Working Men's Club (album)

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Working Men's Club
Working Men's Club Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Working Men's Club
Released2 October 2020
StudioMcCall Sound Studio, Sheffield
Genre
Length47:00
Label Heavenly
Producer Ross Orton
Working Men's Club chronology
Working Men's Club
(2020)
Fear Fear
(2022)
Singles from Working Men's Club
  1. "Teeth"
    Released: 23 August 2019
  2. "White Rooms & People"
    Released: 10 February 2020
  3. "Valleys"
    Released: 23 October 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash 8/10 [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]

Working Men's Club is the debut album by the English band Working Men's Club, released on 2 October 2020 on Heavenly Recordings.

Contents

Critical reception

Working Men's Club was met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 83, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 10 reviews. [6] The record also received an average score of 8.1 from AnyDecentMusic?, a normalized rating out of 10. [7]

Clash critic Josh Crowe described the record as something that "could pass as a mixtape, traversing through a medley of sounds, eras and genres", stating that "the one thing consistent throughout are the standout vocals of Minsky-Sargeant." [8] Dave Simpson of The Guardian wrote: "The West Yorkshire band take the stark electronics of the post-punk scene and warm them with Detroit techno and Italian house – while addressing Andrew Neil with mischievous one-liners." [9]

Ali Shutler of NME was positive about the album, writing, "a world away from their early work, the Todmorden group find chaos in the every day on their superb debut." [10]

Tim Russell of God Is in the TV was also positive, calling Working Men's Club "a very special record, inspired by a fairly specific past but managing to sound fresh, contemporary and original, due in no small part to the precocious talent and charisma of singer Syd Minsky-Sargeant, a true star in the making." [11]

Accolades

Accolades for Working Men's Club
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
God Is in the TV GIITV's 10 Albums of the Year for 20201 [12]
Les Inrockuptibles Notre top 100 des albums 2020
2
OOR DIT ZIJN DE 20 BESTE ALBUMS VAN 2020
11
[14]
Mondo Sonoro Los mejores discos internacionales de 2020
21

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sydney Minsky-Sargeant

No.TitleLength
1."Valleys"6:30
2."A.A.A.A."3:06
3."John Cooper Clarke"5:27
4."White Rooms & People"2:31
5."Outside"2:51
6."Be My Guest"3:56
7."Tomorrow"4:05
8."Cook a Coffee"2:51
9."Teeth"3:41
10."Angel"12:30
Total length:47:00

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