Joe Bonamassa - Time Clocks (2021) *PROPER* CD-Rip

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. "Notches", "The Heart That Never Waits" and the title track were released as singles as prior to the album.

Time Clocks slowly comes into focus after the short atmospheric instrumental "Pilgrimage" sets the stage for a moody, cinematic record. In its brief minute, Joe Bonamassa plays a fat, melodic phrase that sounds uncannily like David Gilmour, a tone and aesthetic he'll return to throughout Time Clocks. Other blues and classic rock greats are alluded to on the album – the winding riff propelling "Notches" harkens back to Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac, Clapton is always lurking around the corner – but at this stage of his career Bonamassa is a stylist, tying together recognizable influences into something distinctively his own. Here, he's leaning toward somber introspection, filtering his musings on life and society through a Pink Floyd prism. Listen to the title track, where the stately tempo, backing vocals and stair-stepping minor-key riff all recall Floyd, yet he adds flourishes in his arrangements and solos that steer these astral sounds right down to earth. Much of Time Clocks rambles – six of its ten songs are over six minutes, with another coming close to that mark – but the blustering "Questions and Answers" shows that this wandering provides for a more interesting listen than when Bonamassa keeps things on the straight and narrow. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

Track List

01. Pilgrimage [0:57]
02. Notches [7:04]
03. The Heart That Never Waits [5:52]
04. Time Clocks [7:08]
05. Questions and Answers [4:10]
06. Mind’s Eye [6:18]
07. Curtain Call [7:32]
08. The Loyal Kind [6:49]
09. Hanging On a Loser [4:18]
10. Known Unknowns [6:51]