Working Men's Club
by Working Men's Club
  • Record Label: Heavenly
  • Release Date: Oct 2, 2020
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    Oct 2, 2020
    100
    From the rebellious energy that dances across the album to the twelve-minute shape-shifting epic of ‘Angel’ that closes out the record with giddy excitement, Working Men’s Club don’t know how to be boring.
  2. Uncut
    Oct 1, 2020
    90
    Producer Ross Orton helps sharpen their attack, and the quartet are at their very best on "White Rooms And People's" fierce synth-funk, the Suicide-like "Tomorrow" and the thudding grooves of Valleys." [Nov 2020, p.37]
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  3. The Quietus
    Nov 23, 2020
    80
    It delivers an impressive belt around the chops from the start, with ‘Valleys’ building from eardrum-realigning bass to a full-force techno-rock wig-out.
  5. DIY Magazine
    Oct 5, 2020
    80
    It’s the underlying sense of unease and something to prove that really adds the edge here.
  6. Clash Music
    Oct 2, 2020
    80
    The vocals on the album are flawless, particularly for tracks such as ‘White Rooms And People’. ‘Outside’, is perhaps the quaintest offering on the album, but is immediately followed up by ‘Be My Guest’, an industrial offering that sends listeners into a frantic dervish.
  7. The Guardian
    Oct 2, 2020
    80
    The various elements are glued together by Minsky-Sargeant’s striking vocals. He doesn’t so much sing the songs as impose a persona on them in the manner of Jarvis Cocker, Grace Jones or Mark E Smith.
  8. Mojo
    Oct 1, 2020
    80
    A compelling, grimy darkness ripples throughout. [Nov 2020, p.82]
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  9. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 1, 2020
    80
    By the time the record reaches it’s 12-minute close “Angel”, it feels like a great release. You’ve been put through the ringer with the abrasive “Cook A Coffee” (with plenty of shots at a certain, now former, Politics Live pundit) and “Be My Guest” and made it out the other side. Sweatier and ready to take on the world.
  10. AllMusic
    Oct 2, 2020
    60
    It's clear that Working Men's Club are talented and there are a couple songs here that work as singles, but in the future they need to discover their own sound and let go of their tight grip on the past, both distant and recent.
  11. Under The Radar
    Oct 1, 2020
    60
    It's so often cold and mechanical, yet wildly impassioned. [Aug - Oct 2020, p.87]
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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. paulohansaul
    Oct 2, 2020
    9
    woah a pleasant surprise, what a great LCD Soundsystemish way to play new wave punk rock, amazingly produced, well perfomed and with kindawoah a pleasant surprise, what a great LCD Soundsystemish way to play new wave punk rock, amazingly produced, well perfomed and with kinda cool lyrics as well… Full Review »
  2. vitortfv
    Dec 5, 2020
    6
    Valleys - 7/10
    A.A.A.A. - 7/10
    John Cooper Clarke - 6,5/10 White Rooms and People - 6,7/10 Outside - 6,4/10 Be My Guest - 6,4/10    Valleys - 7/10
    A.A.A.A. - 7/10
    John Cooper Clarke - 6,5/10
    White Rooms and People - 6,7/10
    Outside - 6,4/10
    Be My Guest - 6,4/10
    Tomorrow - 6,5/10
    Cook a Coffee - 7/10
    Teeth - 6,5/10
    Angel - 7/10    … Full Review »
  3. GuitarJimB
    Oct 5, 2020
    10
    Superb debut. Shades of New Order, rave, Six By Seven, and kicking indie electronica... Absolutely loving it
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