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

Working Men's Club
Studio album by Working Men's Club
Released	2 October 2020
Studio	McCall Sound Studio, Sheffield
Genre	Electronic rock acid house post-punk revival
Length	47:00
Label	Heavenly
Producer	Ross Orton
Working Men's Club chronology
Working Men's Club (2020) Fear Fear (2022)
Singles from Working Men's Club
"Teeth" Released: 23 August 2019 "White Rooms & People" Released: 10 February 2020 "Valleys" Released: 23 October 2020

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.1/10[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Clash	8/10[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	[5]

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

Track listing

References