Working Men's Club
Studio album by
Working Men's Club
Released2 October 2020
StudioMcCall Sound Studio, Sheffield
Genre
Length47:00
LabelHeavenly
ProducerRoss 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[2]
Clash8/10[3]
The Guardian[4]
NME[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.

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
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
God Is in the TV GIITV's 10 Albums of the Year for 2020 1 [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

References

  1. ↑ "Working Men's Club by Working Men's Club reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Crowe, Josh (2 October 2020). "Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club". Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Simpson, Dave (2 October 2020). "Working Men's Club review – synthpop of every stripe on outstanding debut LP". Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Shutler, Ali (2 October 2020). "Working Men's Club – Working Men's Club review: pulsating rave anthems on attention-demanding debut". Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Working Men's Club by Working Men's Club, retrieved 2021-05-27
  7. ↑ "Working Men's Club by Working Men's Club reviews | Any Decent Music". www.anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  8. ↑ "Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  9. ↑ "Working Men's Club review". The Guardian. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  10. ↑ "Working Men's Club - 'Working Men's Club' review: pulsating rave anthems on attention-demanding debut". NME. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  11. ↑ "Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club (Heavenly)". God Is In The TV. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  12. ↑ Cummings, Bill (2020-12-16). "GIITTV: Albums of The Year for 2020, 10-1". God Is In The TV. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  13. ↑ "Notre top 100 des albums 2020". Les Inrocks. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "OOR's Eindlijst: dit zijn de 20 beste albums van 2020 (eindlijst 2020)". OOR (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  15. ↑ "Los mejores discos internacionales de 2020". Mondo Sonoro. December 13, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
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