• Record Label: Polydor
  • Release Date: Mar 4, 2014
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Feb 21, 2014
    80
    It's nothing we haven't heard before, but it's delightfully packaged, making it feel unique in its own way.
  2. Q Magazine
    Feb 19, 2014
    80
    Given an open mind and time to unfurl, Working Out is a wholly absorbing record. [Mar 2014, p.107]
  3. 80
    Arthur Beatrice running their race slow and steady has resulted in an album full of sophisticated pop.
  4. Mar 4, 2014
    70
    Working Out is an apt title, as Arthur Beatrice sound a little bit like they're in the late stages of development, where momentum is sometimes mistaken for maturation, but there's little doubt that they have the tools and the talent to carve out their own niche if given the room to grow a bit further out of the very populated one they currently reside in.
  5. 70
    Working Out is a sophisticated sounding record, but with only a handful of standout tracks, it may not be enough.
  6. Feb 19, 2014
    70
    It’s not a perfect album--few are--but it’s definitely one that’ll have you ensnared
  7. Feb 19, 2014
    65
    There are some tracks here which are absolutely the best in their class, but it's just a shame that as a whole the collection is weighed down by moments that don't shine as bright as others.
  8. Jun 26, 2014
    60
    Creatively, Working Out doesn't cover a lot of ground, but it's really good in the little space it's carved out for itself.
  9. Mojo
    Feb 19, 2014
    60
    Moodily modish but emotionally intriguing, Arthur Beatrice inhabit a stylish grey area. [Mar 2014, p.92]
  10. Feb 19, 2014
    60
    Working Out seems to ache for more expressive vocals, and a little less of the primness exhibited by Girardot and Sheppard.

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