Edsel (UK 2003) Rhino (US 2003)
Length	45:08 (original LP) 67:08 (1995 reissue) 45:08 + 77:45 (2003 reissue)

Tracks

All songs written and composed by Elvis Costello, except where noted. 

Side 1
	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	Let Them All Talk		3:06
2.	Everyday I Write The Book		3:52
3.	The Greatest Thing		3:02
4.	The Element Within Her		2:51
5.	Love Went Mad		3:11
6.	Shipbuilding	Elvis Costello & Clive Langer	4:50
20:52

Side 2
	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	TKO (Boxing Day)		3:28
2.	Charm School		3:52
3.	The Invisible Man		3:04
4.	Mouth Almighty		3:02
5.	King Of Thieves		3:44
6.	Pills And Soap		3:42
7.	The World And His Wife		3:24
24:16

Credits

• Produced by: Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals, Epiphone, Gretsch & Fender guitars, 'one-finger' Synclavier, Casiotone

The Attractions:

Steve Nieve - Bosendorfer piano, Emulator, Fairlight CMI, Vox organ, Hammond organ, Synclavier

Bruce Thomas - electric Wal bass guitar

Pete Thomas - Gretsch drums, Sabian cymbals

The TKO Horns:

Jim Paterson - trombone

Jeff Blythe - alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet

Paul Speare - tenor sax, flute

Dave Plews - trumpet

Afrodiziak:

Caron Wheeler - backing vocals

Claudia Fontaine - backing vocals

Stuart Robson - trumpet & flugelhorn on "The World And His Wife"

Chet Baker - trumpet solo on "Shipbuilding"

Morris Pert - percussion

David Bedford - string arrangements

Photo by Keith Morris on back of sleeve - Dublin, June 1983

Punch The Clock (1995 Rykodisc/Demon edition)

All songs written and composed by Elvis Costello, except where noted. 

	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	Let Them All Talk		3:06
2.	Everyday I Write The Book		3:53
3.	The Greatest Thing		3:04
4.	The Element Within Her		2:52
5.	Love Went Mad		3:13
6.	Shipbuilding	Elvis Costello & Clive Langer	4:50
7.	TKO (Boxing Day)		3:28
8.	Charm School		3:55
9.	The Invisible Man		3:04
10.	Mouth Almighty		3:04
11.	King Of Thieves		3:44
12.	Pills And Soap		3:43
13.	The World And His Wife		3:22
14.	Heathen Town		3:08
15.	The Flirting Kind		2:57
16.	Walking On Thin Ice	Yoko Ono	3:41
17.	The Town Where Time Stood Still		3:30
18.	Shatterproof		2:16
19.	The World And His Wife (Live)		3:11
20.	Everyday I Write The Book (Live)		2:21
67:08

Punch The Clock (2003 Rhino/Edsel edition)

All songs written and composed by Elvis Costello, except where noted. 

Disc 1: Punch The Clock
	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	Let Them All Talk		3:06
2.	Everyday I Write The Book		3:52
3.	The Greatest Thing		3:02
4.	The Element Within Her		2:51
5.	Love Went Mad		3:11
6.	Shipbuilding	Elvis Costello & Clive Langer	4:50
7.	TKO (Boxing Day)		3:28
8.	Charm School		3:52
9.	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

Disc 2: Bonus Disc
	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	Everyday I Write The Book (Alternate Version)		2:20
2.	Baby Pictures		1:28
3.	Heathen Town		3:05
4.	The Flirting Kind		2:57
5.	Walking On Thin Ice	Yoko Ono	3:44
6.	Big Sister's Clothes / Stand Down Margaret (BBC Session)	Costello / Charlery, Cox, Morton, Steele & Wakeling	5:14
7.	Danger Zone (BBC Session)	Percy Mayfield	2:15
8.	Seconds Of Pleasure		3:42
9.	The Town Where Time Stood Still		3:30
10.	The World And His Wife (Solo Version)		2:41
11.	Shatterproof		2:14
12.	Heathen Town (Demo)		2:16
13.	The Flirting Kind (Demo)		2:50
14.	Let Them All Talk (Demo)		2:12
15.	King Of Thieves (Demo)		3:17
16.	The Invisible Man (Demo)		2:10
17.	The Element Within Her (Demo)		2:13
18.	Love Went Mad (Demo)		3:00
19.	The Greatest Thing (Demo)		2:23
20.	Mouth Almighty (Demo)		3:00
21.	Charm School (Demo)		2:14
22.	Possession (Live)		2:29
23.	Secondary Modern (Live)		3:02
24.	The Bells (Live)	Gaye, Gordy, Stover & Bristol	4:14
25.	Watch Your Step (Live)		3:22
26.	Back Stabbers / King Horse (Live)	Huff, McFadden & Whitehead / Costello	4:47
77:45

Original discography pages

• Home Page discography page | A01 | A02 | A03 |
• Singles: S01 | S02 | S03 | S04 | S05 | S06 | S07 | S08 | S09 | S10 | S11 |

Internal links

• Lyrics  •  Liner Notes

External links

• Discogs  •  Wikipedia  •  AMG  •  musik-sammler.de (1) / (2)
• Elvis Costello Reissues: Punch The Clock