state this is inaccurate. From May to July 1983, Costello underwent extensive promotion for the album, conducting over 100 interviews and made regular television and radio appearances. In June, he and the Attractions performed a small series of gigs in the UK with the TKO Horns, debuting several Punch the Clock songs live. From July to August, he toured America with the TKO Horns. The setlists primarily relied on material from Get Happy!!, Imperial Bedroom and Punch the Clock, although the shows suffered from Costello's hoarse voice. During this time he recorded a cover of "Walking on Thin Ice"—Yoko Ono's tribute to her late-husband John Lennon—for a tribute album in New Orleans. This was followed by a tour of the UK from late-September to late-November, which saw the addition of Afrodiziak. "Everyday I Write the Book" was released as the album's first single, backed by "Heathen Town", in July 1983. It was Costello's biggest US single yet, charting at number 32; it also reached number 28 in the UK. Its accompanying music video features lookalikes of Prince Charles and Princess Diana getting on each other's nerves. Punch the Clock was issued the following month on 5 August. Reaching number three on the UK Albums Chart and number 24 on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, it was the artist's best-selling album since Get Happy!! and eventually certified gold on both sides of Atlantic. Elsewhere, Punch the Clock charted in New Zealand (6), Sweden (9), Norway (18), Australia (22) and the Netherlands (27). "Let Them All Talk", backed by "The Flirting Kind", was issued as the second single in September 1983. It reached number 59 in the UK. Critical reception In contrast to the critical acclaim that afforded Imperial Bedroom, Punch the Clock received mixed-to-positive reviews from music critics. Several compared it to its predecessor both positively and negatively. Creem Laura Fissinger felt the new album did not "advance Costello's grand artistic plans" like Imperial Bedroom. In NME, Lock wrote that if it is "a step back from the stunning sophistication of Imperial Bedroom, Punch the Clock is "perhaps a step toward pop survival". More positively, Sweeting stated in Melody Maker: "Where Imperial Bedroom often wallowed low in the water under its top-heavy superstructure of grandiose arrangements and encyclopedic lyrics, Punch the Clock draws up a short-list of priorities and nails them with ruthless efficiency." Amongst positive reviews, Pouncey