Length 49:15 Release date 6 September 2010 | Artist The Naked and Famous | |
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Released 6 September 2010 (2010-09-06) Recorded The Lab
(Auckland, New Zealand) Producer Thom Powers
Aaron Short Passive Me, Aggressive You
(2010) In Rolling Waves
(2013) Label Universal Republic Records Genres Alternative rock, Electropop, Post-punk revival Similar The Naked and Famous albums, Electropop albums | ||
The naked and famous all of this
Passive Me, Aggressive You (stylised as Passive Me • Aggressive You) is the debut studio album by New Zealand indie electronic band The Naked and Famous. The album was released on 6 September 2010 in New Zealand, where it debuted at number one. The album spawned four singles: "All of This", "Young Blood", "Punching in a Dream" and "Girls Like You"; with "Young Blood" peaking at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart.
Contents
- The naked and famous all of this
- Composition
- Singles
- Critical reception
- Commercial performance
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Composition
Passive Me, Aggressive You is a synthpop and electronic rock album, drawing from the genres of dance-rock, and featuring post-punk influences. "Young Blood" is a synthpop song, while "Punching in a Dream" is of the dream pop genre. "Spank" is psychedelic rock.
Singles
The first single to be released from the album was "All of This" and was released on 16 November 2009, almost a year prior to the album's release.
The second single to be released from the album was "Young Blood" and was released on 7 July 2010, debuting at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart, where it remained in the charts for two consecutive weeks.
The third single to be released from the album was "Punching in a Dream", which was released on 23 August 2010, reaching number 11 in New Zealand.
The album's fourth and final single, "Girls Like You", was released on 5 June 2011.
Critical reception
Chris Schulz from Stuff awarded Passive Me, Aggressive You five out of five stars, and praised its production and variety of musical styles. Allmusic's Matt Collar praised the songs' catchy choruses and, awarding the album three-and-a-half out of five stars, concluded, "there's nothing passive about how much you could aggressively love this band". Scott Kara of The New Zealand Herald rated Passive Me, Aggressive You a perfect five stars, summarising "Forget the hype. It's real". The Nelson Mail's Nick Ward called Passive Me, Aggressive You "Unconvincing, but with flashes of promise". Writing for NME, Mark Baumont described the album as "a glorious melting pot of pop perfection" and added "TN&F’s passive melodicism and aggressive innovation clash in a dazzling blaze of psych/sonic fireworks." The album was nominated for the 2011 Taite Music Prize.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart on 13 September 2010, and was knocked off the top spot by Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns the following week.
Track listing
All tracks written by Thom Powers, Alisa Xayalith and Aaron Short.
All tracks written by Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith, except where noted.
All tracks written by Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith, except where noted.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Passive Me, Aggressive You.
Songs
1All of This3:55
2Punching in a Dream3:58
3Frayed3:46