Time Clocks

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Time Clocks
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 29, 2021 (2021-10-29)
Genre Blues rock
Length56:46
Label J&R Adventures
Producer Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
Royal Tea
(2020)
Time Clocks
(2021)
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2
(2023)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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. [3] "Notches", "The Heart That Never Waits" and the title track were released as singles prior to the album. [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

Time Clocks track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Pilgrimage"0:55
2."Notches"7:03
3."The Heart That Never Waits"5:51
4."Time Clocks"7:07
5."Questions and Answers"4:09
6."Mind's Eye"6:17
7."Curtain Call"7:31
8."The Loyal Kind"6:48
9."Hanging on a Loser"4:17
10."Known Unknowns"6:48
Total length:56:46

Charts

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

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