Punch the Clock
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Punch the Clock is the eighth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his seventh with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas.
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Caron Wheeler, one of the album's backing vocalists, in 1990.
"Shipbuilding" features a trumpet solo by Chet Baker (pictured in 1983).
Goodbye Cruel World is the ninth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his eighth with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas
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…and the Attractions were at a low point due to feeling sidelined by the TKO Horns and backing singers during the US and UK tours. The resulting album, Goodbye Cruel World, Costello hated and is regarded by biographers as the artist's low point. Punch the Clock has received mixed reviews in later decades. Writing in 1991…
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Green Gartside (pictured in 2014) of Scritti Politti sang guest vocals on "I Wanna Be Loved".
Daryl Hall (pictured in 1984), sang guest vocals on "The Only Flame in Town" and appeared in its music video.