GLORYDAZE Music - Articles: Clocks

ARTIST: Clocks
ALBUM: Clocks
LABEL: Boulevard Records (CBS)
SERIAL: ARZ 37981
YEAR: 1982
CD REISSUE: 2009, Renaissance Records, RMED 00279

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

LINEUP: Jerry Sumner - bass, vocals * Steve Swaim - drums, vocals * Lance Threet - guitars * Gerald Graves - keyboards

TRACK LISTING: 01 She Looks A Lot Like You * 02 Here They Come * 03 19 * 04 Without You * 05 Nobodys Fool * 06 When She Puts You Down * 07 Someone (Not Me) * 08 When Will I See You Again * 09 Summer * 10 Feeling This Way

Background
The Wichita Kansas based band Clocks, arrived on the 1982 scene, and immediately got lost in the pop rock shuffle of the era. Produced by Mike Flicker (Heart), this one-off album by the band has some nice moments, which fuses the styles of numerous other acts from that same imprint in time. A combination of The Cars, Tommy Tutone, The Romantics being good indicators. Their song 'She Looks A Lot Like You' was released as a 7" single, and did ok on the US charts at the time, though personally I don't remember them at the time. Not much has been written about them over the years, apart from a short review in Issue #2 of AOR Classics magazine.

Here's a neat little summary of Clocks wrapped up in a video from Morty over at unknown80s.blogspot.com.

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Comments

#1 | rostoned on July 25, 2009

very nice cover artwork, which shines on the 12" LP format (which I own). Have to relisten this tho' since I don't remember a note except the obvious single from it.

#2 | Eric on July 25, 2009

I know these guys did some shows with Shooting Star. I have a poster of both bands performing at the Memorial Hall in Pittsburg, Kansas in '82.

#3 | richardb on July 25, 2009

Not a bad album and yes reminiscent of the Cars (an obvious influence to these anyway esp on the opening cut).

My fave cut is the moody "Without you" - some nice punchy guitar and atmospheric keyboards..

Richard B

#4 | RobLynott on July 31, 2009

This one will be reissued via Renaissance Records in August

#5 | gdazegod on July 31, 2009

Judging from their past performance, it will be a juiced up vinyl rip.. no doubt!

#6 | RobLynott on July 31, 2009

It's really strange with Renaissance. Some of their releases have very good quality (The Shooting Star and 707 remasters), others sound like ass (Charlie etc.) It's always some kind of a hit-and-miss affair...

#7 | Eric on July 31, 2009

Even with an LP source or poor master, with today's tech abilities there really is no reason for thier CD's to sound as bad as they do. Either they (Renaissance) are tone deaf, or they just don't give a shit.

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