Hey Clockface
by Elvis Costello
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Elvis Costello bestography
Hey Clockface is ranked 21st best out of 37 albums by Elvis Costello on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elvis Costello is This Year's Model which is ranked number 327 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,076.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Hey Clockface track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hey Clockface rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/20/2026 12:35 | tim0505 | 4,410 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2026 12:49 | platus | 5,871 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 13:29 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2024 06:12 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2024 04:08 | dhbarrett | 8,614 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.0/100, a mean average of 67.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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Eclectic mix of tracks. An enjoyable listen
spigelwii 10/31/2020 12:39 | #260004
Clockface has some interesting songs, great arrangements, and certainly top-notch production, but the lyrics failed to capture my imagination like they did on Look Now. Overall, I'd say about half of the tracks (Newspaper Pane, Hetty O'Hara, the title track, Radio Is Everything in particular) really scratch the Costello itch, but the rest are just kinds of pityable throwaways. A solid attempt, but nothing special.
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