Time Clocks

Time Clocks
Studio album by Joe Bonamassa
Released	October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29)
Studio	Germano (New York) The Hit Factory (New York) The Cave (Sydney)[1]
Genre	Blues rock
Length	56:46
Label	J&R Adventures Provogue
Producer	Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
Royal Tea (2020) Time Clocks (2021) Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 (2023)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
American Songwriter	[2]
Classic Rock	[3]

Time Clocks is the fifteenth solo studio album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa, released through J&R Adventures in North America and Provogue Records in Europe on October 29, 2021.^[4] "Notches", "The Heart That Never Waits" and the title track were released as singles prior to the album.^[4][5]

Track listing

Time Clocks track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pilgrimage"	Joe Bonamassa Kevin Shirley Bobby Summerfield	0:55
2.	"Notches"	Bonamassa Charlie Starr Shirley	7:03
3.	"The Heart That Never Waits"	Bonamassa James House	5:51
4.	"Time Clocks"	Bonamassa Shirley	7:07
5.	"Questions and Answers"	Bonamassa House Shirley	4:09
6.	"Mind's Eye"	Bonamassa House	6:17
7.	"Curtain Call"	Bonamassa House Shirley	7:31
8.	"The Loyal Kind"	Bonamassa Bernie Marsden	6:48
9.	"Hanging on a Loser"	Bonamassa Tom Hambridge	4:17
10.	"Known Unknowns"	Bonamassa Alyssa Bonagura	6:48
Total length:			56:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[1]

• Joe Bonamassa – guitar (all tracks), vocals (tracks 2–10)
• Kevin Shirley – production, additional engineering (all tracks); piano, additional percussion (1); percussion (4, 9, 10)
• Steve Mackey – bass
• Bobby Summerfield – keyboards, percussion (1); "ear candy", additional percussion (2); whistle (8)
• Bunna Lawrie – digeridoo (1, 2)
• Anton Fig – drums (2–10), percussion (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10), bongos (9)
• Lachy Doley – piano (2–10), organ (3–10)
• Juanita Tippins – background vocals (2–10)
• Prinnie Stevens – background vocals (2–10)
• Mahalia Barnes – backing vocals (2, 3, 6–8)
• Rob McNelley – guitar (5)
• The Bovaland Orchestra – orchestra (5, 7)
• Jeff Bova – orchestration (5, 7)
• Greg Morrow – percussion (6)
• Bob Clearmountain – mixing
• Roy Weisman – executive production
• Jason Staniulis – engineering
• Nick Jones – engineering assistance
• Andrew Yanchyshyn – engineering assistance
• Pat Thrall – additional post-production
• Brandon Duncan – mixing assistance
• Adam Ayan – mastering
• Hugh Syme – art direction, design, illustrations

Charts

Chart performance for Time Clocks

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]	6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9]	5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10]	24
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	54
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13]	32
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[14]	13
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15]	8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16]	56
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]	4
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	13
US Billboard 200[19]	136
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[20]	15
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[21]	22

References

1. Time Clocks (Media notes). Joe Bonamassa. J&R Adventures. October 29, 2021.
2. Horowitz, Hal (October 27, 2021). "Review: 'Time Clocks' Pushes Joe Bonamassa's Blues Rock Boundaries". American Songwriter. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
3. Fielder, Hugh (October 29, 2021). "Time Clocks hastens Joe Bonamassa's journey into his own blues future". Classic Rock. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
4. "JOE BONAMASSA Releases 'Time Clocks' Single And Music Video". Blabbermouth.net. September 29, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
5. Maxwell, Jackson (August 26, 2021). "Joe Bonamassa announces new album, Time Clocks, premieres soulful new single, The Heart That Never Waits". Guitar World. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
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21. "Joe Bonamassa Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2021.