Working Class Woman

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Working Class Woman
Marie Davison - Working Class Woman cover art.png
Studio album by
Marie Davidson
Released5 October 2018 (2018-10-05)
Recorded
  • Montreal, Canada
  • Berlin, Germany
Genre
Length42:51
Label Ninja Tune
Producer
  • Marie Davidson
  • Pierre Guerineau
  • Asaël Robitaille
  • Cristobal Urbina
Marie Davidson chronology
Adieux au Dancefloor
(2016)		Working Class Woman
(2018)		Renegade Breakdown
(2020)

Working Class Woman is the fourth solo studio album by French-Canadian musician Marie Davidson. [4] It was released on Ninja Tune on 5 October 2018. [5]

Contents

Production

The album was created in Montreal and Berlin. [6] Marie Davidson says: "It comes from my brain, through my own experiences: the suffering and the humour, the fun and the darkness to be Marie Davidson." [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.0/10 [8]
Metacritic 85/100 [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Exclaim! 9/10 [11]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Now 4/5 [13]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [3]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Resident Advisor 4.0/5 [15]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [16]
Tom Hull – on the Web A− [17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 85, based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [9]

Paul Simpson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "With greater emotional depth and sonic clarity than her past recordings, Working Class Woman is an exciting breakthrough for Davidson." [10] Sophie Kemp of Pitchfork wrote: "The lines between seriousness and humor are blurry, and that's kind of the point, where the album excels is in Davidson's ability to very much intentionally confuse her listener." [3] Briony Pickford of The Skinny gave the album 5 stars out of 5, describing it as "a mix of successful, feminist personas commenting over relentless drums and chaotic synths." [16]

Accolades

At the end of the year, the album was included in several best-albums-of-2018 lists, ranking in such lists by Now Magazine (3rd), [18] Bleep (8th), [19] Mixmag (10th), [20] The Quietus (14th), [21] Bandcamp Daily (19th), [22] The 405 (28th), [23] The Skinny (31st), [24] Loud and Quiet (36th), [25] FACT (43rd), [26] Noisey (73rd), [27] Fopp (100th), [28] Resident Advisor (1 of 40 unranked albums), [29] and XLR8R (1 of 35 unranked albums). [30] It also featured in Exclaim! 's best dance and electronic albums of 2018 list, [31] and PopMatters ' best electronic music albums of 2018 list. [32]

Track listing

All music composed by Marie Davidson; all words written by Davidson; all tracks produced by Davidson and Pierre Guerineau, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Your Biggest Fan"4:25
2."Work It"4:20
3."The Psychologist"4:47
4."Lara"3:07
5."Day Dreaming"4:12
6."The Tunnel"3:37
7."Workaholic Paranoid Bitch"4:52
8."So Right" (Davidson, Guerineau, Asaël Robitaille, Cristoball Urbina)5:06
9."Burn Me"5:15
10."La Chambre Intérieure"3:08

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Working Class Woman. [33]

References

  1. ↑ Derdeyn, Stuart (9 October 2018). "5 things to know about Working Class Woman by Marie Davidson". Vancouver Sun . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 Snapes, Laura (5 October 2018). "Marie Davidson: Working Class Woman review – tormented techno subverted by humour". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Kemp, Sophie (10 October 2018). "Marie Davidson: Working Class Woman". Pitchfork . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Slingerland, Calum (30 August 2018). "Marie Davidson Announces 'Working Class Woman' LP". Exclaim! . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Gaca, Anna (30 August 2018). "Marie Davidson Announces New Album Working Class Woman With "So Right"". Spin . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Francis, Claire (28 September 2018). "Almost Famous: Marie Davidson on Working Class Woman". The Skinny . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. ↑ Wilson, Scott (30 August 2018). "Marie Davidson joins Ninja Tune for new album, Working Class Woman". Fact . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Working Class Woman by Marie Davidson reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Working Class Woman by Marie Davidson Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  10. 1 2 Simpson, Paul. "Working Class Woman – Marie Davidson". AllMusic . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  11. ↑ Beedham, Tom (2 October 2018). "Marie Davidson: Working Class Woman". Exclaim! . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  12. ↑ Smith, Thomas (9 October 2018). "Marie Davidson – 'Working Class Woman' review". NME . Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  13. ↑ Ritchie, Kevin (5 October 2018). "Review: Marie Davidson's Working Class Woman is full of funny and furious techno". Now . Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. ↑ Yates, Steve (November 2018). "Marie Davidson: Working Class Woman". Q (391): 105.
  15. ↑ McDermott, Matt (17 October 2018). "Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman". Resident Advisor . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  16. 1 2 Pickford, Briony (1 October 2018). "Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman". The Skinny . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  17. ↑ Hull, Tom (December 28, 2018). "Streamnotes (December, 2018)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  18. ↑ Staff, N. O. W. (2018-12-10). "The 10 best albums of 2018 - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  19. ↑ Bleep. "Top 10 Albums of the Year 2018". Bleep. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  20. ↑ "The Top 50 Albums of 2018". Mixmag. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  21. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | Quietus Charts | Quietus Albums Of The Year 2018, In Association With Norman Records". The Quietus. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  22. ↑ "The Best Albums of 2018: #100 – 81". Bandcamp Daily. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  23. ↑ "405: Top 50 Albums of 2018". www.yearendlists.com. 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  24. ↑ "The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2018". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  25. ↑ "The Loud And Quiet best 40 albums of 2018". Loud And Quiet. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  26. ↑ Wilson, April Clare Welsh, Cameron Cook, Chal Ravens, Claire Lobenfeld, Henry Bruce-Jones, John Twells, Lorena Cupcake, Maya-Roisin Slater, Scott (2018-12-13). "The 50 best albums of 2018". Fact Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  27. ↑ Noisey Staff (2018-12-05). "The 100 Best Albums of 2018". Vice. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  28. ↑ fopp (2018-11-22). "best albums of 2018". Fopp - the best music, films, books + tech at low prices. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  29. ↑ "2018's Best Albums · Feature ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  30. ↑ Staff, XLR8R (2018-12-19). "XLR8R's Best of 2018: Releases". XLR8R. Retrieved 2023-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  31. ↑ Staff, Exclaim! (December 12, 2018). "Exclaim!'s Top 10 Dance and Electronic Albums". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  32. ↑ "The 25 Best Electronic Albums of 2018, PopMatters". PopMatters. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  33. ↑ Working Class Woman (liner notes). Marie Davidson. Ninja Tune. 2018. ZENCD250.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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